BC Election
About
Jessie Sunner is the BC NDP candidate for Surrey-Newton and the sitting MLA, first elected in 2024. She was appointed Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills in July 2025 after serving as Parliamentary Secretary for Anti-Racism Initiatives. Before politics she was a human-rights lawyer and trade unionist with the Hospital Employees’ Union. She holds a B.A. in criminology from Simon Fraser University and a law degree from the University of Calgary.