--- title: "Surrey Board of Education: Surrey election reporting | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/news/tag/surrey-board-of-education" last_updated: "2026-11-07T04:22:10.471Z" meta: description: "Read published reporting and guides about surrey board of education on voche.me." "og:description": "Read published reporting and guides about surrey board of education on voche.me." "og:title": "Surrey Board of Education: Surrey election reporting" "twitter:description": "Read published reporting and guides about surrey board of education on voche.me." "twitter:title": "Surrey Board of Education: Surrey election reporting" --- NEWS TOPIC # Surrey Board of Education 3 stories, newest first. Times are Pacific. ## Friday, November 6 Reported ### [Laurie Larsen elected chair of Surrey Board of Education at inaugural meeting](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/news/surrey-board-of-education-inaugural-larsen-chair-november-2026) Trustees elected Laurie Larsen chair and Bob Holmes vice-chair at the new Surrey Board of Education's inaugural meeting on November 4. Larsen has served as a trustee for 18 years. 7:00 pm PT2 min read Reported ### [Thind, elected MLA and trustee, wants runner-up declared trustee to avoid $840K byelection](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/news/thind-trustee-byelection-mla-surrey-2026) Garry Thind, who was elected both a Surrey school trustee and a BC Conservative MLA in October, says he supports having the next-highest vote-getter declared a trustee to avoid an $840,000 byelection when he is sworn in as MLA on November 19. 6:45 pm PT2 min read ## Saturday, October 31 Reported ### [Surrey Board of Education faces possible $840,000 byelection after trustee wins provincial seat](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/news/surrey-board-of-education-byelection-garry-thind-mla) Garry Thind was elected both a Surrey school trustee on October 17 and an MLA on October 24. Once sworn in as MLA, he will be disqualified as a trustee, and a court may decide whether to hold a $840,000 byelection or seat the next candidate. 8:00 am PT3 min read ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/surrey-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.