Indigenous
Tsartlip Chief and Council
Governs Tsartlip
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- CO Curtis Olsen Chief · since December 2025
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9 councillors
Elected
- AS Adam Sampson Councillor · since December 2025
- CP Chris Paul Councillor · since December 2025
- GS Gord Elliott Sr. Councillor · since December 2025
- JS Joseph Seward Councillor · since December 2025
- LB Lawrence Bartleman Councillor · since December 2025
- PT Philip Tom Councillor · since December 2025
- RO Rhiannon Olsen Councillor · since December 2025
- VE Verna J. Ellsworth Councillor · since December 2025
- WM William Leo Morris Councillor · since December 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Curtis Olsen as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Adam Sampson as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Chris Paul as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Gord Elliott Sr. as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Joseph Seward as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Lawrence Bartleman as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Philip Tom as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Rhiannon Olsen as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Verna J. Ellsworth as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- William Leo Morris as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
PO BOX 70, #1 Boatramp Road
BRENTWOOD BAY, BC V8M 1R3- Phone (250) 652-3988
- Web tsartlip.com
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.
- 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
- 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: Tsartlip 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 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: Councillor, Chief
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2025-12-08, expiry date 2029-12-07. For: Adam Sampson as Councillor, Chris Paul as Councillor, Gord Elliott Sr. as Councillor, Joseph Seward as Councillor, Lawrence Bartleman as Councillor and 5 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, December 7, 2029