Skeena results, BC election 2026

2026 results

Elections BC, initial count, not verified · 49 of 49 ballot boxes · Nov 5 15:20 PT

Claire Rattée leading by 1,527 votes (14.0 points) · all ballot boxes counted

Claire Rattée

Conservative

5,633

51.5%

Sarah Zimmerman

BC NDP

4,106

37.5%

Nick Gottlieb

BC Green

919

8.4%

Larry Eugene Taylor

OneBC

281

2.6%

2024: Conservative. Preliminary until the final count, November 6 to 10, 2026. All 93 ridings

Past results

5 general elections since 2009

20244451Conservative gain6.855.8%20204452BC Liberal hold7.651.9%20174352BC Liberal gain8.962.8%20134843BC NDP hold4.455.9%20095137BC NDP hold13.355.1%

2024General election, October 19Conservative gain from BC United

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Claire RattéeConservative · elected6,24351.2%new–

Sarah ZimmermanBC NDP5,41944.4%−0.1–

Teri YoungBC Green4063.3%new–

Irwin JeffreyChristian Heritage1261.0%new–

Margin824votes, 6.8 points

Turnout55.8%+3.9 points

Ballots12,21723 rejected

Registered21,885voters

± and swing against the 2020 election. Spending: not on Wikipedia for this contest.

2020General election, October 24BC Liberal holdSwing 0.7 points to BC NDP

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Ellis RossBC Liberal · elected · $47,840 spent5,81052.1%−0.1$47,840$8.23 a vote

Nicole HalbauerBC NDP · $42,856 spent4,96144.5%+1.2$42,856$8.64 a vote

Martin HolzbauerIndependent3893.5%$0

Margin849votes, 7.6 points

Turnout51.9%−10.9 points

Ballots11,21959 rejected

Registered21,621voters

± and swing against the 2017 election.

2017General election, May 9BC Liberal gain from BC NDPSwing 6.7 points to BC Liberal

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Ellis RossBC Liberal · elected · $60,169 spent6,77252.2%+8.9$60,169$8.88 a vote

Bruce Alan BidgoodBC NDP · $53,814 spent5,61343.3%−4.4$53,814$9.59 a vote

Merv RitchieLand Air Water5804.5%new–

Margin1,159votes, 8.9 points

Turnout62.8%+6.9 points

Ballots13,04075 rejected

Registered20,779voters

± and swing against the 2013 election.

2013General election, May 14BC NDP holdSwing 4.4 points to BC Liberal

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Robin AustinBC NDP · elected · $41,610 spent5,60947.7%−3.1$41,610$7.42 a vote

Carol Joan LeclercBC Liberal · $82,805 spent5,08743.3%+5.8$82,805$16 a vote

Mike BrousseauConservative · $24,924 spent7976.8%−0.9$24,924$31 a vote

Trevor HendryBritish Columbia Party · $250 spent2632.2%new$250$0.95 a vote

Margin522votes, 4.4 points

Turnout55.9%+0.7 points

Ballots11,82165 rejected

Registered21,164voters

± and swing against the 2009 election.

2009General election, May 12BC NDP holdSwing 5.3 points to BC NDP

CandidateVotesShare±Spent

Robin AustinBC NDP · elected · $68,501 spent5,86550.8%+2.7$68,501$12 a vote

Donny Van DykBC Liberal · $84,795 spent4,32837.5%−7.8$84,795$20 a vote

Michael BrousseauConservative · $6,594 spent8937.7%new$6,594$7.38 a vote

Anita NormanBC Green · $1,346 spent4674.0%−0.8$1,346$2.88 a vote

Margin1,537votes, 13.3 points

Turnout55.1%−7.4 points

Ballots11,61764 rejected

Registered21,066voters

± and swing against the 2005 election.

Held by

1924now

13 members since 1924

1924–1933Horace Cooper WrinchLiberal
1933–1945Edward Tourtellotte KenneyLiberal
1945–1952Edward Tourtellotte KenneyCoalition
1952–1953Edward Tourtellotte KenneyLiberal
1953–1956Frank HowardCCF
1956–1960Hugh Addison ShirreffSocial Credit
1960–1972Dudley George LittleSocial Credit
1972–1975Hartley Douglas DentBC NDP
1975–1979Cyril Morley ShelfordSocial Credit
1979–1986Frank HowardBC NDP
1986–1991David ParkerSocial Credit
1991–2001Helmut GiesbrechtBC NDP
2001–2005Roger HarrisBC Liberal
2005–2017Robin AustinBC NDP
2017–2023Ellis RossBC Liberal
2023–2024Ellis RossBC United
2024–Claire RattéeConservative · Independent, September 18 to 21, 2026

Votes, ballots and registered voters: Elections BC. Spending and members before 2024: Wikipedia’s Skeena article. Members since 2024: the tracker’s record.

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Questions

Who won Skeena in the 2026 BC election?

On Elections BC's initial count (49 of 49 ballot boxes, as of November 5 at 3:20 p.m. Pacific time), Claire Rattée (Conservative) leads Skeena with 5,633 votes (51.5%), 1,527 ahead of Sarah Zimmerman (BC NDP). Preliminary until the final count, November 6 to 10, 2026.

Who won Skeena in 2024?

The Conservative candidate won Skeena in the 2024 BC election with 51.2% of the vote, a margin of 824 votes (6.8%).