Who's running in Surrey-Fleetwood?
- Tim Binnema, BC Green Party
- Jagrup Brar, BC NDP (incumbent)
- Avtar Gill, Conservative Party of BC
What you should know about Surrey-Fleetwood
In the fast-changing Fleetwood neighbourhood, the BC NDP's Jagrup Brar has been the MLA since 2009 and, during the last election in 2020, won with promises to build a second hospital in Surrey and extend the SkyTrain line to Langley through the heart of Fleetwood.
Brar was first voted into office during a byelection in Surrey-Panorama Ridge in 2004, winning the riding again in the 2005 B.C. general election.
Conservative Party of BC candidate Avtar Gill wants to bounce Brar, a former player on the India's national basketball team, from office. A first-time political candidate, Gill, the president and CEO of Scott Road Insurance Services, says he's demonstrated "exceptional business acumen and leadership skills."
With Fleetwood now a hotbed for construction activity due to the future arrival of SkyTrain line and stations, voters in the riding will look to the B.C. government to help manage the resulting growth.
Where is Surrey-Fleetwood?
Fraser Highway cuts through the middle of Surrey-Fleetwood, a 15-square-kilometre riding with a population of 60,668. It runs along 140th, 144th and 148th Streets in the west, and 88th, 92nd, 96th and 100th Avenues in the north. To the east, it follows 162nd and 164th Streets and, in the south, follows 80 Avenue and Mahood Creek.
