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VANCOUVER — The new chief of a small B.C. reserve that ousted its $200,000-a-year leader last week, has pledged not to give herself a raise.

Barbara Cote was chosen to lead the Shuswap First Nation at a meeting Monday with her fellow band councillors. She replaces Paul Sam, who was voted out of office Friday.

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Mr. Sam, 80, spent more than three decades as chief and also served as the band’s manager, but his leadership was questioned when it was revealed he earned an annual tax-free salary of more than $200,000.

His former wife, Alice, who also earned a minimum of $200,000 tax-free in recent years, was voted out of council as well. They, along with their son and grandson, made $4.1-million in the past four years.

“We had no idea. We are absolutely disgusted,” Ms. Cote told the Vancouver Sun last month.

During her campaign, she vowed to reform band finances, introduce financial disclosure and better distribute funding to cover education and culture programs and improve services.