Former chief of Sask. First Nation gets eight months for buying votes - Canada - World - News - The Moose Jaw Times Herald:
NORTH BATTLEFORD, Sask. - The former chief of a Saskatchewan First Nation has been sentenced to eight months in jail for buying votes.
Charles Meechance won the 2005 band election for chief on the Red Pheasant First Nation near North Battleford.
An investigation revealed that a supporter paid between $100 and $200 for mail-in ballots.
Meechance pleaded guilty to fraud in July.
A new election had to be held, which cost taxpayers thousands of dollars.
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