Taylor Bachrach

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.[2] Prior to his election in the House of Commons, he served as the mayor of Smithers, British Columbia[3] from 2011-2019 and as a municipal councillor in the Village of Telkwa from 2008-2011.

Taylor Bachrach MP
Member of the Canadian Parliament for Skeena—Bulkley Valley
Incumbent
Assumed office October 21, 2019
Preceded by	Nathan Cullen
Personal details
Political party	New Democratic Party
Residence	Smithers, British Columbia[1]

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.[4]

Electoral record

2019 Canadian federal election: Skeena—Bulkley Valley
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[5][6]

2018 Smithers mayoral election
Mayoral candidate	Vote	%
Taylor Bachrach (X)	1,137	64.02
Randy Bell	639	35.98

2014 Smithers mayoral election
Candidate	Vote	%
Taylor Bachrach (X)	Acclaimed

2011 Smithers mayoral election
Candidate	Vote	%
Taylor Bachrach	896	58.52
Cress Farrow (X)	635	41.48

References

1. "Official Voting Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved January 23, 2021.
2. "Canada election results: Skeena—Bulkley Valley". Global News. October 21, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
3. Hewitt, Trevor (August 27, 2019). "Bachrach takes leave of absence as mayor to focus on campaign trail". The Interior News. Retrieved October 21, 2019.
4. "Bachrach named Critic for Infrastructure and Communities". Haida Gwaii Observer. November 28, 2019. Retrieved December 16, 2019.
5. "List of confirmed candidates". Elections Canada. Retrieved October 4, 2019.
6. "Election Night Results". Elections Canada. Retrieved November 16, 2019.