Claire Rattée
Canadian politician
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Claire Rattée is a Canadian politician who has been serving as a member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (MLA) since 2024. She is a member of the Conservative Party of British Columbia representing the electoral district of Skeena.[1]
Claire Rattée MLA | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia for Skeena | |
| Assumed office October 19, 2024 | |
| Preceded by | Ellis Ross |
| Personal details | |
| Party | BC Conservative |
Early life and career
Rattée was born and raised in Delta and moved north to Kitimat, British Columbia at 19 years old in 2011.[2] During her time in the Lower Mainland, she experienced a period of addiction and homelessness eventually recovering and receiving assistance through a treatment facility.[2] Since moving to Kitimat, she has worked as a tattoo artist and co-owner of Arcane Arts Inc. in Kitimat for over 13 years.[2][3]
On top of her private sector experience, she served as a Kitimat city councillor from 2014 to 2018.[3] During her time on city council she prioritized representing struggling business owners, providing younger voters with representation, and increasing quality of life for residents of Northern BC.[4] She made history as the youngest female ever elected to the Kitimat city council.
Rattée's parents converted to Judaism shortly around the time she was born and attended Christian schools in her youth. She and her three siblings consider themselves Jewish.[5]
Political career
2019 and 2021 federal elections
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] She increased the Conservative vote share from 24% to 36%.[4]
2024 provincial election
On January 30, 2024, Rattée was nominated as the Conservative Party of BC's candidate for Skeena.[6] She went on to win the provincial election with 51.20% of the votes, succeeding Ellis Ross, the previous BC United representative for Skeena who stepped down to pursue a federal Conservative candidacy.[7] Rattée is the first female MLA ever elected in this riding.[2]
She currently serves in the official oppositions' shadow cabinet as the Critic for Mental Health and Addictions. Her policy priorities include low-income housing, emergency weather shelters, economic shelters, combating antisemitisim, mental health and addictions, drawing on her own personal experiences to inform her advocacy.[4][5][7][8]
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[9] | ||||||||
| 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[10][11] | ||||||||
| 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[12][13] | ||||||||
