Government
Sioux Lookout elects one mayor, four "councillors-at-large", one councillor for Ward 1 (Hudson), and one councillor for Ward 2 (Sioux Lookout). Mayor Dennis Leney leads a council of Herb Zettel, Don Fenelon, John Bath, Doug Squires, Joyce Timpson, and Cal Southall.
The town is represented in the Canadian House of Commons by Conservative MP Greg Rickford in the electoral district of Kenora, and in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario by NDP MPP Sarah Campbell in the electoral district of Kenora—Rainy River.
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