City Councillor Reid Skelton-Morven comes up short in quest for Chief Councillor Post in Metlakatla

Reid Skelton-Morven will return his political focus to themes
of municipal government, that after his unsuccessful campaign
for the Chief Councillor Position in Metlaktla 

As we outlined late Friday evening, residents of Metlakatla cast their ballots for a new Council membership and a new Chief Councillor, the latter coming with the retirement of Chief Harold Leighton from the post.

When the voting results were released a few hours after balloting ended,  Robert Nelson was announced as the choice of First Nation residents to take charge of their government for the next term, the former incumbent Councillor for Metlakatla coming out ahead of four other contenders for the top office.

Among them was Prince Rupert City Council member Reid Skelton-Morven who launched his quest for office back in June, running a strong social media driven campaign for office.

Meltakatla election officials have not as of yet released the tallies of the vote, so how much Mr. Morven's message resonated with the voters isn't known, though he was quick to pay tribute to the Metlakatla process and the verdict that the people of Metlakatla delivered.

As he did not step down from his duties in Prince Rupert during the campaign, the second term City Councillor can now pivot his attention back towards the issues of note at Prince Rupert City Hall. 

Something that Mayor Herb Pond made note of in a social media message of congratulations on Mr. Morven's campaign.

More notes on the recent Metlakatla campaign and other notes of interest from the community can be reviewed through our archive page.

Cross posted from the North Coast Review.