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Grey, Bruce Candidates In Large OFA Election Slate

A full slate of candidates for the elections at this year's Ontario Federation of Agriculture convention.

Four people are in the running for the OFA presidency, including incumbent Mark Wales from Elgin County.

He's being challenged by the two current vice-presidents, Don McCabe of Lambton and Keith Currie of Simcoe.

Executive member Debra Pretty-Straathof is also in the running for the presidency.

There are a total of 9 candidates for the Director-At-Large position open this year.

Joe Dickerson from Lambton is running for re-election.

His challengers include Bruce County Federation of Agriculture President Pat Jilesen and Grey County Federation Past President Anne Marie Watson.

The OFA convention runs November 24th and 25th in Niagara Falls.

Both the President and Director-at-Large elections are on Monday, the 24th.

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