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Mike Starchuk

Mike Starchuk

Mike Starchuk is a Canadian politician and former firefighter in Surrey, British Columbia, who retired in 2014 as the city's chief fire prevention officer.

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Imagine Surrey

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He sat on Surrey City Council from 2014 to 2018 and was NDP member of the Legislative Assembly for Surrey-Cloverdale from 2020 to 2024. He is the founder of Imagine Surrey and its candidate for Mayor of Surrey in the 2026 municipal election.

Career

Starchuk served in the Surrey Fire Service, ultimately as chief fire prevention officer, until retiring in 2014. He was elected to Surrey City Council that year for Surrey First and chaired committees on environmental sustainability, agriculture and food security, and seniors; he lost his seat in 2018. In 2020 he won Surrey-Cloverdale for the BC New Democratic Party, defeating Liberal incumbent Marvin Hunt, and served until 2024, when he lost to Conservative Elenore Sturko. In December 2025 he founded the municipal party Imagine Surrey and became its mayoral candidate; the party had completed a council slate by April 2026.

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Surrey Mayoral Election 2026

OutcomeLeft – RightProbability
Brenda Locke85%
Linda AnnisCentre-right11%
Doug McCallumCentre-right5%
Honveer Singh RandhawaCentre-right<1%
Troy Van Vliet<1%
Mike Starchuk<1%

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