Indigenous
Homalco Chief and Council
Governs Homalco
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- Darren Blaney Chief · since October 2024
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4 councillors
Elected
- Chelsea Hanson Councillor · since October 2024
- Jamie Wilson Councillor · since October 2022
- Preston Joseph Councillor · since October 2024
- Robert Harry Sr. Councillor · since October 2022
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Darren Blaney as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Chelsea Hanson as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Jamie Wilson as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Preston Joseph as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Robert Harry Sr. as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
1218 BUTE CRESCENT
CAMPBELL RIVER, BC V9H 1G5- Phone (250) 923-4979
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: Homalco 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: Councillor, Chief
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2024-10-17, expiry date 2028-10-16. For: Chelsea Hanson as Councillor, Preston Joseph as Councillor, Darren Blaney as Chief
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2022-10-17, expiry date 2026-10-16. For: Jamie Wilson as Councillor, Robert Harry Sr. as Councillor
- homalco.com · checked Homalco First Nation, Election 2026 page (checked 2026-10-12): two Councillor positions; nomination meeting 2026-08-19; online voting 2026-10-01 to 10-13; Election Day Wednesday 2026-10-14 (Homalco Cultural Hall, Campbell River, and Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre); nominees Wilson Andrew, John Blaney, Kaimemeux Blaney, Robert Harry Sr., Conrad Robinson, Jamie Wilson. For: General election, October 14, 2026
- 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 14, 2026, General election, October 16, 2028