Seven people are trying to put Mayor Dianne Watts out of work this year, as seven candidates added their names to the mayoralty list for this coming civic election.
The nominations are closed for this year's civic election, and all the candidates are registered.
There was a late buzz around the city clerk's office at city hall Friday afternoon as candidates rushed to file their final paperwork.
Seven candidates have emerged to take a run at Watts, who has enjoyed strong popularity ratings.
There are also 27 candidates for council and 14 for school trustee.
The list is preliminary as there is another week to allow for appeals, but this is the list as of 4:30 p.m. Friday, the deadline for nominations.
Surrey mayor:
Viramjit Bajwa
Ross Buchanan
Touraj Ghanbar-zadeh
Clifford Inimgba
Sudarshan (Shan) Rana
Joginder Singh Randhawa
Dianne Watts (SF)*
Deanna Welters
Surrey councii:
Kuldip Ardawa (SCC)
Bob Bose (SCC) *
Lawrence Chen
Doug Elford (SCC)
Rina Gill (SCC)
Tom Gill (SF) *
Kuljinder Singh Gill
Paul Griffin
Bruce Hayne (SF)
Linda Hepner (SF)*
Judy Higginbotham
Gary Hoffman
Marvin Hunt (SF)*
Bernadette Keenan
Mary Martin (SF)*
Imtiaz Popat
Barinder Rasode (SF)*
Grant Rice (SCC)
Gary Robinson (SCC)
Mike Robinson
Stephanie Ryan (SCC)
Partap Bir Singh
Barbara Steele (SF)*
Susan Thomas
Judy Villeneuve (SF)*
John Milton Wolanski
Steve Wood (SCC)
Surrey Board of Education
Terry Allen (SFE)*
Ijaz Chatha (SCC) *
Moh Chilali (SCC)
Charlene Dobie (SCC)
Sukhy Dhillon (SCC)
Pam Glass (SFE)*
Laurence Greeff (SCC)
Paul Hillsdon
Malkiat Singh Kang
Laurie Larsen (SFE)*
Reni Masi (SFE)*
Ram Sidhu (SCC)
Anne Van Rhyn
Shawn Wilson (SFE)*
The list becomes official on Oct. 21. The election is on Saturday, Nov. 19.
* denotes incumbent
SCC: Surrey Civic Coalition
SF: Surrey First
SFE: Surrey First Education