Provincial elections held

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The 1999 general election for the Metis Nation of Alberta was held on Sept. 7 with voters casting ballots at 41 polling stations throughout the province. Unofficial results provided by the Metis Nation saw incumbent Audrey Poitras of Elk Point returned to the post of president. The provincial vice president is Brenda Blyan Calliou.

"I'm very happy with the results, and I think our Metis people want us to continue our agenda that we've set three years ago," said Poitras. "I want to thank all the people who came out to vote and had faith in me," she said.

There are 64 Metis locals in the six zones in Alberta. This election there were eight candidates vying for the position of provincial president, and three for provincial vice president. The rest of the regional zones had a total of 35 candidates running for regional presidents or vice presidents.

Unofficial results report the following wins in the six zones:

Zone I (Lac La Biche, Fort McMurray, Fort Chipewyan and Athabasca) George A. Quintal - president; Rick P. Boucher - vice president.

Zone II (Bonnyville, Lloydminister, St. Paul, Vegreville and Cold Lake) Henry J. Desjarlais - president; Gaga Cardinal - vice president.

Zone III (Calgary, Red Deer, Lethbridge, Medicine Hat and Stettler) Ephram Bouvier (incumbent) - president; Marlene O. Lanz (incumbent) - vice president.

Zone IV (Edmonton, Grande Cache, Edson, Wetaskiwin and Hinton) Jerry A. Letendre - president; Cecil T. Bellrose - vice president.

Zone V (Slave Lake, High Prairie, Grouard, Wabasca and Faust) Bev New - president; Trevor Gladue ( incumbent ) - vice president.

Zone VI (Grande Prairie, High Level, Peace River, Valleyview)

Sylvia V. Johnson - president; Louis Bellrose - vice president.