About
Meet Serge Karwal
A small business of his own, the Arthur Legion, the Lions Club and MADD — and a straightforward proposition: a councillor you can actually get hold of.
- Standing in
- Ward 4
- Member of
- Arthur Legion · Lions Club · MADD
Reach Serge directly
01 — In his own words
I'm the founder and director of a small business, and a member of the Arthur Legion, the Lions Club and MADD. What people tell me over and over is that they want council to communicate, be transparent, and listen to their concerns. I'm committed to being accessible, honest and accountable.
— Serge Karwal, Candidate for Councillor, Ward 4
Why he is running
The message Serge reports hearing most often across Ward 4 is not about any single decision. It is that people want a council that communicates, that is transparent about how it reaches its decisions, and that listens when residents raise a concern.
He runs a small business of his own, so the parts of the platform about red tape and slow answers are not abstractions to him — they are forms he has filled in and decisions he has waited on himself.
Ward 4 has also not had a contested council election recently. The seat was acclaimed in 2022, so voters here were not presented with a choice on the ballot at all. Serge is running to give Ward 4 that choice in 2026. You can read the 2022 Wellington North results for the full picture.
02 — The standard
What accessible, honest and accountable mean
Those three words appear on every piece of campaign literature, every election, everywhere. Here is what Serge means by them, so you can hold him to it.
- Accessible
- You can reach me, and reaching me should not be a project. A phone number that gets answered, an email that gets a reply, and regular public meetings here in the ward rather than only at the township office. Not everyone can attend a Tuesday evening council meeting, and no one should have to in order to be heard.
- Honest
- A straight answer, including when it is not the answer you wanted. If something cannot be done, or cannot be done this year, or is not the township’s decision to make, I will tell you that plainly and tell you why. A promise made to end an awkward conversation is worth nothing to the person who believed it.
- Accountable
- Explaining my votes and standing behind them. Every decision at the council table spends money collected from residents, and residents are entitled to know how their councillor voted and what the reasoning was — before the decision, not only after it.
03 — The commitment
Two promises, in writing
- Regular public meetings here in the ward
- A prompt answer when you call