Surrey Election 2026: Brenda Locke to face familiar names in mayor's race

It’s election day in Surrey as voters head to the polls to choose who will lead them for the next four years.

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Surrey voters will have seven candidates from which to choose their next mayor on Saturday.

Incumbent mayor Brenda Locke is hoping for a second term with the city, saying she wants the chance to continue the work she’s started in the last four years. Like many other candidates, Locke is running on public safety as the No. 1 issue she will tackle, promising to increase the number of police officers in the city and build a campus for fire, police and bylaw. Additionally, Locke promises to keep property tax increases at or below the rate of inflation, build a 10,000-seat sports and entertainment arena and build more affordable housing.

Challenging her once again is former mayor, Doug McCallum, who was once her running mate. Locke successfully unseated McCallum last election, in a marginal vote split between the two rivals. If elected, McCallum is promising to freeze property tax increases for his full term, purchase a police helicopter within the first 90 days in office, and get provincial funding to build SkyTrain to Newton and another hospital in Surrey.

Two-term councillor Linda Annis is taking a run for mayor for the first time. Annis has proved her popularity, gaining more votes than any other council or mayoral candidate in the 2022 election. The Surrey First leader has been a thorn in Locke’s side her entire term, continuing the pattern during the campaign. Annis’ promises include no property tax increase in 2027, cancelling the arena plan, building a public safety training centre, hiring 300 police officers and bringing light rail transit to Surrey.

Former NDP MLA Mike Starchuk, who served on council previously, is also making a play for the mayor’s seat. Starchuk is banking on residents wanting big change at city hall, often being vocal against Locke, McCallum and Annis. The Imagine Surrey candidate is promising to build more homes in the city, a sports and entertainment arena on cheaper land than what Locke has planned, keep tax increases at or below the rate of inflation and build more community facilities.

Honveer Singh Randhawa is another candidate vying for Surrey mayor, under the Conservative Electors Association. Randhawa made a run for provincial politics in 2024 with the Conservatives, just barely losing the Guildford riding to the NDP’s Garry Begg. Under the new banner, Randhawa says he will get provincial funding for a seniors’ and children’s hospital, hire 600 police officers, build a public safety training centre, give every homeowner a $600 property tax cut, and freeze tax rates for the full four-year term.

There are also newcomers in the race, including Troy Van Vliet of the new Surrey Now slate. Van Vliet has a long history as a developer in the city and has entered politics to tackle some of the political issues he believes exist in city hall. His promises include streamlining building approvals, hiring 200 police officers and a four-year freeze on property taxes in Surrey.

Igal Ammons II is also running for mayor for the first time, with a slate of “ordinary citizens.” According to his online profile, Ammons is a family counsellor. His party, New Surrey+, promises to solve extortion, create partnerships to build medical clinics in each town centre in Surrey, be transparent in city spending and investing more in the city’s schools to deal with overcrowding and service cuts.