Surrey-Guildford

Garry Begg is the BC NDP candidate for Surrey-Guildford and the sitting MLA, first elected in 2017 and re-elected in 2020 and 2024. He was appointed Parliamentary Secretary for Surrey Infrastructure in July 2025 and previously served as Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General and as Government Whip. Before politics he spent more than 38 years with the RCMP, including his final eight years in Surrey in roles such as district commander, watch commander, and operations support officer.

Garry Thind (also listed as Gurpreet “Gary” Thind) is the Conservative Party of BC candidate for Surrey-Guildford. A Surrey resident for more than 27 years, he has served as a Surrey School Board trustee for about 12 years and as board vice-chair, sitting on committees including learning liaison, budget, and principal/vice-principal selection. He is a realtor with Century 21 Coastal Realty and previously worked in sales and marketing management. He has been president of the Rotary Club of Surrey and heads the B.C. region of the Pingalwara Society of Ontario, a charity for which he has helped raise millions since 2002. He and his wife Nav have three children. The Conservatives announced him among their Surrey candidates for the October 24, 2026 election.

James Yaroshuk is the Unaffiliated candidate for Surrey-Guildford on Elections BC’s final candidate list for the October 24, 2026 provincial election. Nominations closed at 1 p.m. on October 3, 2026. Party pages and news results checked for this update did not turn up a separate biography.

Jodi Murphy is the BC Green Party candidate for Surrey-Guildford. She has run for the Greens in the riding before (including 2017 and 2020). Raised in Winnipeg and long based in B.C., she studied at Capilano College and UBC and has worked in lab services since 2002, including as operations manager for an SFU research lab at Surrey Memorial Hospital around the 2020 campaign.