Ellis Ross is the British Columbia MLA for Skeena. In 2006, Ross negotiated and signed a $40 Billion liquified natural gas project in Kitimat, the largest single natural resource investment in BC history.

Ellis Ross became a full time councillor for the Haisla Nation in 2003 before being elected chief councillor in 2011, and again in 2013. Prior to running for band council, Ross spent a lifetime in local industry and community organizing, coaching zone championship winning youth basketball teams and involving himself in programs to keep indigenous kids safe from drug abuse and organized crime.

In 2012, Ross was appointed the inaugural chair of the Aboriginal Business Investment Council, and has been recognized as a business leader in both BC Business magazine and the Canadian Business magazine. In recognition of his community service, Ellis was awarded the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee medal in 2013 and the Order of BC in 2014.

Ellis Ross lives in his hometown of Kitimat, British Columbia, where he lives with his wife Trish and is a proud father of two daughters and a grandfather of one granddaughter.