Skeena is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. It first appeared in the provincial election of 1924.
Demographics Population32,021Population change, 1996–2001 −6.4%Area (km2)23,569Population density (people per km2)1.4
Geography As of the 2020 provincial election, Skeena comprises the southern portion of the Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine, with the exception of the southern tip of the region which is part of the North Coast electoral district. It is located in western British Columbia, with the northwest bordering Alaska, United States. Communities in the electoral district consist of Terrace and Kitimat.
Members of the Legislative Assembly Its MLA is Claire Rattée, a former Kitimat city counsellor. She was first elected in 2024. She represents the Conservative Party of British Columbia.
This electoral district has elected the following members of the Legislative Assembly:
Election results
2018 British Columbia electoral reform referendumSide Votes %First Past the Post4,86366.83Proportional representation2,41433.17Total valid votes7,277100.00Rejected ballots570.78Source: Elections BC
|NDP |Robin Austin |align="right"|5,865 |align="right"|50.77 |align="right"| +2.47 |align="right"|$68,501
|Conservative |Michael Brousseau |align="right"|893 |align="right"|7.73 |align="right"| |align="right"|$6,594
|- style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|11,553 !align="right"|100% |- style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|64 !align="right"|0.7% |- style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout !align="right"|11,617 !align="right"|55%
|NDP |Robin Austin |align="right"|6,166 |align="right"|48.12% |align="right"| |align="right"|$56,311
|- style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|12,813 !align="right"|100% |- style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|89 !align="right"|0.7% |- style="background:white;" ! style="text-align:right;" colspan="3"|Turnout !align="right"|12,902 !align="right"|63%
|NDP |Helmut Giesbrecht |align="right"|2,644 |align="right"|19.91% |align="right"| |align="right"|$16,230
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|13,281 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|68 !align="right"|0.51% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|13,349 !align="right"|72.13% !align="right"|
|NDP |Helmut Giesbrecht |align="right"|5,353 |align="right"|40.34% |align="right"| |align="right"|$29,298
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|13,269 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|93 !align="right"|0.70% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|13,362 !align="right"|70.72% !align="right"|
|NDP |Helmut Giesbrecht |align="right"|5,597 |align="right"|46.67% |align="right"| |align="right"|$31,137
|- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|11,992 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|201 !align="right"|1.65% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|12,193 !align="right"|72.46% !align="right"| !align="right"|
|NDP |Frank Howard |align="right"|7,101 |align="right"|41.79% |align="right"| |align="right"|
|Independent |Sebastian Gordon |align="right"|793 |align="right"|4.66% |align="right"| |align="right"|$983 |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|16,992 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|225 !align="right"|1.65% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
|NDP |Frank Howard |align="right"|9,682 |align="right"|51.12% |align="right"| |align="right"|
|Independent |Lionel Wayne Sears |align="right"|297 |align="right"|1.57% |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|18,941 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|242 !align="right"|1.65% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
|NDP |Frank Howard |align="right"|7,561 |align="right"|50.29% |align="right"| |align="right"|
|Independent |David L. McCreery |align="right"|197 |align="right"|1.31% |align="right"| |align="right"|
|Independent |Arthur David Serry |align="right"|83 |align="right"|0.55% |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|15,034 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|233 !align="right"|1.65% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
|NDP |Hartley Douglas Dent |align="right"|6,145 |align="right"|44.77% |align="right"| |align="right"|
|Liberal |Ronald N. Gowe |align="right"|484 |align="right"|3.52% |align="right"| |align="right"|
|Progressive Conservative |Victor Charles George Jolliffe |align="right"|235 |align="right"|1.71% |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|13,727 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|141 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
|NDP |Hartley Douglas Dent |align="right"|5,442 |align="right"|46.90% |align="right"| |align="right"|
|Liberal |Ian Charles MacDonald |align="right"|1,441 |align="right"|12.42% |align="right"| |align="right"|
|Progressive Conservative |Richard William Sargent |align="right"|1,040 |align="right"|8.96% |align="right"| |align="right"|
|Independent |Lionel Wayne Sears |align="right"|76 |align="right"|0.65% |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|11,604 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|206 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
|NDP |James Harold Robertson |align="right"|4,059 |align="right"|41.20% |align="right"| |align="right"|
|Liberal |Kurt Theodor Kolterhoff |align="right"|748 |align="right"|7.59% |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|9,851 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|180 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
|NDP |Ronald Douglas |align="right"|1,742 |align="right"|31.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|
|Liberal |William Ivor Donald |align="right"|711 |align="right"|12.93% |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|5,499 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|56 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
|NDP |Richard Mouat Toynbee |align="right"|1,975 |align="right"|33.48% |align="right"| |align="right"|
|Liberal |William Ivor Donald |align="right"|961 |align="right"|16.29% |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|5,899 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|65 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Monty Alton |align="right"|2,137 |align="right"|37.00% |align="right"| |align="right"|
|Liberal |William Donald Stickney |align="right"|848 |align="right"|14.68% |align="right"| |align="right"|
|Conservative |Guy Ronald Williams |align="right"|411 |align="right"|7.12% |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|5,775 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|109 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Frank Howard |align="right"|1,823 |align="right"|35.77% |align="right"| |align="right"|
|Liberal |Paul Wilbur Hallman |align="right"|1,387 |align="right"|27.22% |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|5,096 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|132 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
Total
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Frank Howard |align="right"|1,768 |align="right"|37.04% |align="right"|2,110 |align="right"|50.15%
|Liberal |Lionel Charles Houle |align="right"|1,413 |align="right"|29.60% |align="right"|2,097 |align="right"|49.85%
|Progressive Conservative |William John O'Neill |align="right"|220 |align="right"|4.61% |align="right"|- |align="right"|-% |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total valid votes !align="right"|4,773 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"|4,207 !align="right"|% !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total rejected ballots !align="right"|279 !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Registered Voters !align="right"|5,933 (1952 list) !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"|70.15% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=9|Preferential ballot; final count is between top two candidates from first count; intermediary counts (of 3) not shown
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Joseph Daney Denicola |align="right"|750 |align="right"|26.80% |align="right"| |align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Valid Votes !align="right"|2,798 !align="right"|100.00% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Total Rejected Ballots !align="right"|91 !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"| |- bgcolor="white" !align="right" colspan=3|Turnout !align="right"| !align="right"|% !align="right"| !align="right"|
|Co-operative Commonwealth Fed. |Floyd Forester Frank |align="right"|634 |align="right"|41.30%