Brenda Locke

Her Worship
Brenda Locke
Her Worship Brenda Locke
Mayor of Surrey
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; November 7, 2022
Preceded by	Doug McCallum
Surrey City Councillor
	In office; November 5, 2018 – November 7, 2022
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly; for Surrey-Green Timbers
	In office; May 16, 2001 – May 17, 2005
Preceded by	Sue Hammell
Succeeded by	Sue Hammell
Personal details
Born	1955
Political party	Surrey Connect (municipal); BC Liberal (provincial)
Other political; affiliations	Safe Surrey Coalition (2018–2019); TeamSurrey (2014)
Spouse	John
Children	2
Residence	Surrey, British Columbia

Brenda Joy Locke (born 1955) 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 Liberal party.^[2] 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.^[3]^[4] In the 2017 provincial election, she ran for the BC Liberal party in her former seat of Surrey-Green Timbers but was defeated by Rachna Singh.^[5]

While she was out of office, Locke worked as executive director for the B.C. Massage Therapist Association.^[6] On October 20, 2018, Locke was elected as a councillor for Surrey City Council, as a part of the Safe Surrey Coalition.^[7]

On June 27, 2019, Locke left the Safe Surrey Coalition, becoming an independent.^[8]^[9] In January 2020, along with a fellow ex-Safe Surrey city councillor, Jack Hundial, she founded a new political slate called Surrey Connect.^[10]

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%

v t e 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

v t e 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^[11]^[12]

2022 Surrey mayoral election
	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

^ "Locke, Hon. Brenda". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 28 October 2023.
^ Anne Edwards, Seeking Balance: Conversations with BC Women in Politics. Caitlin Press, 2008. ISBN 1894759311.
^ Bailey, Ian (12 October 2014). "Independents rally together in Surrey mayoral race". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
^ Reid, Amy (16 October 2014). "TeamSurrey unveils platform focusing on crime reduction – Surrey Now-Leader". www.surreynowleader.com. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
^ Zytaruk, Tom (24 October 2018). "Poll-topper Brenda Locke's heart is in social planning". North Delta Reporter. Retrieved 16 October 2022.
^ "Contact Us | Registered Massage Therapists' Association of British Columbia". Archived from the original on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-10-31.
^ "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)
^ Little, Simon; Macdonald, Gord. "2nd councillor quits Surrey mayor's Safe Surrey Coalition, citing 'dysfunctional' council". Global News. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
^ 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.
^ 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.
^ "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 1 December 2020.
^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.

External links

Hon. Brenda Locke, 37th Parliament biography.

[1] "Locke, Hon. Brenda". www.encyclopedia.com. Retrieved 28 October 2023.

[2] Anne Edwards, Seeking Balance: Conversations with BC Women in Politics. Caitlin Press, 2008. ISBN 1894759311.

[3] Bailey, Ian (12 October 2014). "Independents rally together in Surrey mayoral race". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

[4] Reid, Amy (16 October 2014). "TeamSurrey unveils platform focusing on crime reduction – Surrey Now-Leader". www.surreynowleader.com. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

[5] Zytaruk, Tom (24 October 2018). "Poll-topper Brenda Locke's heart is in social planning". North Delta Reporter. Retrieved 16 October 2022.

[6] "Contact Us | Registered Massage Therapists' Association of British Columbia". Archived from the original on 2018-10-31. Retrieved 2018-10-31.

[7] "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)

[8] Little, Simon; Macdonald, Gord. "2nd councillor quits Surrey mayor's Safe Surrey Coalition, citing 'dysfunctional' council". Global News. Retrieved 8 August 2020.

[9] 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.

[10] 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.

[11] "2017 Provincial General Election - Statement of Votes" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved 1 December 2020.

[12] "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved 13 September 2020.

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Brenda Locke

Early life

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