Indigenous
Wasauksing First Nation Chief and Council
Governs Wasauksing First Nation
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- ST Shane Richard George Tabobondung Chief · since February 2025
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5 councillors
Elected
- DR David Martin Rice Councillor · since February 2025
- ET Elizabeth Georgina Taylor Councillor · since February 2025
- NS Neil Thomas Swanson Councillor · since February 2025
- PR Pazhe-Keezhig Rice-Menominee Councillor · since February 2025
- WT Walter Joseph Christopher Tabobondung Councillor · since February 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Shane Richard George Tabobondung as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- David Martin Rice as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Elizabeth Georgina Taylor as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Neil Thomas Swanson as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Pazhe-Keezhig Rice-Menominee as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Walter Joseph Christopher Tabobondung as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
PO BOX 250
PARRY SOUND, ON P2A 2X4- Phone (705) 746-2531
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.
- 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.
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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
- Membership code (Indian Act s. 10) laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked
Sources
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles: band office, website, election system "Indian Act". For: Wasauksing 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 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)
- laws-lois.justice.gc.ca · checked Membership code (Indian Act s. 10). For: Membership code (Indian Act s. 10)
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked Office title and number of holders listed by ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance), election system "Indian Act". For: Councillor, Chief
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2025-02-16, expiry date 2027-02-15. For: David Martin Rice as Councillor, Elizabeth Georgina Taylor as Councillor, Neil Thomas Swanson as Councillor, Pazhe-Keezhig Rice-Menominee as Councillor, Walter Joseph Christopher Tabobondung as Councillor, Shane Richard George Tabobondung 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, February 15, 2027