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Her Worship
Brenda Locke
Mayor of Surrey
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 7, 2022
Preceded byDoug McCallum
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Surrey-Green Timbers
In office
May 16, 2001 – May 17, 2005
Preceded bySue Hammell
Succeeded bySue Hammell
Surrey City Councillor
In office
November 5, 2018 – November 7, 2022
Personal details
Political partySurrey Connect (municipal)
BC United (provincial)
Other political
affiliations		Safe Surrey Coalition (2018–2019)
TeamSurrey (2014)
SpouseJohn
Children2
ResidenceSurrey, British Columbia

Brenda Joy Locke is a Canadian politician, who served in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2001 to 2005 and is the current mayor of Surrey, British Columbia. She represented the electoral district of Surrey-Green Timbers as a member of the BC United party.[1] In 2022, Locke was elected as mayor of Surrey, defeating Doug McCallum.

Early life

Before becoming an MLA, Locke was the executive director of the BC Liquor Licensee and Retailers Association, a position she held since 1985. From 1979 to 1983, she was the office manager for the Richmond Association for Children's Services which managed three group homes for troubled youth and an outreach program for youth under twelve.

Political career

Locke defeated New Democrat incumbent Sue Hammell in the 2001 provincial election. Locke was appointed Minister of State for Mental Health and Addiction Service on September 20, 2004. In the 2005 election, however, Hammell defeated Locke to reclaim the seat.

She subsequently ran as the federal Liberal Party candidate in Fleetwood—Port Kells in the 2006 federal election and the 2008 federal election, but lost both times to Conservative incumbent Nina Grewal. In the 2014 municipal election, Locke teamed up with real-estate agent, Stephen Gammer, under the political party, TeamSurrey, to run for city council. She came in 18th place, with 2.28% of the vote.[2][3] In the 2017 provincial election, she ran for the BC United party in her former seat of Surrey-Green Timbers but was defeated by Rachna Singh.[4]

While she was out of office, Locke worked as executive director for the B.C. Massage Therapist Association.[5] On October 20, 2018, Locke was elected as a councillor for Surrey City Council, as a part of the Safe Surrey Coalition.[6]

On June 27, 2019, Locke left the Safe Surrey Coalition, becoming an independent.[7][8] In January 2020, along with a fellow ex-Safe Surrey city councillor, Jack Hundial, she founded a new political slate called Surrey Connect.[9]

On October 15, 2022, Locke was elected Mayor of Surrey under the Surrey Connect banner, defeating incumbent Doug McCallum of the Safe Surrey Coalition.

Electoral record

B.C. General Election 2001: Surrey-Green Timbers
Party Candidate Votes % ± Expenditures
Liberal Brenda Locke 7,539 48.95% +15.16% $46,658
  NDP Sue Hammell 5,592 36.31% -13.80% $37,237
Unity C. Lewis Robinson 1,067 6.93% n/a $7,196
Marijuana Dennis Kalsi 561 3.65% n/a $394
Reform Jim Paterson 538 3.49% -2.28% $3,277
Communist Harjit Singh Daudharia 103 0.67% +0.37% $332
Total valid votes 15,400 100.00%
Total rejected ballots 151 0.98%
Turnout 15,551 66.77%


2005 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Green Timbers
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
New Democratic Sue Hammell 10,836 60.82 +24.51
Liberal Brenda Locke 5,619 31.54 −17.41
Green Sebastian Sajda 791 4.44 –
Marijuana Amanda Boggan 225 1.26 −2.39
Emerged Democracy Rob Norberg 151 0.85 –
Democratic Reform Ravi Chand 142 0.80 –
Communist Harjit Singh Daudharia 52 0.29 +0.38
Total 17,816 100.00
2006 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Nina Grewal 14,577 33.5 -2.3 $72,464
Liberal Brenda Locke 13,749 31.6 +2.1 $54,768
New Democratic Barry Bell 10,961 25.2 -2.8 $18,907
Independent Jack Cook 3,202 7.4 +7.4 $75,818
Green Duncan McDonald 1,059 2.4 -3.9 --
Total valid votes 43,548 100.0
Total rejected ballots 127 0.3 -0.3
Turnout 43,675 59 0
Conservative hold Swing -2.2 –
2008 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Conservative Nina Grewal 21,389 44.7 +11.2 $79,909
Liberal Brenda Locke 12,502 26.1 -5.5 $75,331
New Democratic Nao Fernando 10,916 22.8 -2.4 $65,022
Green Brian Newbold 3,045 6.4 +4.0 --
Total valid votes/Expense limit 47,852 100.0 $88,579
Total rejected ballots 219 0.5 +0.2
Turnout 48,071 56 +3
2017 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Green Timbers
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Rachna Singh 8,945 58.29 +0.23 $58,322
Liberal Brenda Locke 5,056 32.95 −1.57 $20,975
Green Saira Aujla 1,112 7.25 +3.2 $7,739
No affiliation Vikram Bajwa 163 1.06 – $7,980
Your Political Party Kanwaljit Singh Moti 69 0.44 – $3,612
Total valid votes 15,345 100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 163 1.05 −0.14
Turnout 15,508 54.61 +2.29
Registered voters 28,400
Source: Elections BC[10][11]
2022 Surrey mayoral election
Party Mayoral candidate Vote %
  Surrey Connect Brenda Locke 33,311 28.14
  Safe Surrey Coalition Doug McCallum (X) 32,338 27.31
  Surrey First Gordie Hogg 24,916 21.05
  Surrey Forward Jinny Sims 14,895 12.58
  United Surrey Sukh Dhaliwal 9,629 8.13
  People's Council Surrey Amrit Birring 2,270 1.92
  Independent John Wolanski 646 0.55
  Independent Kuldip Pelia 385 0.33

References

  1. ^ Anne Edwards, Seeking Balance: Conversations with BC Women in Politics. Caitlin Press, 2008. ISBN 1894759311.
  2. ^ Bailey, Ian (12 October 2014). "Independents rally together in Surrey mayoral race". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  3. ^ Reid, Amy (16 October 2014). "TeamSurrey unveils platform focusing on crime reduction – Surrey Now-Leader". www.surreynowleader.com. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  4. ^ Zytaruk, Tom (24 October 2018). "Poll-topper Brenda Locke's heart is in social planning". North Delta Reporter. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  5. ^ "Contact Us | Registered Massage Therapists' Association of British Columbia". Archived from the original on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
  6. ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-10-30. Retrieved 2018-10-30.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  7. ^ Little, Simon; Macdonald, Gord. "2nd councillor quits Surrey mayor's Safe Surrey Coalition, citing 'dysfunctional' council". Global News. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  8. ^ Recksiedler, Dean; Nassar, Hana Mae. "City Councillor Brenda Locke bolts from Safe Surrey Coalition – NEWS 1130". www.citynews1130.com. Archived from the original on 6 December 2019. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  9. ^ Collins, Lauren (7 January 2020). "Hundial and Locke's new slate looks to 'Connect' with Surrey residents – Surrey Now-Leader". www.surreynowleader.com. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
  10. ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
  11. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
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