Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Council

The Six Nations of the Grand River Elected Council is the governing body of Six Nations of the Grand River established under the Indian Act in 1924. The Elected Council consists of one Grand Chief and nine Councillors elected to four year terms, with the current council elected in November 2019.[1]

Over its history, elections for the Elected Council have had extremely low turnout-- for instance, the 2013 election had a turnout of 5.15%-- due in part to some Six Nations citizens believing the council to have usurped the power of the traditional government of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, organized today as the Haudenosaunee Confederacy Chiefs Council.[2]

  1. ^ "SIX NATIONS OF THE GRAND RIVER 2019 ELECTION CODE" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on January 10, 2020. Retrieved August 13, 2020.
  2. ^ Elliott, Alicia (May 21, 2015). "The Meaning of Elections for Six Nations". Briar Patch Magazine. Retrieved November 27, 2020.

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