Surrey-Panorama: candidates in the 2026 BC election
4 candidates are on the ballot in Surrey-Panorama 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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Manav Manro
CentreBC
Local businessman with a hospitality background who lives in Surrey-Panorama.
Sources: CentreBC candidate page, Elections BC 2026 candidate list
Nolen Scott
BC Greens
Assistant director in BC film and television for nearly a decade; co-founder of the Vancouver Venue Co-op; served two terms on a Directors Guild of Canada advisory committee.
Sources: BC Greens candidate page, Elections BC 2026 candidate list
Jinny Sims
BC NDP
Former Surrey-Panorama MLA and Minister of Citizens' Services; MP for Newton-North Delta 2011 to 2015; former BC Teachers' Federation president and radio talk show host.
Sources: Jinny Sims campaign page, Surrey Now-Leader: who's running in Surrey ridings
Bryan TepperIncumbent
BC Conservatives
MLA since 2024; former RCMP officer of about two decades, the last ten in Surrey; treasurer of the Mounted Police Professional Association of Canada.
Sources: Conservative candidate page, Surrey Now-Leader: who's running in Surrey ridings
Candidate list from Elections BC, as of October 18, 2026.
About the riding
Surrey-Panorama takes in Panorama area of Surrey (riding built mainly from the former Surrey-Panorama Ridge, with parts of Cloverdale and White Rock ridings).
In 2024, Bryan Tepper (BC Conservatives) won here by 263 votes, 1.5 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.