The Political Record · Federal electoral districts
Skeena—Bulkley Valley
Federal riding · BC · No. 59031 · 2023 representation order
- Member
- Ellis Ross Conservative
- 2025 result
- Conservative gain by 3,525 votes
- Turnout
- 64.6% of 69,983 electors
- Population
- 89,690 2021 census
- Area
- 374,681 km²
- Figures as of
- 2026-09-25
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
- Largest by area in Canada374,681 km² · 6th of 343
- Largest Indigenous share33.8% report an Indigenous identity, 9th highest of 343 (Share with an Indigenous identity, 2021 census)
- Least populous in British Columbia89,690 people, 2021 census · 1st of 43 in British Columbia · 50th of 343 in Canada
- Changed hands in 2025One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)
- Boundaries unchanged in 2023Covers the same ground as its predecessor · one of 59 of 343 by area
In brief
Illustration after: © House of Commons
Member of Parliament
Ellis Ross
- Member: Environment and Sustainable Development
- Member: Subcommittee on Agenda and Procedure
- Vice-Chair: Environment and Sustainable Development
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.
How this is measured. Share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files. It is area, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.
IIThe 2025 result
Conservative gain
Elected
Ellis Ross
Conservative
21,202
47.2% of valid votes
Margin
3,525
votes · +7.9 pts
Runner-up
Taylor Bachrach
New Democratic
17,677
39.3% of valid votes
Conservative 47.2% · New Democratic 39.3% · Liberal 11.0% · Other 1.3% · Green 1.2%
Turnout64.6% of 69,983 electors
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | 2021 | ± |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ellis Ross | Conservative | 21,202 | 47.2% | 36.0% | +11.2 |
| Taylor Bachrach | New Democratic | 17,677 | 39.3% | 42.4% | −3.1 |
| Inderpal Dhillon | Liberal | 4,923 | 11.0% | 7.6% | +3.4 |
| Rod Taylor | Other | 602 | 1.3% | 2.1% | −0.8 |
| Adeana Young | Green | 528 | 1.2% | 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
Swing needed to flip
4.0 pts
Half the margin: the share that would have had to move from first to second.
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.
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.
Election dayAdvance & 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.
VWhat kind of place this is
- Median total household income is $83,000 — about the same as the median riding's $84,000.highestlowest171st lowest of 343
- Median age is 41.2 — about the same as the median riding's 41.6.highestlowest161st lowest of 343
- 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 of households that own their home is 69.2% — a little lower than the median riding's 71.4%.highestlowest147th 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
2021 Census, keyed to the 2023 representation order. Comparisons are against the median riding, not Canada as a whole. Each rule places this riding among all 343.
VIWhere it is
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The card
No. 59031BC · 2025
Skeena—Bulkley Valley
Ellis Ross
- Result
- Conservative gain by 3,525
- Turnout
- 64.6%
- Population
- 89,690
- Area
- 374,681 km²
Largest by area in CanadaLargest Indigenous shareLeast populous in British ColumbiaChanged hands in 2025Boundaries unchanged in 2023
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