Mike Starchuk is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election. He represented the electoral district of Surrey-Cloverdale as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.[1]

Mike Starchuk
Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly
for Surrey-Cloverdale
In office
October 24, 2020 – September 21, 2024
Preceded byMarvin Hunt
Succeeded byElenore Sturko
Personal details
Political partyNew Democratic
Surrey First (municipal)
ProfessionFirefighter

Political career

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Starchuk was a member of Surrey City Council until 2018, elected at the 2014 British Columbia municipal elections as a member of Surrey First.[2]

Electoral record

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Provincial elections

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2020 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[3][4]

Municipal elections

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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

References

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  1. ^ "B.C. election 2020: Mike Starchuck is projected to take Surrey-Cloverdale". Global News. Retrieved October 25, 2020.
  2. ^ "MLA: Mike Starchuk". www.leg.bc.ca. Retrieved March 10, 2024.
  3. ^ "Statement of Votes — 42nd Provincial General Election" (PDF). Elections BC. Retrieved August 8, 2021.
  4. ^ "Election Financing Reports". Elections BC. Retrieved February 11, 2021.