MLA for Skeena since 2024 and the Conservative critic for mental health and addictions, running again for the Conservative Party of BC.
Claire Rattée won Skeena in 2024 with 51.20% of the vote. In the legislature in 2026 she spoke most on mental health, addiction, supportive housing and autism funding, and moved amendments to the supportive housing bill. In September 2026 she was removed from the Conservative caucus for three days after criticizing the party leader.
A researched record of Claire Rattée's 17 commitments, 8 dated actions and 9 public statements, with 7 news items. Most come from the legislature record in 2026.
On dates without a confirmed appearance the public schedule is unknown; the candidate may still have activities that day. This static page changes only when its research is updated.
01 / Introduction
About Claire Rattée
Claire Rattée is the Conservative Party of BC candidate in Skeena on Elections BC's list for the general election of October 24, 2026. She won the district in 2024 with 6,243 votes, 51.20% of the valid vote, according to the Elections BC statement of votes.
The BC Gazette lists her among the councillors elected in Kitimat in November 2014. Elections Canada records show her as the Conservative candidate in Skeena-Bulkley Valley in 2019, with 13,756 votes, and in 2021, with 13,513 votes; she placed second both times. Elections Canada lists her occupation as tattoo artist, and she told the legislature she is a business owner.
In the legislature in 2026 she asked questions on child and youth mental health, psychiatric care, decriminalization, supportive housing, long-term care, autism funding and DRIPA. Reporting and the party describe her as the Conservative critic for mental health and addictions. She moved amendments to Bill 11 on supportive housing, which were defeated.
On May 19, 2026 the Speaker asked her to leave the chamber during question period, and she apologized that afternoon. On September 18, 2026 she was removed from the Conservative caucus after criticizing leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay. Reporting says she was back in caucus by September 21, after Findlay resigned.
The party page says she was born in Delta, moved to Kitimat in 2011, and served four years on Kitimat council. Those are the party's own statements.
Published positions and selected commitments, separated by election cycle. Status labels describe the evidence reviewed, not a numerical score or a complete audit of the platform. Council approval is different from delivery.
17 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · HousingNot established
Protect supportive housing tenants from drug smoke
In committee on Bill 11 on April 13, 2026, Rattée moved an amendment that would require a landlord to make sure the use of a rental unit does not expose other tenants or staff to smoke or vapour from controlled drugs. She moved a similar amendment on April 14.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The transcript records the April 13 amendment as defeated, 4 votes to 5. The amendment names no cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does a future bill or regulation set this rule for supportive housing?
In the same committee debate on April 13, 2026, Rattée moved an amendment that would require landlords to make sure tenants with complex health, behaviour or drug use needs have supports, such as supervision. She also moved an amendment for a required safety plan covering emergencies, fire and incident reports.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The transcript records the supports amendment as defeated, 4 votes to 6, and the safety plan amendment as defeated on division. Neither names a cost or date.
What still needs checking
Does the housing ministry add these rules in the regulations the minister said were possible?
In question period on February 23, 2026 and in her budget speech on February 24, Rattée said the 2026 budget cut $1.4 billion from the community housing fund, and that this stopped a seniors housing project in Kitimat.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She states the size of the fund change. She does not state her own funding level, number of homes or date.
In question period on February 26, 2026, Rattée asked the health minister to commit to building a psychiatric hospital. In an essay on her Substack page on February 7, 2026, she wrote that the province needs several regional psychiatric facilities.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Her words name the type of building. They give no number of beds, cost or date.
Tell families before a mental health patient is discharged
In question period on May 5, 2026, Rattée asked the government to commit to a rule under the Mental Health Act that families are told when a patient is discharged. She said her caucus had moved amendments for this a year earlier.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the law to be changed. She gives no date of her own.
What still needs checking
Does a change to the Mental Health Act on family notice reach the legislature?
Keep direct autism funding for children with a diagnosis
In her budget speech on February 24, 2026 and in question period on May 27, Rattée opposed the government ending individual autism funding under its new service model. She said she supports adding children with other needs, such as Down syndrome.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. She names no program cost or date.
What still needs checking
What funding model would she support for children with support needs?
In question period on March 2, 2026, Rattée said no long-term care home had been completed under the new Ministry of Infrastructure and that 7,000 seniors were on wait-lists.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. She gives no number of beds of her own, cost or date.
What still needs checking
How many long-term care beds would she ask for in Skeena?
In an essay on her Substack page on January 7, 2026, Rattée wrote that decriminalization should be ended clearly. On September 29, 2026, she criticized a court ruling on the Drug User Liberation Front in a video, as reported by the Western Standard.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. It names no cost, number or date.
What still needs checking
What would replace the decriminalization exemption, and when?
Remove the sales tax on security for places of worship
In question period on March 11, 2026, Rattée asked the finance minister to exempt security services for places of worship from the provincial sales tax. In her budget speech she opposed adding the tax to services such as repairs and security.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names a tax change. She gives no cost of the exemption or date.
What still needs checking
What would the exemption cost the province each year?
A party statement issued in Rattée's name on September 29, 2026 welcomes LNG Canada Phase 2 and sets out the party plan to more than double natural gas production by 2032 and pass a 120-day permitting law for major projects.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
The plan points are the party's, printed in a release in her name. It names no public cost.
What still needs checking
Does the party publish the full energy plan with costs?
Help bring water to the Terrace airport industrial lands
In her budget speech on February 24, 2026, Rattée said the budget should have helped the City of Terrace bring water to the airport industrial lands owned by the city and the Kitselas First Nation.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. She gives no cost or date.
What still needs checking
What share of the water work would a provincial grant pay?
In her budget speech on February 24, 2026, Rattée asked when Mount Elizabeth Middle Secondary School in Kitimat will be replaced. She said it has been listed for replacement since 2010.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. She gives no cost or date of her own.
What still needs checking
Does the capital plan name a date for the new school?
In question period on May 6, 2026, Rattée asked the government to repeal the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, citing a Business Council survey. On April 28 she said First Nations must be consulted on changes to the act.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the law. The vote index shows her voting yes on first reading of a repeal bill on April 22. She gives no date.
What still needs checking
Would a repeal bill come with a consultation plan for First Nations?
In her budget speech on February 24, 2026, Rattée opposed closing the Office of the Merit Commissioner and said its powers should grow to cover political appointments.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
She names the office and the change. She gives no date or cost.
What still needs checking
Does a bill to restore or widen the office reach the legislature?
In her budget speech on February 24, 2026, Rattée said the budget has no road or highway upgrades for Skeena, and named Highway 113 in the Nass Valley.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A position. She names no project, cost or date.
What still needs checking
Which highway project in Skeena would she ask for first?
Recorded votes and amendments where an official source names her. A party position is listed as the party's unless her own words repeat it.
Amendments defeated
Moved amendments to the Residential Tenancy Amendment Act (Bill 11)
Rattée moved amendments to clause 7 on drug smoke, supports for tenants with complex needs, and a safety plan in supportive housing. The vote index lists her voting yes on two of them.
Scope, limits and sources
The transcript records the recorded votes as 4 to 5 and 4 to 6.
Voted no on third reading of the freedom of information bill (Bill 9)
The recorded vote index lists Rattée voting no at second and third reading of the Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Amendment Act, 2026. On May 6 she spoke for a motion to delay the bill by six months.
Scope, limits and sources
The index also lists her voting no on two government amendments to the bill.
Rattée spoke on the 2026 budget: the sales tax on services, the community housing fund, long-term care, autism funding, forestry, highways, a Kitimat school and the Merit Commissioner.
Rattée said the bill does not deal with deaths, drug smoke, fire risk or worker safety in supportive housing, and asked to work with the minister on amendments.
Question period on destroyed addiction research data
Rattée quoted a government letter telling researcher Julian Somers to destroy ministry data, and asked the government to table the data if it still exists.
The Canadian Press reports that Rattée wrote that caucus was deeply divided under leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay and that Findlay had not brought the team together.
Records are labelled by type, including official findings, civil proceedings and political disputes where applicable. Each entry identifies the response found in the sources and the latest status verified for this page.
Official finding
Asked to leave the chamber during question period
The transcript of May 19, 2026 records the Speaker telling the member for Skeena there should be no argument with the Chair and asking her to leave the chamber.
Candidate or party response
That afternoon Rattée apologized for disregarding the Speaker's authority. She then raised a point of order saying the Premier had wrongly said her side opposed LNG Canada.
Verified status and limits
The Speaker accepted her apology, according to the transcript, and said the point of order would be taken under advisement. voche.me did not find a ruling on it.
Removed from the Conservative caucus, then returned
The legislature clerk's office confirmed on September 18, 2026 that Rattée, John Rustad and Trevor Halford were no longer in the Conservative caucus, according to Today in BC. Leader Kerry-Lynne Findlay said they would no longer serve in caucus. Two days earlier Rattée had criticized Findlay's leadership online.
Candidate or party response
Rattée said she was elected as a Conservative and was not going anywhere, and that Findlay had no authority to remove caucus members, the report says.
Verified status and limits
The Northern View reports that Findlay resigned on September 20 and that Rattée was back in the caucus by September 21. The Elections BC list shows her as the Conservative candidate.
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Reporting
Eagle Valley News
Mental health critic asks for answers on a Vernon death
Reports Rattée's call for an independent review of the death of Ezra Cool.
Sources checked September 30, 2026. Official records establish decisions; campaign material establishes stated positions; reporting adds investigation and context. None alone establishes every claim.
No campaign website of her own was found; clairerattee.ca returned HTTP 403. Her X account showed only a sign-in page, so nothing from it is used, including the September 30 video; that video is used only as the Western Standard describes it. The Substack essay of September 16, 2026 on the party leader was not found in her Substack archive; it is used only as The Canadian Press reports it. The party candidate page labels her "Interim Conservative Party Leader"; the legislature record lists no such role, and reporting names Lorne Doerkson as interim leader, so the label is not used. The party platform page says the platform is coming soon. No 2026 all-candidates meeting for Skeena was found; older forum links were from 2024. The Health and Housing estimates debates and the Bill 11 committee debate were read only in part. Votes are taken from the vote index; the transcripts of most votes were not opened. Her critic role is taken from reporting and the party; the legislature record lists no role for her. The end date of her Kitimat council term was not checked against a District record. Her campaign finances and endorsements were not reviewed. The questionnaire has not been sent.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-09-30: the Elections BC candidate list and 2024 statement of votes, the legislature's 2026 speech and vote indexes, 18 transcripts where she spoke, Elections Canada results for 2019 and 2021, the 2014 BC Gazette, the party candidate, team and platform pages, a party statement in her name, two of her Substack essays, and news reports from 2025 and 2026.
Her commitments on this page come from what she said in the legislature and in her own writing in 2026. Sections with no entry record that voche.me found nothing on this date.
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05 / About this page
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Is this an official page for Claire Rattée?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Claire Rattée's own campaign.
What party is Claire Rattée running with?
Claire Rattée is running for MLA with Conservative Party of BC.
Does Claire Rattée currently hold public office?
Yes. Claire Rattée currently serves as MLA for Skeena.
How many sources does this Claire Rattée profile cite?
This profile lists 9 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Claire Rattée's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Claire Rattée in a future interview. They have not been sent yet, so the page says plainly that no answer has been supplied instead of leaving the section blank.
When is the election Claire Rattée is running in?
The 2026 British Columbia election, including the MLA race, is decided on October 24, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
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