There’s a new chief at the Peter Ballantyne Cree Nation.
Unofficial results show Peter A. Beatty defeated fellow challenger Harold Linklater in an election held on the reserve yesterday.
Beatty finished with 2,114 votes to Linklater’s 1,711.
10 new councilors were elected.
They include Richard Budd (Sturgeon Landing), Warren McCallum (urban councilor in Prince Albert), Cornelius Ballantyne and Joan Beatty (Deschambault Lake), Kevin Morin and Simon Jobb (Southend), Nora Bear (Sandy Bay), Francis Highway, Arthur Dorion and Darren Linklater (Pelican Narrows).
Meantime four councilors also managed to hang onto their seats as well.
They include Clayton Sewap (Denare Beach), Harvey Natewayes (Sandy Bay), Eileen Linklater and Wesley Custer (Pelican Narrows).