- Parties: The applicant was David Meeches. The respondents were Kyra Wilson, Allen Dennis Myran, Keely Assiniboine, Marvin Daniels, and Garnet Meeches.

- Subject Matter: In an Apr. 15, 2022 election, the applicant unsuccessfully ran for the office of Chief of the Long Plain First Nation (LPFN). The applicant appealed the election. The LPFN’s Election Appeal Committee denied the appeal. The applicant sought judicial review.

- Ruling: The court ruled in the applicant’s favour, granted the judicial review application, and dismissed the motion to strike by the Wilson and Myran respondents. The court found the Appeal Committee’s decision procedurally unfair and unreasonable The court noted that the Appeal Committee had no obligation to convene a public hearing and only needed to do so if it deemed such hearing to be necessary. However, the court found that the Appeal Committee failed to review all the evidence before it prior to disposing of the appeal. The court determined that the Appeal Committee inappropriately and unreasonably decided “not to investigate beyond considering the applicant’s evidence”. The court then said that the Appeal Committee failed to follow the process in the Election Act when deciding that the appeal was unsubstantiated.

- Date: The hearing was set on Aug. 29, 2023. The court released its decision on Sept. 25, 2023.

- Venue: This was a federal case before the Federal Court.

- Amount: The court decided that each party should bear its own costs relating to the judicial review and the motion to strike evidence.