Two out of three chiefs ousted in Stoney elections

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MORLEY - For the second election in a row, two of the three Stoney chiefs were ousted from office after a general election which saw the highest voter turnout in years.

Chiniki chief Frank Kaquitts was soundly defeated after receiving only 22 votes. Kaquitts ran against five opponents, including the man he defeated in the1984 election, Frank Powderface. The new chief is former chief Alvin Two Young Man.

The first woman chief in the Treaty 7 area, Una Wesley, was also soundly defeated along with her entire council. She will be replaced by Dandy Amos who received 117 votes against Wesley's 49. The new Bearspaw councillors are: former chief David Bearspaw, Garvin Roll-in-Mud, Orvall Daniels and Richard Amos.

However, little changed in the Wesley band as Chief John Snow, who has held office for 18 years, was again elected but with a much reduced majority.

In the 1984 election, Snow won his seat by a comfortable 73-vote lead, but this time Snow won by only 8 votes more than his closest contender, Ernest Wesley. According to Department of Indian Affairs official Rosemary Kiegelmann, the two contenders were tied until votes from the band's Edon Valley, a separate section of the reserve, 100 kms south of Morley, arrived at the counting station.

Snow will be rejoined by incumbent councillors, Tina Fox and Felix Poucette and new councillors Isaiah Crawler and John Robinson Two Youngman. Councillors Irby Cecile and John Wesley were defeated.