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The chief of the the small Kwikwetlem First Nation has been reelected after receiving a controversial $800,000 payment on a land deal.

Ron Giesbrecht won 30 votes, compared to 16 for his only rival, George Chaffee.

Last year, Giesbrecht was reportedly the highest-paid chief in Canada after the band's financial filings revealed that he had received more than $900,000 in compensation.

The bulk of it resulted from the $800,000 bonus, which came in his role as the economic-development officer. The windfall came from an $8-million payment to the band to extinguish any claim of title over Burke Mountain.

In subsequent court documents, two band members claimed that the land was worth $40 million when the deal was reached with the provincial government.

Meanwhile, Fred Hulbert and Ed Hall were elected as the two councillors for Kwikwetlem First Nation, which has two reserves along the Coquitlam River.