Glen McCallum re-elected as Métis Nation—Saskatchewan president, according to preliminary results

Aishwarya Dudha · CBC News

· Posted: May 25, 2025 12:43 PM EDT | Last Updated: 5 hours ago

According to unofficial results posted connected the Métis Nation—Saskatchewan website, Glen McCallum has been re-elected arsenic president of the federally-recognized government.

"This is breathtaking due to the fact that we spot bully governance successful action," Kurtis Boyer, a University of Saskatchewan adjunct prof and the probe seat successful Métis governance and argumentation astatine the Johnson-Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy, said successful an interrogation Sunday. 

"The predetermination is an look of our self-determination. And the voices of our citizens are wide that they person assurance successful the absorption of however this authorities is being built and the absorption towards self-government," Boyer said. 

Métis citizens crossed the state went to the polls connected Saturday to ballot for 4 enforcement leaders and 12 determination manager positions that marque up the Provincial Métis Council. 

"The borderline by which helium was elected compared to the 2021 result is greater. So I deliberation that's typical of a greater assurance successful his enactment style," Boyer said.

According to the preliminary results, McCallum is successful the pb by 526 votes. Aside from the incumbent, determination were 4 different candidates moving for president: Naz Chalifoux, Kevin Henry, Bonnie Grace Marwood, and Lisa McCallum.

Nearly 28,000 radical were eligible to ballot successful this election, up from astir 16,000 successful the 2021 election, according to the MN-S main electoral officer.

Boyer said that McCallum has been focused connected post-secondary education, investing successful the youth, and advancing conversations and partnerships with provincial and national governments. 

As for the contention for vice-president, the voting seems excessively adjacent to telephone arsenic of Sunday morning. Michelle LeClair holds a pb of astir 82 votes according to the MN-S website. 

Another choky contention is unfolding successful Eastern Region 2, which includes the Melfort, Wynyard country wherever conscionable 2 votes abstracted the candidates arsenic of Sunday morning. 

Boyer said that recounts are indicative of a meticulous predetermination process.

"I deliberation this speaks to the ratio and the signifier of our electoral process and the large occupation that the electoral offices person done successful managing this election," helium said. 

Confidence and caller energy

He said that portion 7 retired of 12 regions person returning incumbents, which shows assurance successful the leadership, determination are besides immoderate caller faces bringing caller vigor and a caller mode of thinking. 

Boyer said that 1 of the large tasks for the caller MN-S medication is negotiating a modern pact and self-government statement with Ottawa, a process that began respective years agone with a extremity of finishing this year.

"The incoming assembly has a broader, younger, and much typical mandate and I deliberation that's thing that volition assistance them property Ottawa for self-government, fixed the information that our citizens are engaging with this antiauthoritarian process," helium said. 

Boyer said the 1 happening the caller authorities volition person to enactment connected is moving together. 

"Coming together, for our leaders to beryllium capable to enactment together, is going to beryllium perfectly captious for america to beryllium capable to prosecute and execute self-government and negociate decently with the national government," helium said. 

CBC was astatine the polling presumption successful Saskatoon connected Saturday, wherever Alicia Roth was exercising her close to vote, making definite her dependable was heard. 

"I deliberation it's important for young radical to get our opinions retired determination and our voices retired determination due to the fact that I consciousness similar it truly matters due to the fact that we're benignant of the adjacent procreation dependable of change," Roth said.

"I consciousness similar it's important that we request to beryllium retired there, showing our enactment for radical who align with us."

Another voter, Ryan McDougall, was voting to enactment a person who was moving successful the election. But helium besides wanted to marque definite issues that substance to him were represented. 

"For maine personally, I privation to spot immoderate much rights being fixed to us, and my children who usage the acquisition strategy to their benefit, and for it to beryllium a small much freely used," said McDougall.