OPSEU warmly welcomes the 2019-21 Executive Board and Provincial Committee Members.
Elections for OPSEU’s 21 Executive Board Members, a term which lasts for two years, were held across the province on Saturday, May 4, 2019.
Fourteen Executive Board Members were re-elected to their positions, including President Warren (Smokey) Thomas in Region 4 and First Vice-President/Treasurer Eduardo (Eddy) Almeida in Region 2. Seven new Executive Board members were also elected.
Elections also took place for the following committees: Provincial Human Rights Committee, the Provincial Women’s Committee, the Provincial Young Workers Committee, and the Provincial Francophone Committee. The Indigenous Circle will hold their elections at a later date.
Elections for President and First Vice-President/Treasurer will take place at OPSEU’s annual Convention which runs May 23-25, 2019
All new Executive Board members will be sworn in on Saturday, May 25, 2019 and begin their term upon the adjournment of Convention 2019.
Please see below for full election results.
Executive Board Members
Region 1
Len Elliott, L. 102 Regional Vice-President
Laurie Nancekivell, L. 116 Alternate RVP
Jennifer Van Zetten, L. 162 EBM
Geoff Cain, L. 160 Alternate EBM
Region 2
Lucy Morton, L. 269 Regional Vice-President
Drew Finucane, L. 219 Alternate RVP
Eduardo (Eddy) Almeida, L 248 EBM
Mike Kirlew, L. 271 Alternate EBM
Region 3
Sara Labelle, L. 348 Regional Vice-President
Janel Perron, L. 303 Alternate RVP
Joel Usher, L. 381 EBM
Danny Taylor, L. 330 Alternate EBM
Region 4
Tara Langford, L. 435 Regional Vice-President
Dave Doran, L. 462 Alternate RVP
Warren (Smokey) Thomas, L. 4104 EBM
Hervé Cavanagh, L. 466 Alternate EBM
Region 5
Edie Strachan, L. 546 Regional Vice-President
Kingsley Kwok, L. 575 Alternate RVP
Anna Ainsworth, L. 560 EBM
Julius Arscott, L. 532 Alternate EBM
Region 6
Tara Maszczakiewicz, L. 684 Regional Vice-President
Kenneth Steinbrunner, L. 642 Alternate RVP
Nathalie Rondeau, L. 629 EBM
Maggie Wakeford, L. 631 Alternate EBM
Region 7
Edward Arvelin, L. 720 Regional Vice-President
Ken Maclam, L. 740 Alternate RVP
Erin Smith-Rice, L. 740 EBM
Mike Lundy, L. 708 Alternate EBM
Provincial Women’s Committee
Region 1
Sue Fairweather, L. 166 Delegate
Jenny Countryman, L. 118 Alternate
Region 2
Vikki Poirier, L. 238 Delegate
Deborah Caswell, L266 Alternate
Region 3
Bonnie Eddy, L. 330 Delegate
Lorinda Frudd, L. 351 Alternate
Region 4
Dianne Clarabut, L. 497 Delegate
Alana Long, L. 491 Alternate
Region 5
Maria Luisa Lampitoc, L. 502 Delegate
Attasha Jordan, L. 510 Alternate
Region 6
Maggie Wakeford, L. 631 Delegate
Ashley Gapp, L. 684 Alternate
Region 7
Gail Kelly, L. 715 Delegate
Colleen Arvelin, L. 720 Alternate
Provincial Human Rights Committee
Region 1
Elizabeth Ha, L. 154 Delegate
Tina Stevens, L. 102 Alternate
Region 2
Shannon Nolan, L. 214 Delegate
Miliyana Alexander, L. 271 Alternate
Region 3
Megan Chidgey, L. 357 Delegate
Sandra Brown Tapper, L. 302 Alternate
Region 4
Robert Potts, L. 456 Delegate
Oliver Obagi, L. 446 Alternate
Region 5
Attasha Jordan, L. 510 Delegate
Tanya Warner, L. 502 Alternate
Region 6
Anna Syed-Meer, L. 654 Delegate
Arlene Phillips, L. 669 Alternate
Region 7
Owen Smith, L. 731 Delegate
Mark Halabecki, L. 720 Alternate
Provincial Young Workers Committee
Region 1
Taylor McIntosh, L. 116 Delegate
Charlene Taylor, L. 168 Alternate
Region 2
Erin Warman, L. 294 Delegate
Casey Boggs, L. 273 Alternate
Region 3
Evan Wickham, L. 376 Delegate
Katrina Cairns, L. 357 Alternate
Region 4
Michael Cross, L. 439 Delegate
Hannah Burns, L. 466 Alternate
Region 5
Delegate – Quorum was lost
Alternate – Quorum was lost
Region 6
Adriana Pacitto, L. 649 Delegate
Renee Stuber, L. 649 Alternate
Region 7
Sydney Chalifoux, L. 711 Delegate
Ian Whitcombe, L. 702 Alternate
Provincial Francophone Committee
Region 1
Marika Sylvain, L. 168 Delegate
Connie Collins, L. 137 Alternate
Region 2
Nathalie Gareau, L. 222 Delegate
N/A Alternate
Region 3
Roxanne Gravel, L. 367 Delegate
Elsa Linton, L. 320 Alternate
Region 4
Hervé Cavanagh, L. 466 Delegate
Oliver Obagi, L. 446 Alternate
Region 5
Delegate – Quorum was lost
Alternate – Quorum was lost
Region 6
Lynne Lambert, L. 680 Delegate
Helene Scott, L. 611 Alternate
Region 7
Linda Kuizenga, L. 736 Delegate
Richard Belleau, L. 731 Alternate