Trevor Halford's political career has already crossed party lines once. First elected in 2020 as a BC Liberal MLA for Surrey-White Rock, defeating the NDP's Bryn Smith, he crossed the floor to the Conservatives on September 3, 2024, after BC United suspended its campaign, and was re-elected on October 19, 2024 under the Conservative banner with 52.3 per cent of the vote. His 2026 disclosure shows his MLA salary as his only personal income; his spouse Holly runs Little Acorns Ventures as a sole proprietorship.
Halford was born and raised in South Surrey, graduated from Elgin Park Secondary and Trinity Western University, and is raising three young children with Holly in the same neighbourhood where he grew up, where he volunteers as a coach.
He has carried some of the opposition's heaviest files. His party biography lists him as a former shadow minister for Mental Health and Addictions and for TransLink, and most recently as shadow minister for Transportation and Infrastructure, ICBC and Affordability, BC Transit, and Sport. The June 2026 shadow cabinet named him the opposition's critic for Transit and ICBC.
In December 2025, after John Rustad resigned as leader, news reports said Halford had taken over as interim leader of the Conservative Party and interim Leader of the Official Opposition, a role he held into 2026.
News reports say he was removed from the Conservative caucus in September 2026 after calling on leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay to resign, and that he later committed to rejoining the party after she stepped down.
White Rock and the surrounding Surrey neighbourhoods form one of the most engaged electorates in the region, and Halford has now won it under two different banners. He took the seat in 2020 after Tracy Redies resigned to become CEO of Science World, and in 2024 his NDP challenger was former White Rock mayor Darryl Walker, a familiar face in the community. The riding has been a Liberal stronghold since 1991, the Peace Arch News noted during the 2024 campaign, which makes his hold on it under two banners all the more notable. That takes some doing.
Editor's note: the legislature was dissolved on September 22, 2026 and a provincial election was called for October 24, 2026. Offices above reflect the 43rd Parliament.
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