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Following in the footsteps of his well-respected father and grandfather, Lee Crowchild has been elected chief of the Tsuut’ina First Nation on Calgary’s periphery.

Though the results remain unofficial pending a five-day review by elections officers, Crowchild appears to have wrested leadership of the 2,000-member reserve bordering the city’s southwest from Roy Whitney, who served just one term in his second stint as chief.

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Some 70 per cent of Nation members voted in Tuesday’s election.

“While I respect the five-day election result review period, I want to thank the Tsuut’ina people for their support in this election,” Crowchild said in a statement, declining to speak to media pending the outcome of the review.

“I ran on a pledge to promote our culture, our spirituality and to preserve our precious environment. I also pledged to head an administration that is prudent, transparent and responsible.