Taylor Bachrach
Taylor Bachrach | |
|---|---|
| Member of Parliament for Skeena—Bulkley Valley | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Nathan Cullen |
| Personal details | |
| Political party | New Democratic Party |
Taylor Bachrach MP is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Skeena—Bulkley Valley in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election.[1] Prior to his election in the House of Commons, he served as the mayor of Smithers, British Columbia[2] from 2011-2019 and as a municipal councillor in the Village of Telkwa from 2008-2011.
Federal politics
After securing election in the 2019 Canadian federal election, Bachrach was named as the NDP critic for Infrastructure and Communities in the 43rd Canadian Parliament.[3]
Electoral record
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Skeena—Bulkley Valley | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| New Democratic | Taylor Bachrach | 16,944 | 40.9 | -10.18 | ||||
| Conservative | Claire Rattée | 13,756 | 33.2 | +8.41 | ||||
| Liberal | Dave Birdi | 4,793 | 11.6 | -7.12 | ||||
| Green | Mike Sawyer | 3,280 | 7.9 | +4.26 | ||||
| Christian Heritage | Rod Taylor | 1,350 | 3.3 | +1.53 | ||||
| People's | Jody Craven | 940 | 2.3 | – | ||||
| Independent | Danny Nunes | 164 | 0.4 | – | ||||
| Independent | Merv Ritchie | 157 | 0.4 | – | ||||
| Total valid votes/Expense limit | 41,384 | 100.0 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 267 | |||||||
| Turnout | 41,651 | 62.7 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 66,421 | |||||||
| Source: Elections Canada[4][5] | ||||||||
References
- ^ "Canada election results: Skeena—Bulkley Valley". Global News. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ Hewitt, Trevor (August 27, 2019). "Bachrach takes leave of absence as mayor to focus on campaign trail". The Interior News. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
- ^ "Bachrach named Critic for Infrastructure and Communities". Haida Gwaii Observer. November 28, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
- ^ "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
- ^ "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.