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The Honourable
Garry Begg
MLA
Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General of British Columbia
Incumbent
Assumed office
November 18, 2024
PremierDavid Eby
Preceded byMike Farnworth
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Surrey-Guildford
Incumbent
Assumed office
May 9, 2017
Preceded byRiding Established
Personal details
BornOntario
Political partyNew Democratic Party

Garry Begg is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election.[1] He represents the electoral district of Surrey-Guildford as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party caucus.[1]

He previously ran in the 2015 federal election as the federal New Democratic Party's candidate in Fleetwood—Port Kells,[2] but was not elected. Prior to entering politics, Begg was an inspector with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police.[2]

Electoral record

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Provincial elections

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2024 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Guildford
Party Candidate Votes %
New Democratic Garry Begg 8,947 46.83
Conservative Honveer Singh Randhawa 8,925 46.81
Green Manjeet Singh Sahota 824 4.32
Independent Kabir Qurban 370 1.94
Total valid votes 19,066 100.00
Source: Elections BC[3]
2020 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
New Democratic Garry Begg 10,403 60.59 +10.99 $40,309.39
Liberal Dave Hans 5,139 29.93 −8.21 $42,168.46
Green Jodi Murphy 1,345 7.83 −1.98 $1,281.64
Independent Sam Kofalt 282 1.64 – $1,015.24
Total valid votes 17,169 100.00 –
Total rejected ballots 148 0.85 +0.14
Turnout 17,317 45.69 −10.07
Registered voters 37,905
Source: Elections BC[4][5]
2017 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Guildford
Party Candidate Votes % Expenditures
New Democratic Garry Begg 9,263 49.85 $67,072
Liberal Amrik Virk 7,015 37.76 $71,381
Green Jodi Murphy 1,840 9.90 $,1838
Christian Heritage Kevin Pielak 462 2.49 $1,015
Total valid votes 18,580 100.00
Total rejected ballots 133 0.71
Turnout 18,713 55.76
Registered voters 33,561
Source: Elections BC[6][7]

Federal elections

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2015 Canadian federal election: Fleetwood—Port Kells
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Liberal Ken Hardie 22,871 46.90 +31.24 $50,601.97
Conservative Nina Grewal 14,275 29.27 -18.56 $77,785.90
New Democratic Garry Begg 10,463 21.46 -11.60 $100,039.24
Green Richard Hosein 1,154 2.37 -0.20 $3,625.85
Total valid votes/expense limit 48,763 100.00   $206,797.64
Total rejected ballots 269 0.55 –
Turnout 49,032 65.25 –
Eligible voters 75,150
Liberal gain from Conservative Swing +24.90
Source: Elections Canada[8][9][10]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Surrey: NDP takes six of nine ridings". The Province, May 9, 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Federal NDP candidate Garry Begg appears in RCMP uniform on campaign website". The Georgia Straight, July 12, 2015.
  3. ^ "Surrey-Guildford Judicial Recount Complete". Elections BC. Retrieved 25 November 2024.
  4. ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  5. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 14 February 2021.
  6. ^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 2 December 2020.
  7. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  8. ^ Elections Canada – Confirmed candidates for Fleetwood—Port Kells, 30 September 2015
  9. ^ Official Voting Results - Fleetwood—Port Kells
  10. ^ "Elections Canada – Preliminary Election Expenses Limits for Candidates". Archived from the original on August 15, 2015.


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