Riding profile

Skeena

Provincial riding — BC · North

The question

Skeena: a safe seat for the Conservatives?

Current forecast

Con

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
9.7
P(close race)
3%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • Con 48.1%
  • NDP 38.4%
  • GP 5.7%
  • CentreBC 4.0%
  • OneBC 3.5%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Surrey-FleetwoodNDP58 %2.0 pt margin
  2. Cowichan ValleyCon54 %2.0 pt margin
  3. Vancouver-LangaraCon62 %2.1 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

Con NDP GP CentreBC
HereSkeena 48.1%38.4%5.7%4.0%
Provincial averageBritish Columbia 42.4% +5.7 39.5% −1.1 9.9% −4.3 3.2% +0.9

Provincial averages computed across the 93 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Projection track

How the projection has moved

Editorial read

Skeena, a mixed riding in British Columbia, elected a member with the Conservatives in the previous cycle, with a 7-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the Conservatives ahead at 48% vote share, against 38% for the NDP, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Claire Rattée

Sits with Con

Parliament
43th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Con
Margin
6.8 pts
Turnout
55.8%
Margin shift vs current projection
+3.0 pts

Detailed result · BC 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Claire Rattée Elected Con — 51.2 —
Sarah Zimmerman NDP — 44.4 —
Teri Young GP — 3.3 —
Irwin Jeffrey OTH — 1.0 —
Last model run
Cycle
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