Mike Starchuk
Canadian politician
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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.
Mike Starchuk | |
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| Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Surrey-Cloverdale | |
| In office October 24, 2020 – September 21, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Marvin Hunt |
| Succeeded by | Elenore Sturko |
| Surrey City Councillor | |
| In office 2014–2018 | |
| Personal details | |
| Born | |
| Party | New Democratic Surrey First (municipal) |
| Profession | Firefighter |
Biography
Born in Vancouver, Starchuk moved to Surrey in the 1960s, graduating from Princess Margaret Secondary School before attending Douglas College.[1] He joined the Surrey Fire Service as a firefighter, ultimately becoming the city's chief fire prevention officer before retiring in 2014.[1][2][3]
Running as a Surrey First candidate,[3][4] he was elected to Surrey City Council at the 2014 municipal election.[5] During his time as councillor, he served as chair of the city's Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee,[6] Agricultural and Food Security Committee, and Seniors Committee.[7] He lost his re-election bid in 2018.[8]
Starchuk ran in the 2020 provincial election as a New Democratic Party candidate in Surrey-Cloverdale,[7] and defeated the incumbent Liberal candidate Marvin Hunt to become the riding's member of the Legislative Assembly.[9][10] In the 42nd Parliament, he served on the Select Standing Committees on Health, Aboriginal Affairs, and Finance and Government Services.[2] He ran for re-election in 2024, but lost to Conservative candidate Elenore Sturko.[11]
Electoral record
Provincial elections
| 2024 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Cloverdale | ||||||||
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| 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 | 21,252 | – | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | ||||||||
| Registered voters | ||||||||
| Conservative gain from New Democratic | Swing | +44.82 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[12] | ||||||||
| 2020 British Columbia general election: Surrey-Cloverdale | ||||||||
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| 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 | 24,935 | 100.00 | – | |||||
| Total rejected ballots | 206 | 0.82 | +0.09 | |||||
| Turnout | 25,141 | 55.16 | −6.65 | |||||
| Registered voters | 45,575 | |||||||
| New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | +13.20 | ||||||
| Source: Elections BC[13][14] | ||||||||
Municipal elections
Top 8 candidates elected - Incumbents marked with "(X)"
| 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 | |