# Mike Starchuk

Mike Starchuk is a Canadian politician who served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia from 2020 to 2024, representing the electoral district of Surrey-Cloverdale as part of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.

## Biography

Born in Vancouver, Starchuk moved to Surrey in the 1960s, graduating from Princess Margaret Secondary School before attending Douglas College. He joined the Surrey Fire Service as a firefighter, ultimately becoming the city's chief fire prevention officer before retiring in 2014.
Running as a Surrey First candidate, he was elected to Surrey City Council at the 2014 municipal election. During his time as councillor, he served as chair of the city's Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee, Agricultural and Food Security Committee, and Seniors Committee. He lost his re-election bid in 2018.
Starchuk ran in the 2020 provincial election as a New Democratic Party candidate in Surrey-Cloverdale, and defeated the incumbent Liberal candidate Marvin Hunt to become the riding's member of the Legislative Assembly. In the 42nd Parliament, he served on the Select Standing Committees on Health, Aboriginal Affairs, and Finance and Government Services. He ran for re-election in 2024, but lost to Conservative candidate Elenore Sturko.

## Electoral record
### Provincial elections

vte2024 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Cloverdale :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | Conservative | Elenore Sturko | 10,268 | 48.3% | +44.82 |
| | New Democratic | Mike Starchuk* | 9,681 | 45.6% | -6.5 |
| | Green | Pat McCutcheon | 1,150 | 5.4% | -3.3 |
| | Freedom | Judy Meilleur | 153 | 0.7% | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 21,252 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||
vte2020 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Cloverdale :
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures |
| | New Democratic | Mike Starchuk | 12,992 | 52.10 | +13.54 | $56,040.91 |
| | Liberal | Marvin Hunt | 8,758 | 35.12 | −12.86 | $38,284.81 |
| | Green | Rebecca Smith | 2,169 | 8.70 | −3.63 | $2,758.94 |
| | Conservative | Aisha Bali | 867 | 3.48 | – | $0.00 |
| | Independent | Marcella Williams | 149 | 0.60 | – | $1,431.11 |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 24,935 | 100.00 | – |
| Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 206 | 0.82 | +0.09 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,141 | 55.16 | −6.65 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 45,575 |
| | New Democratic gain from Liberal | New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +13.20 |
| Source: Elections BC |||||||

### Municipal elections

Top 8 candidates elected - Incumbents marked with "(X)"
2014 British Columbia municipal elections: Surrey City Council :
| Party | Council candidate | Vote | % |
| Surrey First | Tom Gill (X) | 50,386 | 7.48 |
| Surrey First | Judy Villeneuve (X) | 47,029 | 6.98 |
| Surrey First | Barbara Steele (X) | 42,464 | 6.30 |
| Surrey First | Mary Martin (X) | 41,986 | 6.23 |
| Surrey First | Bruce Hayne (X) | 39,939 | 5.93 |
| Surrey First | Dave Woods | 39,258 | 5.83 |
| Surrey First | Mike Starchuk | 38,352 | 5.69 |
| Surrey First | Vera LeFranc | 35,926 | 5.33 |
| Safe Surrey Coalition | Rina Gill | 27,448 | 4.07 |
| One Surrey | Kal Dosanjh | 26,465 | 3.93 |
| One Surrey | Michael Bose | 26,243 | 3.90 |
| Safe Surrey Coalition | Justin Thind | 23,923 | 3.55 |
| Safe Surrey Coalition | Beau Simpson | 19,357 | 2.87 |
| Safe Surrey Coalition | Laurie Guerra | 18,002 | 2.67 |
| One Surrey | Narima Dela Cruz | 17,679 | 2.62 |
| One Surrey | Brian Young | 16,939 | 2.51 |
| One Surrey | Darlene Bowyer | 15,384 | 2.28 |
| Team Surrey | Brenda Locke | 15,374 | 2.28 |
| One Surrey | Maz Artang | 13,904 | 2.06 |
| One Surrey | Merv Bayda | 13,615 | 2.02 |
| Independent | Saira Aujla | 12,360 | 1.83 |
| Independent | Jim McMurtry | 9,177 | 1.36 |
| Team Surrey | Stephen Gammer | 9,140 | 1.36 |
| Independent | Cliff Blair | 8,907 | 1.32 |
| Independent | Nav Dhanoya | 8,869 | 1.32 |
| Independent | Tanvir S. Bhupal | 8,791 | 1.30 |
| Independent | Gary Hoffman | 8,015 | 1.19 |
| Independent | Martin Rooney | 7,520 | 1.12 |
| Independent | Rita Elvins | 7,426 | 1.10 |
| Independent | Fiona Dionne | 5,525 | 0.82 |
| Independent | James Duncan | 5,448 | 0.81 |
| Independent | Shawn Francis | 5,419 | 0.80 |
| Independent | Rick Scorsese | 3,282 | 0.49 |
| Independent | Obi Canuel | 2,808 | 0.42 |
| Independent | Touraj Ghanbar-Zadeh | 1,387 | 0.21 |