Ellis Ross

Ellis Ross MLA OBC

Member of the British Columbia Legislative Assembly for Skeena
Incumbent
Assumed office May 9, 2017
Preceded by	Robin Austin

Personal details
Political party	BC Liberal
Residence	Kitamaat Village, British Columbia
Profession	Aboriginal Leader

Ellis Ross is a Canadian politician, who was elected to the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia in the 2017 provincial election.^[1] He represents the electoral district of Skeena as a member of the British Columbia Liberal Party caucus.

Prior to his election to the legislature, Ross was the chief councilor for the Haisla Nation. In 2006, he signed a $50 million agreement with Kitimat LNG to build a liquid natural gas plant on one of the Haisla Nation reserves. Ross also did survey work for the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, then went into business with his brother doing hand logging and salvage log beachcombing. He also ran a charter boat.^[2] He was awarded the Order of British Columbia in 2014.^[3]

Following the 2017 election, Premier Clark appointed Ross to be the Minister of Natural Gas Development and Minister Responsible for Housing.^[4]

Electoral record

British Columbia general election, 2017: Skeena
Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Liberal	Ellis Ross	6,370	53.16
	New Democratic	Bruce Alan Bidgood	5,089	42.47
	Land Air Water	Merv Ritchie	524	4.37
Total valid votes			11,983	100.00
Source: Elections BC^[5]

References

↑ "Liberals win new seat in northern B.C. in tight Skeena riding". CBC News, May 9, 2017.
↑ Ellis Ross: Executive chief
↑ 2014 Recipient: Chief Councillor Ellis Ross – Kitamaat Village
↑ Leibel, Gerry (June 12, 2017). "Ellis Ross appointed to Christy’s cabinet". Kitimat, BC: Northern Sentinel. Retrieved June 12, 2017.
↑ "2017 Provincial General Election Preliminary Voting Results". Elections BC. Retrieved 11 May 2017.

Cabinet posts (2)
Provincial Government of Christy Clark
Predecessor	Office	Successor
Rich Coleman	Minister Responsible for Housing June 12, 2017–July 18, 2017	Selina Robinson
Rich Coleman	Minister Responsible for Natural Gas Development June 12, 2017–July 18, 2017	Ministry Abolished

Current members of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
New Democrat	Horgan Bains Beare Begg Brar Chandra Herbert Chen Chouhan Chow Conroy D'Eith Darcy Dean Dix Donaldson Eby Elmore Farnworth Fleming Fraser Glumac Heyman James Kahlon Kang Krog Leonard Ma Mark Mungall Popham Ralston Rice Robinson Routledge Routley Simons Simpson Sims Singh Trevena
Liberal	Coleman Ashton Barnett Bernier Bond Cadieux Clovechok Davies de Jong Foster Gibson Hunt Isaacs Johal Kyllo Larson Lee Letnick Martin Milobar Morris Oakes Paton Plecas Polak Redies Reid Ross Rustad Shypitka Stilwell Stone Sturdy Sullivan Sultan Tegart Thomson Thornthwaite Throness Wat Wilkinson Yap
Green	Weaver Furstenau Olsen

Cabinet of Premier of British Columbia Christy Clark (2011–2017)
Christy Clark George Abbott Suzanne Anton Donna Barnett Pat Bell Harry Bloy Bill Bennett Mike Bernier Shirley Bond Stephanie Cadieux Ida Chong Rich Coleman Mike de Jong Kevin Falcon Peter Fassbender Jas Johal Terry Lake Blair Lekstrom Norm Letnick Margaret MacDiarmid Mary McNeil Don McRae Mike Morris Coralee Oakes Barry Penner Pat Pimm Mary Polak Ellis Ross Linda Reid John Rustad Ben Stewart Michelle Stilwell Moira Stilwell Todd Stone Jordan Sturdy Sam Sullivan Ralph Sultan Steve Thomson Amrik Virk Teresa Wat Andrew Wilkinson Naomi Yamamoto John Yap

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