Garry 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; he attained the rank of inspector with the force. He previously ran in the 2015 federal election as the federal New Democratic Party's candidate in Fleetwood—Port Kells,

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, He retained his seat in the 2020 provincial election.

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. After mail-in and absentee ballots were counted, Elections BC posted updated results on October 28, with Begg winning by 27 votes; that figure was later revised to 21 votes. As the margin was less than 1/500th of the total ballots cast, an automatic judicial recount was triggered.

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

He and his wife Val have two children.

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Federal elections