The nomination period for civic candidates closed on Friday afternoon (Ot. 10), leaving a healthy list of people running for civic office this fall.
Below is the list of contenders running for a seat on Surrey and Delta councils and boards of education (asterisk denotes incumbent).
Candidates have until Oct. 17 to withdraw their names.
For Surrey mayor:
Vikram Bajwa – Independent
John Edwards – Independent
Linda Hepner – Surrey First
Doug McCallum – Safe Surrey Coalition
Barinder Rasode – One Surrey Electors Association
Grant Rice – Independent
John Wolanski – Independent
For Surrey council:
Maz Artang – One Surrey Electors Association
Saira Aujla – Independent
Merv Bayda - One Surrey Electors Association
Tanvir Bhupal – Independent
Cliff Blair – Independent
Michael Bose - One Surrey Electors Association
Darlene Bowyer - One Surrey Electors Association
Obi Canuel – Independent
Narima Dela Cruz - One Surrey Electors Association
Nav Dhanoya – Independent
Jas Dhillon – Independent
Fiona Dionne – Independent
Kal Dosanjh - One Surrey Electors Association
James Duncan – Independent
Rita Elvins – Independent
Shawn Francis – Independent
Stephen Gammer – TeamSurrey
Touraj Ghanbar-zadeh – Independent
Rina Gill – Safe Surrey Coalition
Tom Gill* – Surrey First
Laurie Guerra – Safe Surrey Coalition
Bruce Hayne* – Surrey First
Gary Hoffman – Independent
Vera LeFranc – Surrey First
Brenda Locke – TeamSurrey
Mary Martin* – Surrey First
Jim McMurtry – Independent
Martin Rooney – Independent
Rick Scorsese – Independent
Beau Simpson – Safe Surrey Coalition
Mike Starchuk – Surrey First
Barbara Steele* – Surrey First
Justin Thind – Safe Surrey Coalition
Judy Villeneuve* – Surrey First
Dave Woods – Surrey First
Brian Young - One Surrey Electors Association
For Surrey Board of Education:
Terry Allen* - Surrey First Education
Balraj Atwal - Independent
Rayman Bhuller - Independent
Sukhy Dhillon - Independent
Rina Diaz - Independent
Charlene Dobie* - Independent
Patricia Enair - Independent
Sikandar Hayat - Independent
Bob Holmes - Surrey First Education
Nicole Joliet - Independent
Laurie Larsen* - Surrey First Education
David Matta - Independent
Niovi Patsicakis - Independent
Kirsty Peterson - Independent
Bal Sabharwal - Independent
Sara Sharma - Independent
Jonathan Silveira - Surrey Kids Matter
Harman Singh - Independent
Forrest Smith - Independent
Julie Tapley - Independent
Garry Thind - Surrey First Education
Gary Tymoschuk - Surrey First Education
Shawn Wilson* - Surrey First Education
Laurae McNally* - Independent (acclaimed in White Rock)
For Delta mayor:
Lois Jackson* – no challengers; wins by acclamation
For Delta council:
Johan Ackermann - Delta Connect
Rod Binder - DIVA
Sylvia Bishop* - Independent
Ron Cailliou - Independent
Robert Campbell* - DIVA
Jeannie Kanakos* - Independents Working For You
Heather King - Independent
Peter Mattoo - Independent
Lori Mayhew - Delta Connect
Bruce McDonald* - Independents Working For You
Ian Paton* - DIVA
Jennifer Thoss - Delta Connect
Peter Van der Velden - Delta Connect
Nicholas Wong - Delta Connect
For Delta Board of Education:
Corinne Atwood - Independent
Rhiannon Bennett - Kids Matter
Donna Burke* - Independent
Laura Dixon* - Independents Working for You
Susan Fetterkind - Independent
Phil Hurt - Independent
Fabian Milat* - Responsible Education and Academic Leadership (REAL)
Carla Qualtrough - REAL
Bruce Reid - Kids Matter
Dale Saip* - REAL
Brad Sherwin - Independent
Nic Slater - Kids Matter
Scott Stoilen - REAL
Laura Michelle Thomas - Independent
Val Windsor* - Independent
The civic election will be held on Saturday, Nov. 15.