Surrey, BC 2026 Municipal Election Candidates

Brenda Locke

• Public safety: Top priority; committed to 560 additional public-safety personnel (police, fire, bylaws); building a public safety campus in Port Kells
• Infrastructure: Points to $700M invested in road infrastructure and capital projects incl. community centre expansions and new Cloverdale ice arenas

Lean assessment: Centrist incumbent: big-tent Surrey Connect administration balancing public-safety spending with major infrastructure investment.

Doug McCallum

• Public safety: Lists affordability, public safety and infrastructure expansion as top priorities; architect of the Surrey Police Service transition

Lean assessment: Populist right-leaning record: championed the municipal police transition and SkyTrain over LRT; 'law and order' brand.

Linda Annis

• Public safety: No. 1 priority; draws on Crime Stoppers background
• Taxes: Tax-dollar accountability; proposes a 'core review' of city services

Lean assessment: Surrey First's business-community roots; fiscal accountability and public-safety platform.

Mike Starchuk

• Public safety: 'Crushing extortion' is the top priority (extortion-related crime wave)
• Platform pillars: Five pillars: Safe Streets, Fast Commutes, Smart Investments, Lower Costs, Strong Services
• Taxes: Pledges to stabilize municipal taxation

Lean assessment: Former BC NDP MLA; platform blends public-safety focus with progressive 'Imagine' branding and strong-services commitments.

Honveer Singh Randhawa

Lean assessment: Detailed issue positions are being verified — see the interactive tool above.

Troy Van Vliet

• Development: Cut permitting delays and streamline rezoning processes; city hall reform

Lean assessment: Private-sector outsider campaigning on deregulation and development-friendly city hall reform.

Igal Ammons-II

• Governance: Promises 'outside the box' solutions; pledges to resolve City Hall's core issues in a single term

Harry Bains

• Policing (SPS vs RCMP): Supports completing the transition to the Surrey Police Service and investing in it — the 2026 Surrey Connect platform says concluding the SPS transition frees capital for other priorities and cites 140 new police officers funded last year plus 560 more public-safety personnel committed (a pivot from Locke's 2022 pro-RCMP platform).
• Public safety / Newton revitalization: As Chair of the Focus Newton Task Force, Bains champions safer neighbourhoods through safer streets, improved public spaces and infrastructure investment.
• Housing affordability: Lists improving housing affordability among his council priorities on his 2026 candidate profile.

Lean assessment: Running with Brenda Locke's big-tent Surrey Connect slate; 2026 platform mixes capital spending with property-tax rises held at inflation alongside policing investment — centre positioning.

Doug Elford

• Policing (SPS vs RCMP): Pro-Surrey Police Service: Elford voted against the Dec 2022 council motion to halt the SPS transition and keep the RCMP, and his party leader Doug McCallum says 'I built the Surrey Police Service from nothing' and promises SPS a helicopter and drone fleet within 90 days, more boots on the ground, and zero tolerance for crime.
• Public safety: Says his votes come down to 'keeping the citizens of Surrey safer'; his 2026 platform pillars are public safety, transportation, affordable housing, responsible fiscal planning and infrastructure.
• Taxes: Party leader McCallum has pledged no property-tax increases across a full four-year term; Elford emphasizes responsible fiscal planning.

Lean assessment: Running with Doug McCallum's Safe Surrey Coalition — the law-and-order SPS party pledging a four-year property-tax freeze and expanded police resources — a right-leaning platform.

Mike Bose

• Policing (SPS vs RCMP): Supports completing the transition to the Surrey Police Service and hiring 300 more officers over four years; would end council's police-transition lawsuits and focus policing on gangs, extortionists and drug dealers (Surrey First platform).
• Taxes: Backs hiring an independent Auditor General and ending automatic tax hikes; Surrey First frames itself as making Surrey the most business-friendly city in B.C.
• Agriculture / farmland protection: As a fourth-generation farmer and former Agricultural Land Commission commissioner, Bose champions agricultural land protection and food policy — chairs the City's Agriculture and Food Policy Committee.

Lean assessment: Running with Linda Annis's Surrey First — platform of an Auditor General, ending automatic tax hikes, and making Surrey the most business-friendly city in B.C. — a right-leaning fiscal and law-and-order platform.