Michael Starr (politician)

Michael Starr
Starr, c. 1940s
Leader of the Opposition
In office
September 9, 1967 – November 5, 1967
Preceded byJohn Diefenbaker
Succeeded byRobert Stanfield
Member of Parliament
for Ontario
In office
May 26, 1952 – June 25, 1968
Preceded byWalter Thomson
Succeeded byNorman Cafik
Personal details
Born
Michael Starchewsky

(1910-11-15)November 15, 1910
Copper Cliff, Ontario, Canada
DiedMarch 16, 2000(2000-03-16) (aged 89)
Oshawa, Ontario, Canada
Political partyProgressive Conservative
SpouseAnne Zaritsky
ProfessionJudge

Michael Starr, PC (born Michael Starchewsky; November 15, 1910 – March 16, 2000) was a Canadian politician and the first Canadian cabinet minister of Ukrainian descent, his parents having emigrated from Halychyna (Galicia), then a part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire and is now Western Ukraine.