Conservative candidate Claire Rattée gets some national ink ...

Conservative candidate Claire Rattée
with party leader Andrew Scheer
in May

While she continues to work her way across the expanse of the Skeena-Bulkley Valley riding, Conservative candidate Claire Rattée is starting to attract some national attention for her bid to wrestle the riding from the NDP which has long held the seat in Parliament.

The Kitimat tattoo artist who secured the Conservative nomination in February has gained  some ink and valuable political exposure in a feature story in the National Press this week that looks at breaking stereotypes in politics.

With her candidacy part of an expansive article from Marie-Danielle Smith which takes a look at the growing number of women candidates that are testing the political waters as Conservative candidates.

The National Post article recounts Ms. Rattées past experience as a Kitimat councillor and her hopes to write a new narrative for Skeena-Bulkley Valley when the votes are counted on election day later this fall.

The focus on Ms. Rattée explores how she approached the Conservatives on her own initiative, inspired in part by the work of longtime Conservative MP Michelle Rempel, the Alberta MP who has become somewhat of a mentor for a number of young women looking to enter the political stage.

And the campaign that Ms. Rattée has launched has captured the attention of Ms. Rempel makes note of the work ethic of the Kitimat based candidate who has done much of the heavy lifting as she puts it, towards pushing her campaign forward

As we noted earlier this Spring, the Alberta MP was in Kitimat to help out in spreading the Conservative message and to offer some guidance and support for the Skeena-Bulkley Valley candidate.

You can review the full National Post article here.

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