Surrey-Fleetwood: candidates in the 2026 BC election
5 candidates are on the ballot in Surrey-Fleetwood for the provincial election on Saturday, October 24, 2026. They are listed by last name.
Answer 16 short questions to see which party, and which of these candidates, is closest to your views. Available in 9 languages.
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Tim Binnema
BC Greens
Engineering and business leader with 25-plus years at a BC pollution-control and energy-optimization firm. Fleetwood resident since 2000; four children, six grandchildren. Green candidate here in 2013, 2017 and 2024; this is his fourth run.
Sources: BC Greens: Tim Binnema candidate page, Elections BC: Statement of Votes, 2024 Provincial General Election (PDF)
Jagrup BrarIncumbent
BC NDP
MLA for Surrey-Fleetwood since 2017 (also 2009-2013; Surrey-Panorama Ridge 2004-2009). Minister of Mining and Critical Minerals since November 2024. Former India national basketball player, public administration master's, ex-director of SEEDS. Lives in Surrey with family.
Sources: BC Government: Minister of Mining and Critical Minerals biography, Jagrup Brar campaign page (party-authored), Votes and Proceedings, May 28, 2025, BC Government: Eskay Creek approval
Paul Brar
CentreBC
Realtor since 1988, Surrey resident 30-plus years. Arrived 1983, started as a shingle sawyer; UBC Urban Land Economics diploma; raised four children here; campaign volunteer. First run. No source links him to the incumbent.
Sources: CentreBC: Paul Brar candidate page, Surrey Now-Leader: who is running in Surrey ridings (Sept 28, 2026)
Carolyn Hofbauer
OneBC
Lifelong Surrey resident and mother. Co-manages BC Firearms Academy, a Surrey firearms licensing and hunter education school, with her husband; previously head chef at The Vault in Cloverdale for nearly a decade. First run.
Garry Purewal
BC Conservatives
Business owner with more than 20 years in business, public service and community work; former Canadian Armed Forces military police member; owned companies including a property restoration business; youth sports leader. First run for office.
Sources: Conservative Party of BC: Garry Purewal candidate page, Conservative Party of BC: Surrey candidates (Sept 29, 2026)
Candidate list from Elections BC, as of October 18, 2026.
About the riding
Surrey-Fleetwood takes in Fleetwood (town centre area); riding drawn from most of the former Surrey-Tynehead plus parts of Green Timbers, Newton and Cloverdale.
In 2024, Jagrup Brar (BC NDP) won here by 753 votes, 3.7 points.
Questions for Surrey
Everyone answers 13 province-wide questions. Voters in Surrey also get these 3:
- How should the province finish the SkyTrain line and fund TransLink, the regional transit agency, after 2028?
- How should the province respond to extortion, threats demanding money, in Surrey while the city changes police forces?
- How should the province handle Surrey's new hospital under construction, its busy emergency room and its crowded schools?
How and when to vote
- Voting day
- Saturday, October 24, 2026, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Pacific time.
- Advance voting
- Friday October 16 to Wednesday October 21, 2026, 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. local time. Not every location is open every day; check yours.
- Where
- Find advance and election-day locations with the voting-place lookup on elections.bc.ca. District electoral offices also take voters until 4 p.m. on October 24. The October 17 municipal election is a separate vote with its own locations.
- Who can vote
- Canadian citizen, 18 or older on October 24, 2026, and a BC resident since April 23, 2026.
- By mail
- Request a vote-by-mail package online or by phone (1-800-661-8683) by October 18. Elections BC must receive it by 8 p.m. Pacific time on October 24 for it to be counted. If you are not registered or your voter information is out of date, prove your identity and address by uploading ID to Elections BC's ID upload system or by including photocopies of your ID with the returned package.
From Elections BC: ways to vote, vote by mail, 2026 provincial election key dates, who can vote, voter ID, Elections BC home.