Ellis Ross is a

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politician who was first elected in the

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to represent Skeena. He was re-elected in

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and is currently serving his fifth year as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia."Liberals win new seat in northern B.C. in tight Skeena riding"

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, May 9, 2017. He is a member of the

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caucus and serves as its Critic for Energy & LNG.

Career

Prior to his election to the legislature, Ross was the Chief Councillor 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

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, then went into business with his brother doing hand logging and salvage log beachcombing. He also ran a charter boat. He was inducted into the

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in 2014. In 2017 Ross was elected to the

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for the riding of Skeena. The riding had previously been an NDP stronghold, with the NDP winning the riding in five of the previous six elections — the only exception being the 2001 BC Liberal landslide. Upon his election, Premier

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appointed Ross to

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, where he served as Minister of Natural Gas Development and Minister Responsible for Housing until the NDP and

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defeated the government on a confidence vote. Ross was re-elected an MLA in

. The next year he became a candidate for leadership of the BC Liberal Party, but was defeated by Kevin Falcon, who won election to the Legislative Assembly in a

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by-election.

Electoral record

References

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