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"twitter:title": "Which parties are running for School Trustee in Surrey" --- ** 6 SEATS · OCTOBER 17, 2026 # Which parties are running for School Trustee Six trustee seats on the Surrey Board of Education, elected by voters in Surrey and on Barnston Island. 24 candidates are standing, from 3 parties plus 8 with no party. [All parties ](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties) [Compare on the issues](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/compare) **6**Seats to fill **24**Candidates standing **3**Parties in this race **8**With no party WHAT THIS BODY DOES ## What you are electing The City of Surrey’s notice names the office School Trustee for Election Area 1, School District No. 36 (Surrey), with six to be elected. The City says the Surrey Board of Education has seven members: six elected by City of Surrey and Barnston Island residents and one elected by City of White Rock residents. The City lists the trustees’ tasks: to determine educational goals and priorities, to set district budgets according to them, to establish policies, to plan for the future of the district, and to communicate with the people of Surrey and White Rock on educational matters. LARGEST SLATE FIRST ## The parties contesting School Trustee ### [Surrey First Education](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/surrey-first-education) · 6 of 6 seats [**Bob Holmes**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/bob-holmes) [**Garry Thind**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/garry-thind-surrey-2026) [**Gary Tymoschuk**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/gary-tymoschuk) [**Laurie Larsen**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/laurie-larsen) [**Shawn Wilson**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/shawn-wilson) [**Terry Allen**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/terry-allen) ### [SURREY NOW](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/surrey-now) · 6 of 6 seats [**John Banovich**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/john-banovich) [**Michelle Ceniza**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/michelle-ceniza) [**Rohit D'Silva**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/rohit-d-silva) [**Vanessa Gilera**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/vanessa-gilera) [**Venson Wang**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/venson-wang) [**Vincent Tighe**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/vincent-tighe) ### [Our Surrey](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/our-surrey) · 4 of 6 seats [**Anne Whitmore**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/anne-whitmore) [**Dean McGee**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/dean-mcgee) [**Kyle Jones**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/kyle-jones) [**Vick Karan**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/vick-karan) NO PARTY ## 8 independent candidates These candidates have no party beside their name on the official list. They are not a group and share no platform. [**Afzalur Rahman**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/afzalur-rahman) [**Amrit Birring**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/amrit-birring) [**Gary B. Hee**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/gary-b-hee) [**Ghulam Mujtaba**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/ghulam-mujtaba) [**Gurleen K. Chahal**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/gurleen-k-chahal) [**Harjit Bhullar**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/harjit-bhullar) [**Meena Kochher**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/meena-kochher) [**Noor Cheema**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/noor-cheema) [What running without a party means ](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/independents) ### 6 parties are not contesting School Trustee - [Conservative](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/conservative) - [Imagine Surrey](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/imagine-surrey) - [New Surrey+](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/new-surrey) - [Safe Surrey Coalition](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/safe-surrey-coalition) - [Surrey Connect Public IA](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/surrey-connect-public-ia) - [Surrey First](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/surrey-first) Each of these parties is running elsewhere on the same ballot. No candidate of theirs appears in this race on the official City of Surrey candidate list. ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/surrey-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.