Indigenous
Potlotek First Nation Chief and Council
Governs Potlotek First Nation
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- WM Wilbert Marshall Chief · since August 2026
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8 councillors
Elected
- AM Andrew (Jimmy) Marshall Councillor · since August 2026
- BJ Brian Johnson Councillor · since August 2026
- IB Isaiah Bernard Councillor · since August 2026
- JB Jeremy Basque Councillor · since August 2026
- MJ Mary Lee Ann Johnson Councillor · since August 2026
- ML Mary Susan Lafford Councillor · since August 2026
- PI Patrick Isaac Councillor · since August 2026
- TB Tyrone Preston (Ty) Bernard Councillor · since August 2026
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Wilbert Marshall as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Andrew (Jimmy) Marshall as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Brian Johnson as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Isaiah Bernard as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Jeremy Basque as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Mary Lee Ann Johnson as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Mary Susan Lafford as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Patrick Isaac as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Tyrone Preston (Ty) Bernard as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
12004 Highway 4
Chapel Island, NS B0E 3B0- Phone (902) 535-3317
What it can do
- By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81)
Makes by-laws for its reserves: health of residents, traffic, law and order, nuisances, animals, roads, water supplies and other local works, zoning and buildings, allotment of reserve land, residence on the reserve, wildlife and fish on the reserve, and trespass. Fines of up to $1,000.
- Membership code (Indian Act s. 10)
Decides who belongs to the First Nation under its own membership rules, adopted by a majority of its electors.
- Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83)
With the Minister's approval, taxes land and interests in land on the reserve for local purposes, licenses businesses, and spends band money. Many First Nations tax property under the First Nations Fiscal Management Act instead.
- Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1)
With the consent of a majority of electors voting at a special band meeting, may prohibit the sale, supply, manufacture or possession of intoxicants on the reserve.
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Sources for what it can do
- By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
- Membership code (Indian Act s. 10) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
- Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
- Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
Sources
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles: band office, website, election system "First Nations Elections Act". For: Potlotek First Nation Chief and Council
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Band office address, phone and fax from ISC First Nation Profiles. For: Band office
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81). For: By-laws for the reserve (Indian Act s. 81)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Membership code (Indian Act s. 10). For: Membership code (Indian Act s. 10)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83). For: Money by-laws and local taxation (Indian Act s. 83)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1). For: Intoxicant by-laws (Indian Act s. 85.1)
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Office title and number of holders listed by ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance), election system "First Nations Elections Act". For: Chief, Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2026-08-12, expiry date 2030-08-11. For: Wilbert Marshall as Chief, Andrew (Jimmy) Marshall as Councillor, Brian Johnson as Councillor, Isaiah Bernard as Councillor, Jeremy Basque as Councillor and 4 more
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Date estimated from the term expiry date in ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance); not an announced election date. For: General election, August 11, 2030