Candidates raise concerns about Sturgeon Lake election – paNOW

by ahnationtalk on April 18, 2019233 Views

Questions are being raised following the results of last week’s Sturgeon Lake First Nation election, with a number of candidates alleging irregularities.

According to results obtained by paNOW, incumbent Chief Greg Ermine won the election with 480 votes. There were three other contenders for chief. Barry Kingfisher received 153 votes; Orville Longjohn received 148, and Alfred Sanderson received 93 votes.

Longjohn, who stood down from council to run for the chief position told paNOW he had high expectations for the election.

“We thought it would be a well-run election,” Longjohn said, but he then became disillusioned with the process when he claims he saw cheques going to Greg Ermine the four Fridays leading up to the election. Longjohn said he was in the band office and saw the cheques to the value of $2,500 made out to Ermine from the band’s finance and revenue account.

Read More: https://panow.com/2019/04/17/candidates-raise-concerns-about-sturgeon-lake-election/

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