Brent Chapman

Brent Chapman is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia representing the electoral district of Surrey South since 2024. He is a member of the Conservative Party. He is married to Kerry-Lynne Findlay, who serves as leader of the party.

Early life and career Chapman resides in Surrey with his wife Kerry-Lynne Findlay, a lawyer-turned politician. Together they have four adult children.

Political career In May 2024, Chapman was nominated as the Conservative Party of British Columbia's candidate in Surrey South for the 2024 general election. The incumbent Surrey South MLA, Elenore Sturko, defected from BC United to the Conservatives and ran in nearby Surrey-Cloverdale.

During the election, Chapman repeatedly apologized for past racist comments and controversial statements listed below, after former BC Liberal MLA and current CKNW radio host Jas Johal drew attention to them.

On October 14, 2024, Chapman posted on social media that he had received legal advice not to continue commenting on his previous social media posts. Global News reporters sought to interview him at his campaign office the next day but he was unavailable for questions.

Chapman went on to defeat NDP candidate Haroon Ghaffar with 58.8% of the votes, winning a seat in the Legislative Assembly of BC.

2017 In January, after Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 United States presidential election, Chapman, who had posted pro-Trump content on social media, posted a graphic indicating the proper way to commit suicide by gunshot to help "those liberals who said they would kill themselves if Trump were elected".

In February, Chapman made a social media post suggesting that the Quebec City mosque shooting, Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, Aurora theater shooting, and the Pulse nightclub shooting were faked for political reasons. However, on October 14, 2024, Chapman tweeted saying that those shootings were real and he had been questioning the chaotic nature of reporting after such shootings.

In mid-September, Chapman said on a podcast that he believed that the United Nations was conspiring to control Canadian municipalities via contracts, citing the work of Freedom Convoy protestor Maggie Hope Braun. Chapman also said that the World Health Organization's proposed International Treaty on Pandemic Prevention, Preparedness and Response would allow it to confiscate personal property, and that the BC Conservatives had 45 to 50 people who were opposed to the treaty.

Chapman also appeared on a podcast and referred to the mainstream narrative around Canadian Indian residential school gravesites as a "massive fraud" and cult-like, comparing it to Jonestown and Charles Manson. Chapman also said that Canadians should feel proud of their national history.

Electoral history