Jessie Sunner
Second, 1,858 behind
BC Ballot called this riding for Harj Dhaliwal (Conservative), 10:29 p.m. PT Oct 24.
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harj Dhaliwal | Conservative Party | 7,334 | 54.51% | Leading |
| Jessie Sunner | BC NDP | 5,476 | 40.70% | |
| Harman Preet Singh | CentreBC | 645 | 4.79% |
Elections BC’s initial count
Jessie Sunner is the BC NDP candidate in Surrey-Newton, on Elections BC’s final candidate list.
How Jessie Sunner voted Present for 105 of 105 recorded divisions since 2024
Next in Surrey-Newton: Harj Dhaliwal Conservative Party
- 2026 ballot
- Running again
- Party in the Legislature
- BC NDP
- Position at dissolution
- Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills
- Salary at dissolution
- $183,064 a year: $122,043 as an MLA, plus $61,021 as Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills
The race in Surrey-Newton
3 on the ballot
- Harj Dhaliwal Conservative Party
- Harman Preet Singh CentreBC
- Jessie Sunner BC NDP This page Last MLA
- Jessie Sunner Won with 51.2 percent, BC NDP
- Won by 1,266 votes Over Tegjot Bal, Conservative Party
Electoral history
- MLA
- 2024 to 2026, 1 Parliament
- First win on record
- 2024, Surrey-Newton (provincial)
- 2024
Surrey-Newton Provincial general election · BC NDP
Elected 7,924 votes, 51.2 percent
43rd Parliament February 18, 2025 to September 22, 2026
In the Legislature
Cabinet roles
- Minister of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills Current
How Jessie Sunner voted
Jessie Sunner’s voting record Present for 105 of 105 recorded divisions since 2024
Campaign finances
| Election | Filed as | Total raised | Total spent | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 general election | BC NDP, Surrey-Newton | $85,107 | $85,107 | Report |
What the BC NDP has committed to
200 commitments in 15 issues
Compare with Conservative BC Green
How Jessie Sunner voted in the 43rd Parliament, 2024 to dissolution: every bill and motion
- For
Bill 22 Supply Act, 2026-2027
Appropriates $84.4 billion for the public service and $1.45 billion for financing transactions for the year ending March 31, 2027.Passed the Legislature 46 to 45
- For
Bill 9 Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026
Amends the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act, covering request detail, response times and extensions, grounds to refuse disclosure or to let a public body disregard a request, and a connected services provider the minister may establish.Passed the Legislature 46 to 46
- For
Bill 20 K’ómoks Treaty Act
Puts the K’ómoks Treaty into law, ratifies it, and makes the consequential amendments the treaty requires.Passed the Legislature 53 to 39
- ForA motion requesting that the Legislative Assembly Management Committee set a required course on economics, public finance and numeracy for new members.
Passed as amended 48 to 40
- For
Passed 50 to 40
- For
Bill M 217 Dashboard Cameras in Commercial Vehicles Act
Requires dashboard cameras to be installed and operated in commercial vehicles.Passed report stage 90 to 0
- For
Bill M 237 Insurance (Vehicle) Amendment Act, 2026
Amends the Insurance (Vehicle) Act to extend the period in which a catastrophic injury benefit claim may be made, and amends the Permanent Impairment Regulation to reduce the number of amputations that count as a catastrophic injury.Passed 49 to 42
- AgainstRepeals the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act of 2019, as the mover described it on first reading.
Not allowed to be introduced 44 to 47
- ForAmends the Forest Act to create contract logging authorizations and to allow licence terms that are more stringent than statutory requirements.
Passed the Legislature 89 to 0
- Against
Bill M 233 Public Sector Construction Projects Procurement Act
Prohibits public sector construction solicitations that require a successful vendor to employ only unionized or only non unionized workers.Defeated at second reading 42 to 48
- Against the amendmentAmends the Residential Tenancy Act to bring supportive and transitional housing within the Act, removes an exemption for certain housing based health facilities, and adds circumstances in which a tenancy may be ended.
Amendment votes only, amendment defeated 4 to 6
- For
Bill M 241 Interpretation Amendment Act, 2026
Repeals section 8.1 of the Interpretation Act, the rule that every enactment be read as upholding section 35 rights and as consistent with the Declaration.Introduced 92 to 0
- ForAmends the Safe Access to Schools Act to change the date on which that Act is repealed.
Passed the Legislature 86 to 4
- ForAmends the Motor Vehicle Act to allow online driver licence applications and changes the duties to report a change of name, address or email.
Passed the Legislature 92 to 0
- ForAmends finance and tax statutes to carry out the 2026 budget, raising the lowest personal income tax rate, dissolving the Office of the Merit Commissioner, extending provincial sales tax to specified services, and adding a manufacturing and processing tax credit.
Passed the Legislature 46 to 46
- AgainstA motion under which the House affirms that an independent officer of the Legislature should oversee the merit principle in the BC public service.
Motion defeated 45 to 46
- ForA government motion under Standing Order 16 (4) that further defers an already deferred division to the start of the next sitting’s Orders of the Day, and defers any division taken in Section B that day.
Passed 46 to 43
- ForA motion under which the House affirms support for the BC Human Rights Code and the tribunal’s power to enforce it.
Motion passed 83 to 3
- Against
Defunding Aboriginal Title Claims Affecting Private Property Act
Suspends non-essential provincial funding to any Indigenous group that brings an Aboriginal title claim affecting private property, and bars anyone from using provincial funds to support such a claim, as the mover described it on first reading.Not allowed to be introduced 38 to 49
- Against the amendment
Bill 5 Trade Recognition Act
Rewrites Part 1 of the Economic Stabilization (Tariff Response) Act as a scheme under which goods and services that meet another province’s regulatory measures are recognized in British Columbia, subject to stated exclusions.Amendment votes only, amendment defeated 5 to 5
- ForAmends the Special Accounts Appropriation and Control Act to establish the British Columbia Strategic Investments special account.
Passed the Legislature 46 to 42
- For
Bill M 235 Drug Recovery and Community Safety Act
Cancels authorization and funding for supervised consumption sites, overdose prevention sites and other controlled substance use sites, requires a plan to redirect that funding, conditions provincial funding on abstinence, suspends benefits on possession convictions, and overrides the Residential Tenancy Act.Introduced 84 to 2
- For
Motion that the Speaker do now leave the Chair, to go into Committee of Supply
The main budget motion, that the Speaker leave the Chair so the House can go into Committee of Supply and consider the estimates.Passed 46 to 46
- AgainstRepeals the Human Rights Code, abolishes the Human Rights Tribunal and the office of the Human Rights Commissioner, and voids the tribunal’s outstanding orders, as the mover described it on first reading.
Not allowed to be introduced 37 to 50
- For
Bill M 226 Motor Vehicle Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025
Amends the Motor Vehicle Act to create a reckless driving prohibition, provide for police reporting and create an offence of driving while prohibited.Passed second reading 78 to 7
- AgainstTreats the promotion of gender ideology to a child as emotional harm under child protection and family law, bars social transition in schools, and prohibits hormones and surgery for gender transition for minors, as the mover described it on first reading.
Not allowed to be introduced 38 to 49
- Against the amendment
Bill 28 Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act (No. 2), 2025
Amends the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act to regulate credit repair services, security alerts in credit reports and credit monitoring contracts.Amendment votes only, amendment defeated 38 to 46
- For
Bill 24 Vaping Product Damages and Health Care Costs Recovery Act
Creates a direct government action against vaping product manufacturers, wholesalers and consultants for the cost of health care benefits that a vaping related wrong caused or contributed to, and sets rules for those proceedings.Passed the Legislature 49 to 42
- ForAmends the Mental Health Act to extend liability protection to providers of authorized services and removes the deemed consent to treatment rule.
Passed the Legislature 45 to 41
- Against the amendment
Bill 29 Child, Family and Community Service Amendment Act, 2025
Amends the Child, Family and Community Service Act to create temporary safety plan agreements while an assessment, investigation or court application is under way.Amendment votes only, amendment defeated 39 to 50
- Against
Bill M 219 Health Authorities Amendment Act, 2025
Amends the Health Authorities Act to require health authorities to set medically recommended wait times, notify patients when those times are missed and report.Defeated at second reading 43 to 48
- For
Bill M 228 Freedom Convoy Recognition Day Act
Creates Freedom Convoy Recognition Day on March 11 and adds it to the public and statutory holidays listed in the Employment Standards Act.Introduced 87 to 2
- ForA government motion under Standing Order 16 (4) that further defers the already deferred division on second reading of Bill M 219 to the start of the next afternoon’s Orders of the Day, and defers any division taken in Section B until then.
Motion passed 48 to 40
- For
Bill M 225 Secure Procurement in Respect of China Act
Prohibits public bodies from contracting with suppliers tied to China where comparable Canadian or trade partner supply exists, and requires contract disclosure.Introduced 84 to 4
- AgainstBars flying any flag on provincial property other than the Canadian flag, the British Columbia flag and municipal flags, as the mover described it on first reading.
Not allowed to be introduced 15 to 73
- For
Bill M 217 Dashboard Cameras in Commercial Vehicles Act
Requires dashboard cameras to be installed and operated in commercial vehicles.Passed second reading 91 to 0
- Against
National Day for Truth and Reconciliation Statute Repeal Act
Removes the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation as a statutory holiday in British Columbia, as the mover described it on first reading.Not allowed to be introduced 3 to 86
- ForAmends the Hydro and Power Authority Act, allowing designation of First Nations ownership in the North Coast transmission line, and the Utilities Commission Act, adding power to regulate electricity for data storage or processing and for hydrogen used outside Canada.
Passed the Legislature 46 to 46
- For
Bill 20 Construction Prompt Payment Act
Creates a scheme for invoicing, prompt payment and interim adjudication in the construction industry and establishes an adjudication authority.Committee votes only, clause 42 passed in committee 87 to 0
- Against
Post-Secondary Institutions Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Prohibition Act
Bans race-based hiring, identity quotas and ideological tests at publicly funded universities and withdraws provincial funding from an institution that does not comply, as the mover described it on first reading.Not allowed to be introduced 41 to 50
- Against
Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Statute Repeal Act
Repeals the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, as the mover described it on first reading.Not allowed to be introduced 43 to 48
- For
Bill 25 Housing and Municipal Affairs Statutes Amendment Act, 2025
Amends the Local Government Act, the Vancouver Charter and short term rental law, including limits on off street parking requirements for housing.Passed second reading 48 to 44
- For
Bill M 216 Professional Reliance Act
Requires local governments to accept development submissions certified by a professional registered under the Professional Governance Act, bars them from requiring peer review of one, sets a dispute referral process, and moves liability for a certified submission to the professional.Passed second reading 47 to 44
- For
Bill 30 Employment Standards (Serious Illness or Injury Leave) Amendment Act, 2025
Amends the Employment Standards Act to add up to 27 weeks of unpaid job protected leave in 52 weeks for serious illness or injury.Passed second reading 81 to 2
- AgainstCharges new residents who are not Canadian citizens or permanent residents a yearly health registration fee of $7,500 a person as a condition of medical coverage, as the mover described it on first reading.
Not allowed to be introduced 37 to 48
- AgainstRepeals the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, declares the United Nations declaration to have no legal force in British Columbia, and requires consultation with owners before a government decision affects their property, as the mover described it on first reading.
Not allowed to be introduced 40 to 48
- Against
Bill M 213 Drug Use Prevention Education in Schools Act
Requires drug use prevention education and anti drug messaging in schools.Defeated at second reading 43 to 48
- For
Bill 19 School Amendment Act, 2025
Amends the School Act to widen board of education authority to provide child care on board property and changes how related fees are described.Passed the Legislature 90 to 0
- For
Bill 18 Sexual Violence Policy Act
Repeals the Sexual Violence and Misconduct Policy Act, puts a new Act in its place, and sets policy, advisory committee and reporting duties for post secondary institutions.Passed the Legislature 87 to 0
- AgainstMakes it unlawful for publicly funded institutions and their staff to make, or require others to make, a land acknowledgement that denies Crown sovereignty over British Columbia or assigns collective guilt by race or ancestry, with exceptions for historically accurate statements and academic freedom, as the mover described it on first reading.
Not allowed to be introduced 5 to 85
- ForAmends the Motor Vehicle Act to lower from 19 to 18 the age at which a person may apply for their own licence, to require prescribed motorcycle riders to wear prescribed protective gear, and to add licensing regulation powers.
Passed second reading 85 to 0
- For
Bill 17 Intimate Images Protection Statutes Amendment Act, 2025
Amends the Civil Resolution Tribunal Act and related statutes to change how intimate image claims are heard and to widen the tribunal’s money limits.Passed second reading 87 to 0
- AgainstBars medical gender-transition treatment for minors and social transition in schools, including new names and pronouns, and removes gender-related material from school libraries and curricula, as the mover described it on first reading.
Not allowed to be introduced 40 to 48
- ForA motion under which the House condemns views held by the Association for Reformed Political Action on transgender people, homosexuality and abortion access.
Motion passed 48 to 3
- For
Bill 16 Supply Act, 2025-2026
Appropriates $82.1 billion for the public service and $1.56 billion for financing transactions for the year ending March 31, 2026.Passed the Legislature 48 to 44
- For
Bill 15 Infrastructure Projects Act
Creates powers to designate infrastructure projects and to authorize streamlining options for them, including expedited environmental assessment.Passed the Legislature 46 to 46
- For
Bill 14 Renewable Energy Projects (Streamlined Permitting) Act
Creates a scheme under which the BC Energy Regulator permits renewable energy projects at three levels and changes how other statutes apply to them.Passed the Legislature 46 to 46
- ForCreates powers to remove interprovincial trade barriers, direct government procurement, set tolls on provincial undertakings and modify enactments by regulation.
Passed the Legislature 48 to 44
- For
Bill M 202 Eligibility to Hold Public Office Act
Disqualifies a sitting member of the Legislative Assembly from also holding a local elected office.Passed report stage 48 to 41
- ForAmends the Employment Standards Act to bar an employer from requesting a health practitioner’s note for short term health related leave, in the circumstances set by regulation.
Passed the Legislature 91 to 0
- For
Bill M 214 Firefighters’ Health Act
Requires a plan for health screening of firefighters, its tabling and five year review, and a review of workers compensation disease presumptions.Passed second reading 91 to 0
- ForA government motion under Standing Order 81.1 (2) that set the times by which all remaining stages of Bills 5, 7, 11, 13, 14 and 15 were to be disposed of, the last of them by 8 p.m. on May 28, 2025.
Motion passed 46 to 44
- ForAmends the Income Tax Act and other finance statutes to carry out the 2025 budget and extends the years in which deficits may be forecast.
Passed second reading 89 to 0
- Against
Bill M 211 Zero-Emission Vehicles Repeal Act
Repeals the Zero-Emission Vehicles Act.Defeated at second reading 44 to 47
- For
Bill M 212 Income Tax (Grocery Rebate Guarantee) Amendment Act, 2025
Amends the Income Tax Act to raise the basic personal amount from $9,713 to $22,462.Introduced 90 to 1
- Against
Bill M 208 Emergency and Disaster Management Amendment Act, 2025
Amends the Emergency and Disaster Management Act to require the minister to establish a committee on the development of a provincial volunteer organization to be called BC Volunteer Corps.Defeated at second reading 45 to 46
- ForA motion under which the House acknowledges Truth and Reconciliation Commission and National Inquiry findings on cultural genocide and residential schools, and recognizes that legal precedent has affirmed Indigenous rights and title.
Motion passed 92 to 0
- ForAmends the Carbon Tax Act to set carbon tax rates for fuels and combustibles at zero and repeals the climate action tax credit.
Passed second reading 88 to 2
- For
Motion that the Speaker do now leave the Chair, to go into Committee of Supply
The main budget motion, that the Speaker leave the Chair so the House can go into Committee of Supply and consider the estimates.Passed 48 to 44
- For
Bill M 204 Perinatal and Postnatal Mental Health Strategy Act
Requires the minister to develop and update a strategy on perinatal and postnatal mental health, lists the matters the minister must consider, and requires consultation, tabling and review.Passed second reading 91 to 0
- For
Bill 4 Business Practices and Consumer Protection Amendment Act, 2025
Amends the Business Practices and Consumer Protection Act to bar consumer contract terms that block reviews, class proceedings or court claims, and to reset the disclosure, cancellation and automatic renewal rules for consumer contracts.Passed second reading 91 to 0
- Against the amendmentA motion thanking the Lieutenant Governor for the Speech from the Throne that opens a session, on which members may move amendments.
Amendment votes only, amendment defeated 44 to 48
- ForA motion under which the House condemns tariffs proposed by President Donald Trump and endorses a nationally coordinated Canadian response that may include proportionate retaliation targeting specified industries and regions.
Motion passed 86 to 5
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- Elections BC, candidates
- Elections BC voting results, October 19, 2024
- Elections BC provincial voting results (DataBC)
- Elections BC, campaign financing report, 2024 general election
- Votes and Proceedings
- Legislative Assembly members list
- Jessie Sunner, Legislative Assembly profile
- Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, MLA Remuneration and Expenses
Updated October 26, 2026