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Skeena—Bulkley Valley

Skeena—Bulkley Valley is a federal riding in British Columbia. Ellis Ross (Conservative) has represented Skeena—Bulkley Valley since the 2025 election. Ellis Ross (Conservative) took Skeena—Bulkley Valley from the New Democrats in the 2025 election by 3,525 votes (7.9 points), with 47.2% of the vote. Taylor Bachrach (NDP) was second with 39.3%, on a turnout of 64.6% of 69,983 electors. Member as of .

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Fig. 1 — Skeena—Bulkley Valley on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents Skeena—Bulkley Valley

CEllis Ross
Ellis Ross's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Ellis Ross

Member of Parliament for Skeena—Bulkley Valley

Conservative

MP since · first term

  • Environment and Sustainable Development committee
  • Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
  • Vice-Chair, Environment and Sustainable Development committee

179 speeches in the 45th Parliament, most often on Commissioner for Modern Treaty Implementation Act.

Contact and office · House of Commons →

The 2025 result: Conservative gain from the New Democrats

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, April 28, 2025Of the 44,932 valid votes, Ellis Ross (Conservative) took 47.2%, Taylor Bachrach (New Democratic) 39.3%, Inderpal Dhillon (Liberal) 11.0%, Rod Taylor (Christian Heritage Party) 1.3% and Adeana Young (Green) 1.2%.2025Turnout 64.6% of 69,983 electorsEllis RossConservative47.2% · 21,2023,525 votes ahead · 7.8 ptsTaylor BachrachNew Democratic39.3% · 17,677Inderpal DhillonLiberal11.0% · 4,923Rod TaylorChristian HeritageParty1.3% · 602Adeana YoungGreen1.2% · 528050%100%
Share of the valid votes by candidate, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, April 28, 2025Of the 44,932 valid votes, Ellis Ross (Conservative) took 47.2%, Taylor Bachrach (New Democratic) 39.3%, Inderpal Dhillon (Liberal) 11.0%, Rod Taylor (Christian Heritage Party) 1.3% and Adeana Young (Green) 1.2%.2025Turnout 64.6% of 69,983 electorsEllis RossConservative47.2% · 21,2023,525 votes ahead · 7.8 ptsTaylor BachrachNew Democratic39.3% · 17,677Inderpal DhillonLiberal11.0% · 4,923Rod TaylorChristian Heritage Party1.3% · 602Adeana YoungGreen1.2% · 528050%100%
Shares of the 44,932 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Ellis RossConservative21,20247.2%
Taylor BachrachNew Democratic17,67739.3%
Inderpal DhillonLiberal4,92311.0%
Rod TaylorChristian Heritage Party6021.3%
Adeana YoungGreen5281.2%

Ellis Ross (Conservative) won Skeena—Bulkley Valley on with 21,202 votes, 47.2% of the 44,932 valid votes. Taylor Bachrach (New Democratic) was second with 17,677 (39.3%), 3,525 votes and 7.9 points behind.

Of the 44,932 valid votes, Ellis Ross (Conservative) took 47.2%, Taylor Bachrach (New Democratic) 39.3%, Inderpal Dhillon (Liberal) 11.0%, Rod Taylor (Christian Heritage Party) 1.3% and Adeana Young (Green) 1.2%. Turnout was 64.6% of 69,983 electors: 45,236 ballots cast, 44,932 of them valid, for 5 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Conservatives are up 11.2 (36.0% to 47.2%), the New Democrats down 3.1 (42.4% to 39.3%), the Liberals up 3.4 (7.6% to 11.0%), the others down 0.8 (2.1% to 1.3%) and the Greens down 2.5 (3.7% to 1.2%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: no party has held it

The party first in Skeena—Bulkley Valley at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

  1. 2004New Democratic37.0%by 3.2 points over the Conservatives
  2. 2006New Democratic48.1%by 15.0 points over the Conservatives
  3. 2008New Democratic49.6%by 13.1 points over the Conservatives
  4. 2011New Democratic55.1%by 20.4 points over the Conservatives
  5. 2015New Democratic51.1%by 26.3 points over the Conservatives
  6. 2019New Democratic40.9%by 7.7 points over the Conservatives
  7. 2021New Democratic42.4%by 6.4 points over the Conservatives
  8. 2025changed handsConservative47.2%by 7.9 points over the New Democrats
Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran.
The figures
YearFirstShareSecondMargin (pts)Basis
2004New Democratic37.0%Conservative3.2carried, our estimate
2006New Democratic48.1%Conservative15.0carried, our estimate
2008New Democratic49.6%Conservative13.1carried, our estimate
2011New Democratic55.1%Conservative20.4carried, our estimate
2015New Democratic51.1%Conservative26.3carried, our estimate
2019New Democratic40.9%Conservative7.7carried, our estimate
2021New Democratic42.4%Conservative6.4transposed by Elections Canada
2025Conservative47.2%New Democratic7.9official result

The NDP were first at seven of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Conservatives at one; it changed hands once. In 2025 the Conservatives took 47.2% of the vote here, 14.0 points above their average of 33.2% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the NDP were first here in 2004 (37.0%), 2006 (48.1%), 2008 (49.6%), 2011 (55.1%), 2015 (51.1%), 2019 (40.9%) and 2021 (42.4%) and the Conservatives in 2025 (47.2%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result.

Before 2025
  • 2021 New Democratic · Taylor Bachrach, by 2,408 votes (6.5 pts)
  • 2019 New Democratic · Taylor Bachrach, by 3,188 votes (7.7 pts)
  • 2015 New Democratic · Nathan Cullen, by 11,595 votes (26.3 pts)

In the old Skeena—Bulkley Valley on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Skeena—Bulkley Valley lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Skeena—Bulkley Valley is

Population
89,6902021 census
Area
374,681km²
Density
0.24people per km²
Electors
69,983on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • 6th-largest by area in Canada: 374,681 km² · 6th of 3436th
    6th-largest by area in Canada
    374,681 km² · 6th of 343
  • 9th-largest Indigenous share: 33.8% report an Indigenous identity, 9th highest of 343 (Share with an Indigenous identity, 2021 census)9th
    9th-largest Indigenous share
    33.8% report an Indigenous identity, 9th highest of 343 (Share with an Indigenous identity, 2021 census)
  • Least populous in British Columbia: 89,690 people, 2021 census · 1st of 43 in British Columbia · 50th of 343 in Canada1st
    Least populous in British Columbia
    89,690 people, 2021 census · 1st of 43 in British Columbia · 50th of 343 in Canada
  • Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17.3% — about 61 percent of the median riding's 28.2%.
    highestlowest60th lowest of 343
  • Share who are immigrants is 9.6% — about 55 percent of the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest109th lowest of 343
  • Share with French as a mother tongue is 1.3% — about 81 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.
    highestlowest141st lowest of 343
  • Share of households that own their home is 69.2% — a little lower than the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest147th lowest of 343
  • Median age is 41.2 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest161st lowest of 343
  • Median total household income is $83,000 — about the same as the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest171st lowest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Essentially no. Today's Skeena—Bulkley Valley covers almost exactly the same ground as the Skeena—Bulkley Valley riding it replaced, and 100% of its 2025 electors lived in it.

How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Ellis RossConservative21,20247.2%36.0%+11.2
Taylor BachrachNew Democratic17,67739.3%42.4%−3.1
Inderpal DhillonLiberal4,92311.0%7.6%+3.4
Rod TaylorOther6021.3%2.1%−0.8
Adeana YoungGreen5281.2%3.7%−2.5
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin
4,923 votes
Liberal took more than the 3,525-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
65 of 171
1 poll ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Conservatives (105) · ■ won by another party (65) · ▨ tied (1).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 1,763 voters switching from Conservative to New Democratic — 3.9% of the 44,932 valid votes, 4.0 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Conservative21,202
New Democratic17,677
Still Conservative by 3,525 votes. Actual margin: 3,525.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 53.9% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots.

On election day the Conservatives took 45.4%, the New Democrats 41.5%, the Liberals 10.2%, the others 1.5% and the Greens 1.4%; in advance and special ballots, 49.3%, 36.9%, 11.9%, 1.1% and 0.9%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 45.4%, the New Democrats 41.5%, the Liberals 10.2%, the others 1.5% and the Greens 1.4%; in advance and special ballots, 49.3%, 36.9%, 11.9%, 1.1% and 0.9%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative45.4%49.3%+3.9 ptsNew Democratic41.5%36.9%−4.6 ptsLiberal10.2%11.9%+1.7 ptsOther1.5%1.1%−0.4 ptsGreen1.4%0.9%−0.5 pts050%100%
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Skeena—Bulkley Valley, April 28, 2025On election day the Conservatives took 45.4%, the New Democrats 41.5%, the Liberals 10.2%, the others 1.5% and the Greens 1.4%; in advance and special ballots, 49.3%, 36.9%, 11.9%, 1.1% and 0.9%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapConservative45.4%49.3%+3.9 ptsNew Democratic41.5%36.9%−4.6 ptsLiberal10.2%11.9%+1.7 ptsOther1.5%1.1%−0.4 ptsGreen1.4%0.9%−0.5 pts050%100%
Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
PartyElection dayAdvance and specialGap
Conservative45.4%49.3%+3.9
New Democratic41.5%36.9%−4.6
Liberal10.2%11.9%+1.7
Other1.5%1.1%−0.4
Green1.4%0.9%−0.5
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Skeena—Bulkley Valley and its 4 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Skeena—Bulkley Valley — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/skeena-bulkley-valley/ Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.