Indigenous
Namgis First Nation Chief and Council
Governs Namgis First Nation
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Who sits on it
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Chief
Elected
- DS Don Svanvik Chief · since May 2026
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10 councillors
Elected
Brian Wadhams
Councillor · since May 2026
- DN Dallas Nelson Councillor · since December 2024
Don Speck
Councillor · since December 2025
- EA Ernest Alexander Alfred Councillor · since December 2025
- IS Irene Speck Councillor · since December 2025
Ivy Peers
Councillor · since December 2024
- JB Jessica Barudin Councillor · since December 2024
Kelly Speck
Councillor · since December 2025
- MW Marlene Willie Councillor · since December 2024
- VA Verna Ambers Councillor · since December 2025
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Sources for who sits on it
- Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Don Svanvik as Chief fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Brian Wadhams as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Dallas Nelson as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Don Speck as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Ernest Alexander Alfred as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Irene Speck as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Ivy Peers as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Jessica Barudin as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Kelly Speck as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Marlene Willie as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
- Verna Ambers as Councillor fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked
Contact
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Band office
PO BOX 210
ALERT BAY, BC V0N 1A0- Phone (250) 974-5556
- Web namgis.bc.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: Namgis 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)
- 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: Chief, Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2026-05-09, expiry date 2029-05-11. For: Don Svanvik as Chief
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2026-05-09, expiry date 2027-12-13. For: Brian Wadhams as Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2024-12-14, expiry date 2027-12-13. For: Dallas Nelson as Councillor, Ivy Peers as Councillor, Jessica Barudin as Councillor, Marlene Willie as Councillor
- fnp-ppn.aadnc-aandc.gc.ca · checked ISC First Nation Profiles (Governance): appointment date 2025-12-13, expiry date 2028-12-12. For: Don Speck as Councillor, Ernest Alexander Alfred as Councillor, Irene Speck as Councillor, Kelly Speck as Councillor, Verna Ambers as Councillor
- 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 13, 2027, General election, May 11, 2029