McCallum will be mayor of Surrey for third time; says Nagra will be deputy mayor (midnight update)

DOUG McCallum will be mayor of Surrey for the third time as Surrey Mayor Brenda Locke conceded defeat at around 9:40 p.m. when just over 65 per cent of Surrey votes had been counted.

McCallum of Safe Surrey Coalition had bagged 27,206 votes (32.94%) as compared to Brenda Locke’s 18,485 votes (22.38%).

A jubilant McCallum announced at his victory celebration that Mandeep Singh Nagra would be appointed deputy mayor.

At midnight, with all the votes counted, McCallum had garnered 42,741votes (31.94 %), while Brenda Locke had won 30,886 votes (23.08%) — a difference of 11,855 votes.

A convincing victory, indeed.

The turnout was 37.35 per cent.

Seven of the eight councillors will be from McCallum’s party.

Incidentally, McCallum’s victory did not come as a surprise to many Surrey-ites, especially South Asians. Former MLA Tony Bhullar told The VOICE 10 days ago that his sources had told him that McCallum was sure to win.

Other candidates:

Mike Starchuk (Imagine Surrey): 17,282 (12.92%)

Linda Annis (Surrey First): 16,574 (12.39%)

Troy Van Vliet (Surrey Now): 15,090 (11.28%)

Honveer Singh Randhawa (Conservative): 10,610 (7.93%)

Igal Ammons Ii (New Surrey+): 615 (0.46%)

McCallum’s Safe Surrey Coalition won seven of the eight Council seats:

Harry Bains (Surrey Connect): 31,362

Elford, Doug Elford (Safe Surrey Coalition): 30,833 

Meera Gill (SSC): 29,883

Mandeep Singh Nagra (SCC): 29,692

Suhana Gill (SCC): 27,820

Allison Patton (SCC): 27,132

Laurie Guerra (SCC): 26,554

Cheney Cloke (SCC): 26,324