Garry Begg

Garry Begg is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia since 2017, representing the electoral district of Surrey-Guildford.^[2]

Garry Begg MLA
Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General of British Columbia
In office November 18, 2024 – July 17, 2025
Premier	David Eby
Preceded by	Mike Farnworth
Succeeded by	Nina Krieger
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Surrey-Guildford
Incumbent
Assumed office May 9, 2017
Preceded by	Riding Established
Personal details
Born	Ontario[1]
Political party	New Democratic Party
Spouse	Val Begg

Biography

Born in Ontario, Begg had a 38-year career with the Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP), eight of which was spent in Surrey;^[1][3] he attained the rank of inspector with the force.^[4] He previously ran in the 2015 federal election as the federal New Democratic Party's candidate in Fleetwood—Port Kells,^[4] but was not elected.^[5]

In the 2017 provincial election, he ran in the newly established riding of Surrey-Guildford as a BC NDP candidate against Liberal Amrik Virk, also a former RCMP inspector. Begg defeated Virk to become a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,^[2][3] and served as government caucus whip in his first term.^[6][7] He retained his seat in the 2020 provincial election.^[8]

Begg faced a tight race against BC Conservative candidate Honveer Singh Randhawa in the 2024 election, with initial results indicating that Randhawa was leading by 103 votes.^[9] After mail-in and absentee ballots were counted, Elections BC posted updated results on October 28, with Begg winning by 27 votes;^[10][11] that figure was later revised to 21 votes.^[12] As the margin was less than 1/500th of the total ballots cast, an automatic judicial recount was triggered.^[10][11] The recount was completed on November 8, with Begg re-elected by a margin of 22 votes, allowing the NDP to hold on to a majority government.^[12][13]

He was named to the Eby ministry on November 18, 2024 to serve as Minister of Public Safety and Solicitor General.^[1][7][14] He was succeeded by Nina Krieger in July 2025.^[15]

He and his wife Val have two children.^[1][6]

Electoral record

Provincial elections

v t e 2024 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Guildford
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	New Democratic	Garry Begg	8,947	46.83
	Conservative	Honveer Singh Randhawa	8,925	46.81
	Green	Manjeet Singh Sahota	824	4.32
	Independent	Kabir Qurban	370	1.94
Total valid votes			19,066	100.00
Source: Elections BC[16]

v t e 2020 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Guildford
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Garry Begg	10,403	60.59	+10.99	$40,309.39
	Liberal	Dave Hans	5,139	29.93	−8.21	$42,168.46
	Green	Jodi Murphy	1,345	7.83	−1.98	$1,281.64
	Independent	Sam Kofalt	282	1.64	–	$1,015.24
Total valid votes			17,169	100.00	–
Total rejected ballots			148	0.85	+0.14
Turnout			17,317	45.69	−10.07
Registered voters			37,905
Source: Elections BC[17][18]

v t e 2017 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Guildford
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Garry Begg	9,263	49.85	$67,072
	Liberal	Amrik Virk	7,015	37.76	$71,381
	Green	Jodi Murphy	1,840	9.90	$,1838
	Christian Heritage	Kevin Pielak	462	2.49	$1,015
Total valid votes			18,580	100.00
Total rejected ballots			133	0.71
Turnout			18,713	55.76
Registered voters			33,561
Source: Elections BC[19][20]

Federal elections

v t e 2015 Canadian federal election: Fleetwood—Port Kells
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Ken Hardie	22,871	46.90	+31.24	$50,601.97
	Conservative	Nina Grewal	14,275	29.27	-18.56	$77,785.90
	New Democratic	Garry Begg	10,463	21.46	-11.60	$100,039.24
	Green	Richard Hosein	1,154	2.37	-0.20	$3,625.85
Total valid votes/expense limit			48,763	100.00		$206,797.64
Total rejected ballots			269	0.55	–
Turnout			49,032	65.25	–
Eligible voters			75,150
	Liberal gain from Conservative		Swing		+24.90
Source: Elections Canada[21][22][23]