Kingsclear First Nation

Chief and Council

Chief: Robert Atwin
Councillor: Barbara Atwin
Councillor: Michelle Gruben
Councillor: Jason Polchies
Councillor: Pat Polchies
Councillor: Victoria Sabattis
Councillor: Michael Solomon
Councillor: Nelson Solomon
Councillor: Paul Tomer

Chief Robert Atwin

Robert has been chief of the Kingsclear First Nation for his 5th term (2 year terms)

Councillor Barbara Atwin

Barb works at the Reserve's Health center and is working on her third term as councillor.

Councillor Michelle Gruben

Michelle, who is on her second term has 4 kids and is married to Greg.

Concillor Jason Polchies

Jason is married and has 4 kids with his wife, Emily. This is his second term as councillor.

Councillor Patrick Polchies

Pat "Tyke" is in his second consecutive term as reserve councillor.

Councillor Victoria Sabattis

Vicky is working on her second term as a reserve councillor.

Michael has been elcted to councillor 7 times and is the Coordinator of the recreation department. He is responsible for scheduling activities for various youth groups in our community. He also organizes the Winter Carnival held in March every year. He helps the youth of our community who wish to register for various sporting events like minor hockey or dance classes with the Bonnie Kilburn Dance School. He has been involved with organizing youth dances, past coordinator of our weekly mixed bowling league where he also organized our annual He has also been involved with the Seniors Group for quite some time. He organizes their yearly trips to Ste. Anne De Beaupre in Quebec; as well as fundraising with different events like 45s, bottle drives, Stanley Cup Hockey Pools, Regular Tuesday night bingo and the Sunday family bingo, and basket draws. Michael also organizes our community’s weekly bingo which is held in our new Training Centre located on the Chapel Road, along with the weekly family bingo. He is also involved with our annual Ste. Anne’s Day festival. Michael has been with the Lands Committee since its inception.

Councillor Nelson Solomon

Nelson works for The Union of New Brunswick Indians and is presently in his second term at Kingsclear First Nation's council.

Councillor Paul Tomer

Paul is also in his second term as a KFN councilor.