Order Amending the Schedule to the First Nations Elections Act (Saint Mary’s): SOR/2025-186

Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 159, Number 20

Registration
SOR/2025-186 September 12, 2025

FIRST NATIONS ELECTIONS ACT

Whereas the council of Saint Mary’s has provided to the Minister of Indigenous Services a resolution, adopted on June 24, 2025, requesting that the name of the First Nation be added to the schedule to the First Nations Elections Act footnote a;

Therefore, the Minister of Indigenous Services makes the annexed Order Amending the Schedule to the First Nations Elections Act (Saint Mary’s) under section 3 of the First Nations Elections Act footnote a.

Gatineau, September 12, 2025

Mandy Gull-Masty
Minister of Indigenous Services

Order Amending the Schedule to the First Nations Elections Act (Saint Mary’s)

Amendment

1 The schedule to the First Nations Elections Act footnote a is amended by adding the following in numerical order:

First Election Date

2 In accordance with subsection 3(2) of the First Nations Elections Act, the date of the first election of the council of Saint Mary’s is fixed as October 7, 2026.

Coming into Force

3 This Order comes into force on the day on which it is registered.

N.B. The Regulatory Impact Analysis Statement for this Order appears following SOR/2025-185, Order Amending the Indian Bands Council Elections Order (Saint Mary’s).