Doug McCallum is a former mayor of Surrey, British Columbia

Surrey, British Columbia

Surrey is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada. It is a member municipality of Metro Vancouver, the governing body of the Greater Vancouver Regional District...

. McCallum was first elected to a seat on Surrey City Council

Surrey City Council

The Surrey City Council is the governing body of the City of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada.The council consists of the mayor and eight elected city councillors representing the city as a whole.-Council members:* Dianne Watts, mayor - Surrey First...

 in 1993. During this term he served as Chair of the Finance Committee and sat as a member of the Parks and Recreation Commission and the Library Board.

Doug McCallum was elected mayor in the 1996 election. He is seen as being pro-business and development, enhancing public safety, and providing a zero property tax increase. He won re-election as Surrey's mayor in the 1999 and 2002 municipal elections.

McCallum ran again for a fourth term in the 2005 municipal elections

British Columbia municipal elections, 2005

The Canadian province of British Columbia held its triannual municipal elections on November 19, 2005. Voters in each of BC's 157 municipalities elected mayors and councillors, and rural voters elected directors for their regional district electoral area...

 but was soundly defeated by his emergent rival, Dianne Watts

Dianne Watts

Dianne L. Watts is the mayor of Surrey, British Columbia, Canada and was elected in 2005 to this office as the city's first female mayor.She ran as an independent candidate, defeating incumbent Doug McCallum at the polls on November 19, 2005, who had been her political ally as recently as 2003...

, a former fellow member of his party, the Surrey Electors Team.

McCallum then sought the Conservative Party

Conservative Party of Canada

The Conservative Party of Canada , is a political party in Canada which was formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in 2003. It is positioned on the right of the Canadian political spectrum...

 nomination for the 2006 Canadian election

Canadian federal election, 2006

The 2006 Canadian federal election was held on January 23, 2006, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 39th Parliament of Canada. The Conservative Party of Canada won the greatest number of seats: 40.3% of seats, or 124 out of 308, up from 99 seats in 2004, and 36.3% of votes:...

 in the riding on Newton—North Delta

Newton—North Delta

Newton—North Delta is a federal electoral district in the province of British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons since 2004...

, after the incumbent Gurmant Grewal

Gurmant Grewal

Gurmant Singh Grewal, is a Canadian politician and former Conservative Party of Canada Member of Parliament. Gurmant and his wife, Nina Grewal, were the first married couple to serve in the Canadian House of Commons at the same time...

 stepped down. McCallum missed the deadline and instead the Conservatives chose Phil Eidsvik.

In 2010, McCallum was hired as CEO of Harness Racing of B. C.