The Sechelt Indian Government District has seen Rose Darland, John Miller, Douglas Stewart and Robert Werry acclaimed to council.
Mary Adele Koyanagi was elected with 71 votes.
Candidates
Advisory council
SBL 1 Advisory Councillor: Mary Adele Koyanagi – elected
SBL 1 Advisory Councillor: William Scotland
SBL 23 Advisory Councillor: Rose Darland (unopposed) – elected
SBL 2 Advisory Councillor: John Miller (unopposed) – elected
SBL 19/20 Advisory Councillor: Douglas Stewart (unopposed) – elected
SIGD At Large Advisory Councillor: Robert Werry (unopposed) – elected
Boundary
The Sechelt Indian Government District (SIGD) covers a section of land under the municipal governance of the Sechelt Indian Band and is partially surrounded by the District of Sechelt on the Sunshine Coast.
This area borders the urban portion of Sechelt in the east at Xenichen Avenue. It continues south along the Sunshine Coast Highway to Selma Park Road, east to Reservoir Road and north to Delta Road.
An additional parcel of land included in the district is located in the Powell River Regional District.
Population (2016)
671
History
Members of the Shishalh First Nation have lived in the Sechelt area for thousands of years.
Members of the Sechelt Indian Band gained formal municipal governance of the SIGD area in 1987 with the signing of the Sechelt Indian Government District Enabling Act.
The law allowed the SIGD to qualify for the same types of benefits available to other B.C. municipalities along with the power to enact laws, bylaws and taxes in the manner of a municipal government.
Political representation
Federal
Pamela Goldsmith-Jones (Liberal)
Provincial
Nicholas Simons (NDP)