Surrey-White Rock: candidates in the 2026 BC election
6 candidates are on the ballot in Surrey-White Rock for the provincial election on Saturday, October 24, 2026. They are listed by last name.
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Kevin Diakiw
Independent
Former Surrey journalist with over 20 years in the field who left in 2017; now works in addiction and recovery and owns a local business.
Sources: Surrey Now-Leader: new candidates announced for Surrey-White Rock, Elections BC 2026 candidate list
Trevor HalfordIncumbent
BC Conservatives
MLA since 2020; born and raised in Surrey-White Rock; earlier chief of staff to two cabinet ministers; ran for Surrey council in 2018 and was not elected.
Sources: Conservative candidate page, Wikipedia: Trevor Halford
Amanda James
OneBC
Sources: Elections BC 2026 candidate list, Elections BC 2026 candidate list (CSV)
Christine Kinnie
BC Greens
School secretary in Surrey; Green candidate for South Surrey-White Rock in the 2025 federal election; lay chaplain with the South Fraser Unitarians.
Sources: BC Greens candidate page, Elections BC 2026 candidate list
Waqas Rana
CentreBC
Banking and insurance professional; chartered professional accountant and certified management accountant; describes himself as a local resident and community advocate.
Sources: CentreBC candidate page, Elections BC 2026 candidate list
Darryl Walker
BC NDP
Former mayor of White Rock and past president of the BC General Employees' Union; was the 2024 NDP candidate here.
Sources: Darryl Walker campaign page, Surrey Now-Leader: new candidates announced for Surrey-White Rock
Candidate list from Elections BC, as of October 18, 2026.
About the riding
Surrey-White Rock takes in City of White Rock and South Surrey (Semiahmoo peninsula), including the Semiahmoo First Nation reserve; Semiahmoo Bay on the south and west, Highway 99 on the east, 24 Avenue on the north.
In 2024, Trevor Halford (BC Conservatives) won here by 1,969 votes, 7.0 points.
Trevor Halford (Conservative) was removed from the Conservative caucus on Sept 18, 2026 by then-leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay, and readmitted on Sept 21, 2026 by interim leader Lorne Doerkson. He is running again as a Conservative. Surrey Now-Leader also described him as the party's former interim leader (as of Dec 2025).
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.