Indigenous
Esquimalt Chief and Council
Governs Esquimalt
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- JT Jerome Thomas Chief · since October 2023
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Hereditary Chief
Inherited
- AT Andrew Thomas Hereditary Chief · since January 2019
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4 councillors
Elected
- AT Alicia Thomas Councillor · since October 2023
- AT Anastasia Thomas Councillor · since October 2023
- ET Eddie Thomas Councillor · since October 2023
- ST Sherry Thomas Councillor · since October 2023
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Jerome Thomas as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Hereditary Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Andrew Thomas as Hereditary Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Alicia Thomas as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Anastasia Thomas as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Eddie Thomas as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Sherry Thomas as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
1189 KOSAPSUM CRESCENT
VICTORIA, BC V9A 7K7- Phone (250) 381-7861
- Web esquimaltnation.ca
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 "Custom Electoral System". For: Esquimalt 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 "Custom Electoral System". For: Hereditary Chief, Councillor, Chief
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2019-01-14, expiry date none. For: Andrew Thomas as Hereditary Chief
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2023-10-03, expiry date 2027-10-02. For: Alicia Thomas as Councillor, Anastasia Thomas as Councillor, Eddie Thomas as Councillor, Sherry Thomas as Councillor, Jerome Thomas as Chief
- 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, October 2, 2027