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Claire Rattée

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]

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

Early life and career

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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

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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

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2024 British Columbia general election: Skeena (provincial electoral district)
Party Candidate Votes % ±% Expenditures
Christian Heritage Irwin Jeffrey
Conservative Claire Rattée
Green Teri Young
New Democratic Sarah Zimmerman
Total valid votes –
Total rejected ballots
Turnout
Registered voters
Source: Elections BC
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[4][5]
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[6][7]

References

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  1. ^ Bhathal, Harvin (October 19, 2024). "B.C. Conservatives take Skeena riding". Northern Sentinel. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c 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. ^ a b c Azizi, Joshua (July 30, 2021). "Claire Rattée selected as Conservative Party's candidate for Skeena-Bulkley Valley". CFTK-TV. Retrieved October 20, 2024.
  4. ^ "Election Night Results — Skeena—Bulkley Valley". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 25, 2021.
  5. ^ "Final Election Expenses Limits for Candidates — 44th Canadian Federal Election". Elections Canada. Retrieved December 18, 2021.
  6. ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
  7. ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.

See also

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