title: Mike Starchuk
text: # Mike Starchuk
  
  Mike Starchuk is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2020 British Columbia general election. He represents the electoral district of Surrey-Cloverdale as a member of the British Columbia New Democratic Party.
  
  ## Political career
  
  Starchuk was a member of Surrey City Council until 2018, elected at the 2014 British Columbia municipal elections as a member of Surrey First.
  
  ## Electoral record
  
  ### Provincial elections
  
  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 | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 24,935 | 100.00 | – |
  | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | Total rejected ballots | 206 | 0.82 | +0.09 |
  | Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,141 | 55.16 | −6.65 |
  | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 45,575 |
  | | New Democratic gain from Liberal | New Democratic gain from Liberal | Swing | Swing | +13.20 |
  | Source: Elections BC |||||||
  
  ### 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 |
  