Community Notice for Nomination of Candidates

On Saturday April 26, 2014 a community meeting was held to nominate individuals for Chief and Council for the upcoming election. Nominations were made in person along with mail-in nominations, which resulted in seven candidates nominated for the position of Chief and 48 candidates for the positions of council.

It is important to note that this is an Unofficial List and candidates have the opportunity to withdraw from this upcoming election at their discretion.  

Here is the Unofficial List of candidates running for office in this upcoming election.

The Official List will be released at a later date.

Notice of Nomination Meeting

Notice is hereby given that a meeting for the Listuguj Mi’gmaq First Nation eligible voters will be held at the Listuguj Community Development Center (Bingo Hall), 42 Dundee Road in Listuguj on Saturday April 26, 2014, beginning at 1:00pm and lasting for at least three hours. The purpose of this meeting is to nominate candidates for the positions of (1) Chief and (12) Councillors on the Band Council of the Listuguj Band, for the ensuing term.

Note that any voter may nominate a candidate by using a mail-in nomination form. You may either deliver or mail-in a written nomination and a completed, signed and witnessed voter declaration form to the Electoral Officer before the time set for the nomination meeting OR you may nominate candidates in person at the nomination meeting. Mailed nominations not received by the Electoral Officer before the time set for the nomination meeting are considered VOID.

Note that if you have not received a nomination package that your information may not be up to date in our system or to simply clarify that your information is up to date please feel free to contact Tina Barnaby at 218-788-2136 or tinabarnaby@listuguj.ca

This election will be held at the Alaqsite’w Gitpu School, 22 Caplin Road in Listuguj, on Saturday June 7, 2014.

Click here for the notice of nomination meeting PUBLIC mar 26 ’14

The Listuguj Winter Pow Wow will take place on Saturday March 8, 2014 at the Listuguj Community Development Center (Bingo Hall).

Doors will open to Vendors at 9 a.m. with the Grand Entry at noon.

There will be three drum groups in attendance Spirit Bear from Listuguj, Lone Cry (P.E.I) and Windy Grass (Presque Isle, Maine) and all dancers are welcomes to come out and participate.

Head Dancers : Kae Martin and Rickey Wysote

Children Head Dancers : Lashawnee Isaac and Asher Arsenault 

M.C : Simon Nevin

Feast at 5pm

Money prize for dancers only : Golden Age (65+) 2 winners will be picked for $100 each, Adult (18-64) 2 winners will be picked for $50 each and Child ( under 18 ) 2 winners will be picked for $20 each. The prizes will be picked by luck of the draw. 

if you have any questions please feel free to contact Lita Isaac at 506-7601751