Elenore Sturko

Elenore Sturko is a Canadian politician who has served as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) since 2022. She was first elected in a 2022 by-election in Surrey South as a member of the BC Liberal Party (later renamed BC United). In June 2024, she crossed the floor to join the BC Conservatives, and was elected later that year in Surrey-Cloverdale in the provincial election. On September 22, 2025, Sturko was removed from the BC Conservative caucus.

Education and early career Sturko graduated from Kamloops Senior Secondary, then entered the broadcasting industry by joining CFJC-TV in Kamloops. She traveled extensively in the North, working with Indigenous communities, and participated in the Arctic Sovereignty Patrol.

Political career Following Stephanie Cadieux's resignation as Surrey South MLA, Sturko was approached by BC Liberal leader Kevin Falcon to run as the party's candidate, and was elected to the legislature in the September 2022 by-election. and became shadow minister for Mental Health, Addiction, Recovery and Education that December.

On June 3, 2024, she announced her decision to leave BC United and sit in the legislature as a Conservative, becoming the party's fourth MLA. She contested the electoral district of Surrey-Cloverdale in that October's provincial election, defeating the incumbent New Democratic Party candidate Mike Starchuk to become that riding's MLA. She was named to Conservative leader John Rustad's shadow cabinet that November, serving as critic for Solicitor General and Public Safety.

A leaked letter signed by 13 BC Conservative MLAs attacking Sturko exposed a rift within the party weeks after it became the official opposition. This group sent a letter to party leader John Rustad raising concerns about public comments Sturko made on November 23, 2024, regarding the appropriateness for the Vancouver Police Board to accept the resignation of vice-chair Comfort Sakoma-Fadugba after Sakoma-Fadugba made anti-immigration, racist, and transphobic comments on social media. Sturko responded saying she has no plans to change her statement. She claimed that she had been prevented from voicing her "more socially liberal beliefs" while with the Conservatives.

Personal life Sturko lives in Surrey with her wife, Melissa, and their three children.

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