BC NDP candidate for MLA in Skeena, a Terrace city councillor who finished second in the district in 2024.
Sarah Zimmerman is the BC NDP candidate in Skeena. She was elected to Terrace city council in 2022 and withdrew from the 2026 council race to run for the legislature. In 2024 she finished second in Skeena with 5,419 votes (44.44 percent) to 6,243 (51.20 percent) for Claire Rattée of the Conservative Party. In a September 2026 interview she spoke about the cost of living, the Highway of Tears and sharing the benefits of industry with Northwest towns.
A researched record of what Sarah Zimmerman said in 2026 as the BC NDP candidate in Skeena and as a Terrace city councillor, with her council votes as reported by local news.
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01 / Introduction
About Sarah Zimmerman
Elections BC lists Sarah Zimmerman as the BC NDP candidate in Skeena. The other names on the list for the district are Nick Gottlieb of the BC Green Party and Claire Rattée of the Conservative Party, who won the seat in 2024.
The City of Terrace council page says she was elected to council in October 2022, sits on the City’s Housing Committee and is its liaison to the Heritage Park Museum board. The Terrace Standard reports that she is also the City’s liaison to the Kitimat Airshed Group, which monitors air quality, and one of three council members on the centennial advisory committee.
She filed to run again for Terrace council in 2026 and was on the City’s September 11 list of candidates. The Terrace Standard reports that her name was absent from the final list after the September 18 withdrawal deadline, and that the BC NDP then named her its Skeena candidate.
She also ran for the BC NDP in Skeena in 2024. The 2024 statement of votes shows she finished second of four with 5,419 votes (44.44 percent). Claire Rattée won with 6,243 votes (51.20 percent).
The BC NDP says she is a former executive director of communications at Coast Mountain College. The Terrace Standard describes her as a former journalist and entrepreneur who has held senior communications roles. voche.me has not checked these jobs with the college or other records.
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.
6 commitments shown · Checked Sep 30
2026 · HousingCampaign pledge
Respond to the cost of living
Said in a September 2026 interview that the cost of living is the issue she hears about most from people, naming food prices and gas at $1.89 to $1.99 a litre, and said "we have to stand up to that."
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
An interview with CFTK-TV that quotes her. She names no measure, no number of people helped, no cost and no date.
What still needs checking
Which provincial measures on prices would she support, and when?
Act on the calls for justice for missing and murdered Indigenous women
Speaking about the Highway of Tears, said many of the calls for justice on missing and murdered Indigenous women have not been acted on, and that the Province could look at them again and put some of them in place.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
An interview with CFTK-TV that quotes her. She does not say which calls for justice, what they would cost or by when.
What still needs checking
Which calls for justice would she ask the Province to put in place first?
Share benefits from large industry with Northwest towns
Said towns such as Terrace that have no large industry of their own need to share in the tax money and other benefits that large industry brings. She named the Northwest benefits alliance for 21 communities as the work she is most proud of.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
An interview with CFTK-TV that quotes her. She describes an agreement already in place and names no new measure, amount or date.
What still needs checking
Would she change or expand the benefits agreement, and how?
Provincial work on the health effects of LNG emissions
In an April 2026 Terrace council debate on a letter asking the Province for a health impact assessment of LNG, said the provincial and federal governments should work with groups such as the Kitimat Airshed Group to study the air quality data.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
Terrace Standard reporting of a council debate that quotes her. She spoke as a city councillor. The source gives no cost, no date and no measure beyond the request.
What still needs checking
Would she, as an MLA, ask the Province to carry out a health impact assessment of LNG in the Northwest?
Said in September 2026 that good representation starts with building relationships across sectors to bring people together and complete important projects.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
A statement quoted by the Terrace Standard. It describes her approach and names no measure, number, cost or date.
The BC NDP platform page says David Eby and the party plan to free B.C.’s economy from the United States, lower costs and recruit more health care workers.
Evidence & next checks
Evidence reviewed
This is the party’s statement. The page does not name her. It gives no number of workers, cost or date in that sentence.
What still needs checking
Does she repeat this commitment for Skeena, and how many workers would come to the Northwest?
She holds no provincial office, so there is no legislature record. Her votes on Terrace council come from Terrace Standard reporting. One of them, on the health effects of LNG, falls in a scored provincial issue.
Reported by the Terrace Standard; council minutes not opened
Seconded the letter asking the Province for an LNG health impact assessment
The Terrace Standard reports that she seconded Councillor Dave Gordon’s motion to write to the Province asking for an assessment of the combined health effects of the LNG industry, and that she raised her hand in favour with Gordon and Councillor Chris Apps.
Scope, limits and sources
This is a city council vote on a request to the Province. The report says Councillors Cordeiro and Downie did not show a vote either way and Councillor Dhillon was absent.
Reported by the Terrace Standard; council minutes not opened
Voted to allow an oversized restaurant sign
The Terrace Standard reports that she voted in favour of a motion to give approval after the fact to a restaurant sign that was larger than the sign bylaw allows and was put up without a permit. She said it was frustrating that people put up signs and then come to council for approval.
Scope, limits and sources
A city bylaw decision. It falls outside the provincial issues scored here.
Reported by the Terrace Standard; council minutes not opened
Moved the motion on council pay for the next term
The Terrace Standard reports that she moved that council accept a residents’ committee’s recommendations on pay for the council elected in October 2026. Councillor pay rises to $26,000 a year and the mayor’s to $60,000. Councillor James Cordeiro was opposed.
Scope, limits and sources
The pay applies to the next council. The meeting date comes from a later Terrace Standard report of the same debate. A city pay decision falls outside the provincial issues scored here.
Proposed health and dental benefits for council members
On July 13, 2026 her motion asked city staff to look at health and other benefits for council members. On August 10, 2026 she seconded the motion that lets future council members join the city’s benefits plan if they pay half the cost. The report names Councillors Apps and Cordeiro and Mayor Bujtas as voting against.
Scope, limits and sources
She said the existing plan through the Union of BC Municipalities is a barrier to people who want to run for office. A city decision; it falls outside the provincial issues scored here.
Reported by the Terrace Standard; council minutes not opened
Seconded council support for a sports dome study
The Terrace Standard reports that she seconded Councillor James Cordeiro’s motion to back a new society’s search for money for a study of an indoor sports dome. She said the study would need to look at running costs and how the city would manage the building.
Scope, limits and sources
A city decision; it falls outside the provincial issues scored here.
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Interview
Interview on her second run for Skeena
Told CFTK-TV she has worked toward provincial office for ten years. She spoke about advocacy for detox services and for Ksyen Regional Hospital, the Northwest benefits alliance, the cost of living, the Highway of Tears, and running against the sitting MLA, Claire Rattée.
Asks that the centennial committee shape the plaza design
At a Terrace council meeting on the $627,000 centennial plaza budget, said her concern was that the committee and the community might lose meaningful input on the design.
In the council debate, said years of quarterly air quality reports exist and that regulators should do the work of studying emissions. She named Cedar LNG and the proposed Ksi Lisims project.
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Reporting
Terrace Standard · Quinn Bender
Zimmerman confirmed as the BC NDP candidate for Skeena
Reports that she withdrew from the Terrace council race and was named the BC NDP candidate, and gives her 2024 result.
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 2026 BC NDP release naming her was found on the party releases page; the Terrace Standard reports such a release, so the party's own wording of her priorities was read only through that report. Her Facebook page and Instagram account (@SarahZimmermanSkeena) show only a sign-in page to direct reads, so no post from them is used. Her council votes come from Terrace Standard reporting. The City of Terrace minutes for May 25, 2026 were read and record motions as moved and seconded without names; minutes for April 13, April 27, July 13, August 10 and August 24, 2026 were not opened. Her former job as executive director of communications at Coast Mountain College, and her work as a journalist and entrepreneur, are stated by the party and by reporting; voche.me has not checked them with the college or other records. Her roles with the Rotary Club of Terrace, the Terrace Art Gallery, My Mountain Co-op and Farm Fest come from the City's council page and have not been checked with those groups. No all-candidates meeting in Skeena for 2026, no campaign finance report and no endorsement were found on this date.
Research status
What voche.me has checked
Evidence reviewed on 2026-09-30: the Elections BC candidate list and key dates, the 2024 statement of votes, her BC NDP campaign page, the party releases and platform pages, the City of Terrace council page and the May 25, 2026 council minutes, and reporting from the Terrace Standard, CFTK-TV, the Haida Gwaii Observer and Frequency.
Her commitments on this page come from a September 2026 interview, a statement quoted in reporting, and a council debate. Her social media accounts could not be read. An empty section records what voche.me did not find on this date.
03 / Background
Experience & community
2022 to 2026
Terrace city councillor
Elected in October 2022, according to the City of Terrace. Sits on the City’s Housing Committee. She withdrew from the 2026 council race.
Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
Which provincial measures would you support to lower food and fuel costs in Skeena, and by when?
No response has been submitted.
Which calls for justice on missing and murdered Indigenous women would you ask the Province to act on first?
No response has been submitted.
Would you ask the Province for a health impact assessment of LNG emissions in the Northwest?
No response has been submitted.
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05 / About this page
Questions about this page
Facts voche.me can state about Sarah Zimmerman's page itself, answered directly rather than left blank.
Is this an official page for Sarah Zimmerman?
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Sarah Zimmerman's own campaign.
What party is Sarah Zimmerman running with?
Sarah Zimmerman is running for MLA with BC NDP.
Does Sarah Zimmerman currently hold public office?
Yes. Sarah Zimmerman currently serves as Terrace city councillor.
How many sources does this Sarah Zimmerman profile cite?
This profile lists 6 sourced references, each with the date voche.me checked it, in the Sources section below.
Why do some questions on Sarah Zimmerman's page show no answer?
The "Questions & answers" section on this page lists questions voche.me would put to Sarah Zimmerman 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 Sarah Zimmerman is running in?
The 2026 British Columbia election, including the MLA race, is decided on October 24, 2026.
06 / Candidate contributions
Space for campaign updates
No campaign updates yet
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