--- title: "SURREY NOW candidates in the Surrey 2026 election | voche.me" canonical_url: "https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/surrey-now/candidates" last_updated: "2026-10-10T03:55:45.431Z" meta: description: "All 14 SURREY NOW candidates on the October 17, 2026 Surrey ballot, grouped by office with links to each profile." "og:description": "All 14 SURREY NOW candidates on the October 17, 2026 Surrey ballot, grouped by office with links to each profile." "og:title": "SURREY NOW candidates in the Surrey 2026 election" "twitter:description": "All 14 SURREY NOW candidates on the October 17, 2026 Surrey ballot, grouped by office with links to each profile." "twitter:title": "SURREY NOW candidates in the Surrey 2026 election" --- ** SURREY NOW · Surrey 2026 # Every SURREY NOW candidate 14 candidates on the October 17, 2026 ballot. Each one links to a full profile with their own background, priorities and sources. [Back to SURREY NOW ](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/surrey-now) [**14**Candidates](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/surrey-now/candidates) [**0/4**Issues with published policy](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/surrey-now/platform) [**1**Sources on file](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/parties/surrey-now/money) **0**Questions answered THE SHAPE OF THIS SLATE ## What SURREY NOW is asking for SURREY NOW is running 14 candidates across 3 of the three races on the ballot: 1 for Mayor, 7 for Councillor, 6 for School Trustee. It is running a full slate for School Trustee, which means it is asking voters for every seat on that body. Its mayoral candidate is Troy Van Vliet. 1 OF 1 SEAT CONTESTED ## Mayor [**Troy Van Vliet**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/troy-van-vliet) 7 OF 8 SEATS CONTESTED ## Councillor [**Enrique Ponce de Leon**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/enrique-ponce-de-leon) [**Gail Beszedes**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/gail-beszedes) [**James Yu**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/james-yu) [**Jesse Johl**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/jesse-johl) [**Ollivor Dickson**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/ollivor-dickson) [**Rahul Gill**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/rahul-gill) [**Werner Spangehl**](https://voche.me/bc/surrey-2026/candidates/werner-spangehl) 6 OF 6 SEATS CONTESTED ## School Trustee [**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) ### How a candidate is linked to a party Only the official City of Surrey candidate list decides which party a candidate belongs to on this site. A party's own list of candidates is not enough on its own, and a candidate running with no party is never attached to one. ## Sources A source marked SAYS SO ITSELF is the party's own material. It proves what the party claims, not that the claim is true. 1. [2026 Municipal Election: candidates ](https://www.surrey.ca/2026-municipal-election/candidates)City of Surrey · checked October 8, 2026 ## Sitemap See the full [sitemap](/bc/surrey-2026/sitemap.md) for all pages.