SURREY, B.C. - When voters in Surrey South cast their ballots on October 24, the Conservative name in front of them will belong to a sitting mayor: Megan Knight, who has led the City of White Rock since 2022 and is now asking voters to send her to Victoria.
Knight has called the White Rock area home for more than 46 years. She graduated from Semiahmoo Secondary, studied at the University of British Columbia, and in 1998 was commissioned as a British Columbia Notary Public, building a practice she ran for 25 years serving local families and businesses.
Her path into politics ran through city hall. Knight was first elected to White Rock City Council in 2014 and served as a councillor until 2018. In 2022, she won the mayor’s chair, defeating incumbent Darryl Walker 2,001 votes to 1,811. As mayor, her party biography says, she has worked to keep White Rock safe, support local businesses, protect its natural spaces and keep the city’s public spaces vibrant and welcoming.
Her reach extends well beyond one small city. Knight has served on the Metro Vancouver Board of Directors and the TransLink Mayors’ Council, giving her firsthand experience with the regional decisions on transportation, growth and costs that shape daily life for South Surrey and White Rock families. She has also served on the boards of the Sources Foundation, the Society of Notaries Public of BC, the Notary Foundation, the Fraser Valley Regional Library and Tour de White Rock. In 2022, she was honoured with the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medallion for her contributions to community service.
This is not her first run at provincial office. In 2020, Knight sought the BC Liberal nomination in neighbouring Surrey-White Rock, a race ultimately won by Trevor Halford.
Her Surrey South run came together quickly. Knight had been planning to seek a second term as mayor when the Conservatives turned to her after Brent Chapman, who won the riding for the party in 2024, left for OneBC. Because the civic withdrawal deadline of September 18 had already passed, her name still appeared on White Rock’s October 17 mayoral ballot even as she campaigned provincially. On the campaign trail, her pledge is to be a strong voice for safer communities and lower costs, in a party whose first promise of the campaign was to never raise taxes.
The riding has no incumbent on the ballot. Chapman took Surrey South in 2024 with 13,056 votes (58.8 per cent), well ahead of the NDP’s Haroon Ghaffar at 9,136 (41.2 per cent), but he crossed the floor to OneBC on September 22, 2026, and his name is not on the 2026 ballot. Knight faces four rivals, including CentreBC leader Elenore Sturko, who represented this area before Chapman.
Advance voting in Surrey South runs October 16 to 21, from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., at Ta’talu Elementary School (all six days), Gracepoint Community Church (October 16 and October 19 to 21), and Pacific Heights Elementary School and Semiahmoo Trail Elementary School (October 17 and 18). The district electoral office is at N116-15850 26 Avenue. General voting day is Saturday, October 24.
Photo: Megan Knight campaign (conservativebc.ca)
Sources: conservativebc.ca; Elections BC; StudioX News; Business Examiner; Peace Arch News; Wikipedia (2024 results, Elections BC)
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