Harman Bhangu was first elected on October 19, 2024 as the Conservative MLA for Langley-Abbotsford. Before entering public life, he spent years in the trucking and transportation industry and knows what it means to run a business, meet a payroll and work hard to provide for a family. His 2025 legislature disclosure fills in the detail: income from BGH Trucking Ltd and ownership of HCBA Contracting and Consulting, a trucking dispatch business. He holds residential property in Surrey.
He won the riding with about 56 per cent of the vote, defeating NDP candidate John Aldag, according to Elections BC's statement of votes. With the legislature dissolved and a new election set for October 24, 2026, he is running for re-election in Langley-Abbotsford.
As an MLA he was handed senior opposition critic roles covering transportation, transit, tourism, jobs and economic development. That is a heavy brief for a first-term legislator, and it put him directly across from the ministers responsible for highways, transit expansion and the provincial economy. The transportation brief covers highways including the Highway 1 corridor through the Fraser Valley. In a riding where trucking routes, commuter corridors and warehouse jobs shape daily life, the fit between his background and his files was obvious.
His highest-profile legislative fight came outside the chamber. In 2026 he launched an Elections BC approved petition to repeal DRIPA, the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, arguing it had made property rights uncertain across the province. News reports noted the petition needed signatures from 10 per cent of registered voters in each of BC's 93 electoral districts to move forward, and his party leader backed the effort publicly. He called DRIPA a disaster for BC that needed to be repealed.
His campaign site says that since 2024 he has worked to bring the concerns of families, workers, businesses and communities in Langley-Abbotsford directly to the legislature. Trucking is one of those industries that keeps the whole region moving while rarely getting political attention, and having someone in the chamber who has actually dispatched the trucks gives the Fraser Valley's logistics economy a direct voice.
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.
This profile is part of Apna News' Candidates series, introducing the people who represent Surrey and its neighbouring communities. Apna News is Surrey's new multilingual news platform. If you spot something to correct or add, reach us at info@apnanews.ca.
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