Order Amending the Schedule to the First Nations Elections Act (Wikwemikong): SOR/2026-55

Canada Gazette, Part II, Volume 160, Number 7

Registration
SOR/2026-55 March 20, 2026

FIRST NATIONS ELECTIONS ACT

Whereas the council of the Wikwemikong has provided to the Minister of Indigenous Services a resolution, adopted on July 14, 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 (Wikwemikong) under section 3 of the First Nations Elections Act footnote a.

Gatineau, March 18, 2026

Mandy Gull-Masty
Minister of Indigenous Services

Order Amending the Schedule to the First Nations Elections Act (Wikwemikong)

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 the Wikwemikong is fixed as August 22, 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/2026-54, Order Amending the Indian Bands Council Elections Order (Wikwemikong).