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.

In December of 2025, Starchuk founded Imagine Surrey and became its candidate for Mayor in the 2026 municipal election.

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	21,252	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
	Conservative gain from New Democratic	Swing	+44.82
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	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

Municipal elections

Top 8 candidates elected - Incumbents marked with "(X)"

2014 British Columbia municipal elections: Surrey City Council
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