Election Day For Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation

Election Day For Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation

Tuesday, April 12, 2005 at 14:05

Polls have opened for members of the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation voting in today’s chief and council election.

The band is the second-largest in Saskatchewan, and to accommodate all its members, the First Nation has polling stations set up in seven different communities.

Incumbent chief Ron Michel is seeking re-election.

He is being challenged by Lester Gardiner, Harold Linklater and Hector Morin.

A total of 71 people are attempting to land a spot on the band’s 14-member council.