Claire Rattée

Claire Rattée MLA
Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Skeena
Incumbent
Assumed office October 19, 2024
Preceded by	Ellis Ross
Personal details
Political party	BC Conservative

Claire Rattée is a Canadian politician who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2024 British Columbia general election. She represents the electoral district of Skeena as a member of the Conservative Party of British Columbia.[1]

Early life and career

Rattée grew up in the Lower Mainland and moved to Kitimat, British Columbia at 19 years old.[2] She is a tattoo artist and co-owner of Arcane Arts Inc. in Kitimat.[2][3] She served as a Kitimat councillor from 2014 to 2018.[3]

Political career

Rattée was the Conservative Party of Canada candidate for the Skeena—Bulkley Valley riding in the 2019 and 2021 federal elections, both times coming second to the New Democratic Party candidate Taylor Bachrach while improving on past performances by the party.[2][3]

Electoral record

2024 British Columbia general election: Skeena (provincial electoral district)
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Conservative	Claire Rattée	6,243	51.20%	+51.20%
	New Democratic	Sarah Zimmerman	5,419	44.44%	-0.01%
	Green	Teri Young	406	3.33%	+3.33%
	Christian Heritage	Irwin Jeffrey	125	1.03%	+1.03%
Total valid votes			12,194	–
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC[4]

v t e 2021 Canadian federal election: Skeena—Bulkley Valley
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Taylor Bachrach	15,921	42.58	+1.68	$63,480.61
	Conservative	Claire Rattée	13,513	36.14	+2.94	$70,700.48
	People's	Jody Craven	2,888	7.72	+5.42	$0.00
	Liberal	Lakhwinder Jhaj	2,866	7.66	–3.94	$3,828.51
	Green	Adeana Young	1,406	3.76	–4.14	$8,424.51
	Christian Heritage	Rod Taylor	797	2.13	–1.17	$22,278.11
Total valid votes/expense limit			37,391	99.49	–	$131,940.03
Total rejected ballots			193	0.51	–0.10
Turnout			37,584	55.72	–6.98
Eligible voters			67,453
	New Democratic hold		Swing		–0.63
Source: Elections Canada[5][6]

v t e 2019 Canadian federal election: Skeena—Bulkley Valley
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	New Democratic	Taylor Bachrach	16,944	40.9	-10.18	$95,825.47
	Conservative	Claire Rattée	13,756	33.2	+8.41	$58,121.59
	Liberal	Dave Birdi	4,793	11.6	-7.12	$33,859.91
	Green	Mike Sawyer	3,280	7.9	+4.26	$7,326.84
	Christian Heritage	Rod Taylor	1,350	3.3	+1.53	$23,458.48
	People's	Jody Craven	940	2.3	–	$5,358.59
	Independent	Danny Nunes	164	0.4	–	none listed
	Independent	Merv Ritchie	157	0.4	–	none listed
Total valid votes/expense limit			41,384	100.0
Total rejected ballots			267	0.61
Turnout			41,651	62.7
Eligible voters			66,421
	New Democratic hold		Swing		-9.30
Source: Elections Canada[7][8]

References

1. Bhathal, Harvin (October 19, 2024). "B.C. Conservatives take Skeena riding". Northern Sentinel. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
2. Bhathal, Harvin; Link, Rod; Bender, Quinn (October 20, 2024). "B.C. Conservative Claire Rattée excited about going to Victoria". Terrace Standard. Retrieved October 24, 2024.
3. Azizi, Joshua (July 30, 2021). "Claire Rattée selected as Conservative Party's candidate for Skeena-Bulkley Valley". CFTK-TV. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
4. https://globalnews.ca/news/10779094/bc-election-2024-results-skeena/
5. "Election Night Results — Skeena—Bulkley Valley". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
6. "Final Election Expenses Limits for Candidates — 44th Canadian Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
7. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
8. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.

See also

• 43rd Parliament of British Columbia