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SURREY NOW | |
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| Mayoral candidate | Troy Van Vliet |
| Founded | 2026 |
| Headquarters | Surrey, British Columbia |
| Seats on the City Council | 0 / 9
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| Seats on the Surrey Board of Education | 0 / 6
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| Website | |
| Official website | |
SURREY NOW is a registered municipal elector organization (local political party) in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. Elections BC registered the organization under the legal name SURREY NOW ELECTORS SOCIETY and the ballot name SURREY NOW on 1 April 2026.[1] It is contesting the 2026 Surrey municipal election with builder and business owner Troy Van Vliet as its mayoral candidate, alongside candidates for Surrey City Council and the Surrey Board of Education.[2][3]
History
[edit]Elections BC announced the organization's registration on 1 April 2026. Under British Columbia election law, registered elector organizations may endorse candidates, accept campaign contributions and incur election expenses.[1]
On 21 April 2026, Surrey Citizen reported that Van Vliet would run for mayor under the SURREY NOW banner and that the organization planned to field candidates for both city council and the school board.[2] The organization formally launched its municipal-election campaign on 2 May 2026 at an event in South Surrey, where Van Vliet appeared with its announced candidates.[4][5]
Leadership
[edit]Van Vliet is a Surrey builder and business owner.[2] Before entering the mayoral race, he founded Saint John Paul II Academy, an independent Catholic secondary school in South Surrey, and chaired its foundation and building committee during development of its permanent campus.[6] The 124,000-square-foot campus, designed for 900 staff and students, opened in September 2025.[7][8]
2026 campaign
[edit]Platform
[edit]At the time of Van Vliet's mayoral announcement, Surrey Citizen summarized four campaign priorities: increasing the supply of family-oriented housing; improving neighbourhood safety; coordinating municipal growth and development approvals with school-capacity planning; and increasing accountability and transparency at city hall.[2] Coverage of the May campaign launch described the platform under the themes of safe streets, smart growth, strong families and municipal accountability.[4]
Candidates
[edit]As of September 2026, the organization's website listed eight city-council candidates and six school-board candidates.[3]
City council
[edit]- Gail Beszedes
- Ollivor Dickson
- Rahul Gill
- Jesse Johl
- Brad Kielmann
- Enrique Ponce De Leon
- Dr. Werner Spangehl
- James Yu
School board
[edit]- Rohit D'Silva
- John Banovich
- Dr. Michelle Ceniza
- Vanessa Gilera
- Venson Wang
- Dr. Vincent Tighe
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- 1 2 "New and Deregistered Elector Organizations". Elections BC. 1 April 2026. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
- 1 2 3 4 Campbell, Chris (21 April 2026). "Mayoral race gets crowded with Surrey NOW candidate". Surrey Citizen. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
- 1 2 "Surrey 2026 Candidates". SURREY NOW. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
- 1 2 "SurreyNow launches full slate of candidates for municipal election". Indo-Canadian Voice. 7 May 2026. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
- ↑ "Surrey Now Launches Full Slate of Candidates at Peace Portal Event with Over 350 in Attendance". Asian Journal. 4 May 2026. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
- ↑ "Foundation Governance". Saint John Paul II Academy. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
- ↑ "Saint John Paul II Academy". EKISTICS. Retrieved 1 September 2026.
- ↑ "What started as an overcrowding solution becomes Surrey's newest Catholic high school". The B.C. Catholic. 9 September 2025. Retrieved 1 September 2026.