Our endorsement: Mandeep Dhaliwal for Surrey North

Surrey North deserves a representative who knows its community institutions and will keep pressing for safer neighbourhoods. This publisher endorses Mandeep Dhaliwal for another term as MLA. It is an editorial judgment, not a forecast of the result.

Dhaliwal has already won the trust of Surrey North voters once. Elections BC records his 2024 victory, and its final 2026 candidate list confirms that he is seeking re-election as the Conservative candidate. We see value in that combination of local experience and a record voters can examine.

The Legislature’s Hansard records Dhaliwal questioning the government about gun violence and extortion threats affecting Surrey families. His October 2025 intervention focused on the fear experienced by residents and business owners. This is the kind of persistent, local attention we want from Surrey North’s MLA.

An endorsement is a statement of preference. Readers can assess his arguments directly in the public record linked below, alongside the records of every other candidate.

Before his election, Dhaliwal was involved with the Sikh Motorcycle Club. The club documents its 2019 Canada-to-Punjab charity ride for Khalsa Aid, and contemporary reporting identifies him among the six riders. It is a collective achievement, and we credit it to the team rather than to one person.

His party biography describes him as a Surrey small-business owner in the auto-glass trade and notes his interest in kabaddi. Those details come from his party’s account of his background. Together with the independently documented ride and his public-service record, they explain why community work is central to his political identity.

Dhaliwal is one of several candidates on the Surrey North ballot. We urge readers to review the full candidate list, consider the issues that matter to them and make their own choice on October 24.