429 Ballots cast in 2023 Metlakatla Council election

Friday's Metlaktla Election saw 429 members of the First Nation take part in the voting process, their ballots shaping the Council for the next term of office.

The results from the OneFeather election organizers provide a glimpse as to how the membership cast those ballots for both the Chief Councillor Post and those on the Council.

For the Position of Chief Councillor, as we noted on Friday, Robert Nelson was declared the winner. 

The vote totals in his favour indicating that his campaign provided for what voters were looking for, that as the look to move forward following the retirement of long serving Chief Harold Leighton.

The Council race was split into two categories, that of On Reserve and the other In Territory, those results were as follows:

From those results the next Council membership looks as follows:

Update: The newly elected Council members will take up their duties Thursday October 5th with a swearing in ceremony at the Metlakatla Community Hall.

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