Fort Good Hope heads to the polls for chief and council election

Fort Good Hope from the Mackenzie River. (Francis Tessier-Burns/CKLB)

Residents of Fort Good Hope will be voting in a chief and council election on Monday.

Incumbent Chief Daniel Masuzumi is running against Tommy Kakfwi.

Masuzumi was voted in as chief in 2019.

There are also 12 people running for nine available councillor positions.

This includes:

  • Angela Chinna
  • Jonas Chinna
  • Paul Dixon
  • Linda Edgi
  • Lucy Jackson
  • Floyd Kakfwi
  • Beverly Masuzumi
  • Charles McNeely
  • Rose McNeely
  • Collin Pierrot
  • Verna Pierrot
  • Joseph Tobac

CKLB will announce the results as soon as they are released.

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