OPSEU’s 21-member Executive Board will be as close to 50-50 male-female as is possible for an odd-numbered group when the members elected Saturday take office April 5 at the close of the 2003 Convention.
The new board will have 11 men and 10 women.
New members were elected in Regions 1, 5 and 6. They are Evelyn Anger, who will replace Bob Reid; Peggy Maybury, who will replace Marilou Martin-Benoit; and Peter Wall, who will replace Bill Kuehnbaum. Martin-Benoit and Kuehnbaum did not seek re-election.
Members from the Ontario Public Service (OPS) dominate, holding 14 positions, compared with six from the Broader Public Service (BPS) and one from the Community Colleges (CAAT).
There are no changes in the Regional Vice Presidents. They, together with the president and first vice-president/treasurer who will be elected at the convention, form the union’s Executive Committee.
This year, under a change in the constitution approved at the last convention, each region also elected an alternate EBM who would take office should one of the three elected in the region be unable to complete the term.
Here are the results, by region of the board elections:
Region 1
Ron Elliot (OPS), Local 101, Regional Vice-President; Gino Franche (OPS), Local 130, Alternate Vice-President; Evelyn Anger (OPS), Local 154, EBM, and Annie Robert (BPS), Local 151, Alternate EBM.
Region 2
Chris Madill (BPS), Local 227, Regional Vice-President; Jay Jackson (CAAT), Local 245, Alternate Vice-President; Leah Casselman (BPS), Local 213, EBM and Ed Almeida (OPS), Local 248, Alternate EBM.
Region 3
Pauline Tapping (OPS), Local 310, Regional Vice-President; Doris Middleton (OPS), Local 314, Alternate Vice-President; David Chew (OPS), Local 323, EBM and Tim Hannah (OPS), Local 341, Alternate EBM.
Region 4
Bob Eaton (OPS), Local 440, Regional Vice-President; Gavin Anderson (BPS), Local 460, Alternate Vice-President; Smokey Thomas (BPS), Local 431, EBM and Aimee Axler (BPS), Local 444, Alternate EBM.
Region 5
Terry Downey (OPS), Local 528, Regional Vice-President; Nancy Pridham (BPS), Local 500, Alternate Vice-President; Peggy Maybury (OPS), Local 536, EBM and David Graves (OPS), Local 517, Alternate EBM.
Region 6
Sue Brown (OPS), Local 636, Regional Vice-President; Linda Aho (BPS), Local 668, Alternate Vice-President; Peter Wall (OPS), Local 638, EBM and Beth Anich (OPS), Local 601, Alternate EBM.
Region 7
John O’Brien (OPS), Local 706, Regional Vice-President; James Tocker (OPS), Local 706, Alternate Vice-President; Joe Catroppa (OPS), Local 736, EBM and Susan Garneys (OPS), Local 719, Alternate EBM.
Provincial Human Rights Committee
Region 1, Philip Shearer, Local 112; Region 2, Mohar Budhram, Local 213; Region 3, Suresh Paul, Local 301; Region 4, Cory Bryan, Local 448; Region 5, Ceceil Beckford, Local 543; Region 6, Lad Shaba, Local 653; Region 7, Greg Snider, Local 714.
Provincial Women’s Committee
Region 1, Paddy Musson, Local 110; Region 2, Libby Simpson, Local 245; Region 3, Elaine Bagnall, Local 362; Region 4, Laurie Sabourin, Local 438; Region 5, Yvonne Bobb, Local 520; Region 6, Helen Riehl, Local 664; Region 7, Sandra Snider, Local 736.
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