Kamloops This Week
The Whispering Pines/Clinton Indian Band has elected a new chief and council.
The First Nation north of Westsyde has elected Ed LeBourdais as its new chief. LeBourdais garnered 58 votes, while fellow chief candidate Trevor Tresierra received 44 votes.
LeBourdais moves from his previous position as band councillor to succeed former chief Michael LeBourdais, who did not seek re-election.
The band elected two new councillors, Mathew Lewis and Sunny LeBourdais, who replace Ed LeBourdais and Jack Bones, who sought re-election, but fell short of Lewis (67 votes) and LeBourdais (54 votes). Bones amassed 33 votes, while fellow council candidates Debra Van de Mosselaer (26 votes) and Jerry LeBourdais (12 votes) rounded out the field.
Voter turnout was about 61 per cent, with 104 of the 171 eligible band members turning out to cast a ballot — one of the highest voter turnout rates in the Secwépemc Nation.
The band announced the results in a press release issued on Feb. 8.
“We are honoured to serve our community and look forward to building a future where we are upholding our ancestral responsibilities while becoming major players in the regional economy of our traditional territory,” Chief LeBourdais said in a release.
The new chief and council will serve a two-year term.
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