Trevor Halford | |
|---|---|
| Leader of the Opposition in British Columbia | |
| Assumed office December 4, 2025 | |
| Preceded by | John Rustad |
| Interim Leader of Conservative Party of British Columbia | |
| Assumed office December 4,2025 | |
| Preceded by | John Rustad |
| Member of the Legislative Assembly for Surrey-White Rock | |
| Assumed office October 24,2020 | |
| Preceded by | Tracy Redies |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Surrey,British Columbia,Canada |
| Party | BC Conservative (since 2024) |
| Other political affiliations | BC United (until 2024) Surrey First (2018) |
| Spouse | Holly Halford |
| Residence(s) | Surrey,British Columbia,Canada |
| Alma mater | Trinity Western University |
Trevor Halford is a Canadian politician who has served as the interim leader of the Conservative Party of British Columbia and leader of the Opposition since 2025. He has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the electoral district of Surrey-White Rock. Having first been elected in the 2020 provincial election as a member of the BC Liberal Party (later renamed BC United), [1] he was re-elected in 2024 as a member of the Conservative Party.
His position as interim party leader was initially disputed by John Rustad,the ousted leader,and his supporters on December 3,2025, [2] though Rustad resigned the following day. [3]
Born and raised in Surrey,British Columbia,Halford attended Elgin Park Secondary School in South Surrey before graduating from Trinity Western University with a degree in political science. [4] [5] [6] He and his wife Holly have three children together. [4] [7]
He volunteered for BC Liberal Surrey-White Rock MLA Gordie Hogg in the late 1990s before getting a job in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia,becoming chief of staff for two cabinet ministers. [8] [6] He was involved in Kevin Falcon's 2011 bid for the Liberal leadership,then worked in the office on communications and issue management for Premier Christy Clark. [8] [6] After leaving government,he became director of public affairs for TransCanada Pipelines. [8] [6] He ran for Surrey City Council in the 2018 municipal election as part of Surrey First, [9] but was not elected. [8] [6]
Halford secured the Liberal nomination for Surrey-White Rock in September 2020; [10] he defeated New Democrat Bryn Smith by 224 votes in that October's provincial election to become the riding's MLA, [8] [11] and was named the official opposition critic for mental health and addictions that November. [12] He became the shadow minister for Transportation and Infrastructure,ICBC and Affordability in December 2022, [13] [14] and later added TransLink,BC Transit and Sport to his portfolio. [4]
He was originally slated to run in the 2024 provincial election as a candidate for BC United (renamed from the Liberals in 2023);after BC United pulled out of the election,Halford was announced as the BC Conservative candidate for Surrey-White Rock on September 3,2024. [15] [16] He replaced Bryan Tepper,who instead ran for the Conservatives in Surrey-Panorama. [16] Halford was re-elected in Surrey-White Rock, [11] and was named official opposition critic for environment and parks by Conservative leader John Rustad that November. [17]
| 2024 British Columbia general election : Surrey-White Rock | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Trevor Halford | 14,667 | 52.3% | n/a | ||||
| New Democratic | Darryl Walker | 12,699 | 45.3% | +6.61 | ||||
| Libertarian | Damyn Tassie | 671 | 2.4% | +0.77 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 28,037 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | n/a | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC [18] | ||||||||
| Note:Trevor Halford was elected as a Liberal in 2020, but crossed the floor to the Conservatives on September 3, 2024. | ||||||||
| 2020 British Columbia general election : Surrey-White Rock | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Liberal | Trevor Halford | 10,718 | 39.51 | −10.36 | $57,028.20 | |||
| New Democratic | Bryn Smith | 10,494 | 38.69 | +8.10 | $9,021.54 | |||
| Green | Beverly Hobby | 3,862 | 14.24 | −1.94 | $1,442.61 | |||
| Independent | Megan Knight | 1,607 | 5.92 | – | $17,304.20 | |||
| Libertarian | Jason Bax | 443 | 1.63 | – | $0.00 | |||
| Total valid votes | 27,124 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 266 | 0.97 | +0.54 | |||||
| Turnout | 27,390 | 61.23 | −5.90 | |||||
| Registered voters | 44,733 | |||||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −9.23 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC [19] [20] | ||||||||