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, In the 42nd Parliament, he served on the Select Standing Committees on Health, Aboriginal Affairs, and Finance and Government Services.

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

Electoral record Provincial elections

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