Image: City of Chilliwack via council meeting / Former four-term Chilliwack Councillor Sue Attrill Knott, pictured here at her final council meeting in fall 2022, has been selected as the B.C. United candidate for the newly named Chilliwack-Cultus Lake riding in this fall's provincial election. Attrill Knott is the executive director of Chilliwack Hospice Society. 

By Mike Vanden Bosch

Provincial election

Former 4-term Chilliwack councillor selected as B.C. United candidate in Chilliwack-Cultus Lake riding

Feb 21, 2024 | 11:30 AM

CHILLIWACK — Former four-term Chilliwack Councillor Sue Attrill Knott has been acclaimed as the B.C. United candidate for the newly named Chilliwack-Cultus Lake riding in this fall’s provincial election.

According to a bio on the B.C. United website, Attrill Knott, the executive director of Chilliwack Hospice Society, carries an impressive slate of business experience spanning four decades in the business world. She began her career at B.C. Telephone and attained the role of senior manager before retiring in 2004. She transitioned seamlessly to the Chilliwack Chamber where she served as its CEO for several productive years.

After her time at the Chilliwack Chamber, she set her sights on public service and was elected to Chilliwack council in 2008, getting reelected three times until she stepped down in 2022. She has overseen Chilliwack Hospice Society as its executive director for the past seven years.

Attrill Knott has an extensive record of volunteerism, serving on the boards of the Chilliwack Cultural Centre Society and the Chilliwack Agricultural Commission. She is a past president of the Chilliwack Mount Cheam Rotary Club and continues to serve as an active member of the Soroptimist Club of Chilliwack.

She is married to husband Norm Knott and has grown daughters, Melody and Haley.

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“I am honoured to have the opportunity to represent Chilliwack-Cultus Lake and to continue serving the community that I deeply care about,” Attrill Knott said. “I am committed to working tirelessly to address the issues that matter most to our residents and to build a brighter future for all.”

Attrill Knott will be looking to unseat incumbent MLA Kelli Paddon, who was elected in October 2020 to represent Chilliwack-Kent. Paddon garnered 8,268 votes, or 36.42 percent of the vote tally, ahead of former MLA Laurie Throness, who received 6,964 votes, or 30.68 per cent of the vote. Current Chilliwack Councillor Jason Lum received 5,370 votes (23.6 per cent) as an independent candidate. The Green Party candidate received 8 per cent of the vote, followed by Eli Gagne of the Libertarian Party (1.2 per cent).