Editing Surrey, British Columbia (section)

== Government and politics ==

Surrey is governed by the elected [[Surrey City Council]] comprising a mayor and eight councillors. As of the [[2022 British Columbia municipal elections#Surrey|October 15, 2022, election]], the mayor is [[Brenda Locke]] and city councillors are Linda Annis, Harry Bains,{{efn|No relation to the [[Harry Bains|provincial MLA of the same name]] from Surrey-Newton<ref>{{cite news |last1=Zytaruk |first1=Tom |title=Lawyer Harry Bains, who shares name with long-time MLA, running for Surrey council - Maple Ridge News |url=https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/lawyer-harry-bains-who-shares-name-with-long-time-mla-running-for-surrey-council/ |access-date=June 14, 2023 |work=www.mapleridgenews.com |date=September 7, 2022 |archive-date=August 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230815170808/https://www.mapleridgenews.com/news/lawyer-harry-bains-who-shares-name-with-long-time-mla-running-for-surrey-council/ |url-status=live }}</ref>}} Mike Bose, Doug Elford, Gordon Hepner, Pardeep Kooner, Mandeep Nagra, and Rob Stutt.<ref name="citycouncil">{{Cite web |title=City Council |url=https://www.surrey.ca/city-government/2999.aspx |access-date=June 14, 2023 |website=www.surrey.ca |date=December 11, 2019 |archive-date=August 11, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200811094022/https://www.surrey.ca/city-government/2999.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref>

In the [[2020 British Columbia general election|2020 provincial election]], the BC NDP kept at least their previously six elected MLAs (potentially seven), while the number of MLAs for the BC Liberals will have between two and three.

In 2004, when [[Gurmant Grewal]]'s wife [[Nina Grewal|Nina]] was elected to parliament, they became the first married couple to serve Canadian parliament concurrently.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Winters |first1=Nellie |title=Parliamentary Relatives: Spouses |date=June 14, 2022 |url=http://www.revparlcan.ca/en/parliamentary-relatives-spouses/ |publisher=Canadian Parliamentary Review |access-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-date=March 10, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240310040818/http://www.revparlcan.ca/en/parliamentary-relatives-spouses/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Following the [[2015 Canadian federal election|2015 federal election]], the [[Liberal Party of Canada]] won three of Surrey's four seats in the [[House of Commons of Canada]]. Conservative MP [[Dianne Watts]] resigned her [[South Surrey—White Rock]] seat in 2017 to compete for the leadership of the BC Liberal Party. In the subsequent 2017 by-election, the Liberal candidate [[Gordie Hogg]] defeated former Conservative MP and federal cabinet minister [[Kerry-Lynne Findlay]].

{|class="wikitable" style="width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"
|+Surrey federal election results<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/44gedata&document=bypro&lang=e |title=Official Voting Results Raw Data (poll by poll results in Surrey) |publisher=Elections Canada |access-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-date=March 5, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230305223518/https://www.elections.ca/content.aspx?section=res&dir=rep/off/44gedata&document=bypro&lang=e |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Liberal Party of Canada|Liberal]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Conservative Party of Canada|Conservative]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Green Party of Canada|Green]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal}}|
! [[2021 Canadian federal election|2021]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | '''44%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''91,045''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 30%
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''60,927''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 21%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''42,791''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 1%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''1,729''
|-
! [[2019 Canadian federal election|2019]]
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Liberal|background}} | '''39%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#EA6D6A;"| ''83,925''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Conservative|background}} | 32%
| style="text-align:right; background:#6495ED;"| ''69,931''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|NDP|background}} | 22%
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''46,759''
| {{Canadian party colour|CA|Green|background}} | 5%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''11,853''
|-
|}

{|class="wikitable" style="width:400; font-size:90%; margin-left:1em;"
|+Surrey provincial election results<ref>{{cite web |url=https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935 |title=Official Voting Results by polling station (poll by poll results in Surrey) |publisher=Elections BC |access-date=March 8, 2023 |archive-date=March 7, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230307004320/https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935 |url-status=live }}</ref>
! colspan="2" scope="col" | Year
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[British Columbia New Democratic Party|New Democratic]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[British Columbia Liberal Party|BC Liberal]]
! colspan="2" scope="col" | [[Green Party of British Columbia|Green]]
|-
| rowspan="2" style="width: 0.25em; background-color: {{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP}}|
! [[2020 British Columbia general election|2020]]
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|background}} | '''54%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''94,084''
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}} |<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> 37%</span>
| style="text-align:right; background:#A51B12;"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> ''63,251''</span>
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|Green|background}} | 7%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''11,781''
|-
! [[2017 British Columbia general election|2017]]
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|NDP|background}} | '''47%'''
| style="text-align:right; background:#F4A460;"| ''85,738''
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|Liberal|background}} |<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> 41%</span>
| style="text-align:right; background:#A51B12;"|<span style="color:#FFFFFF"> ''75,056''</span>
| {{Canadian party colour|BC|Green|background}} | 10%
| style="text-align:right; background:#99C955;"| ''19,064''
|-
|}