Results of the Fonterra Shareholders' Council 2007 Elections
Fonterra has announced the final results from the Shareholders' Council 2007 elections.
From today, the new Council structure takes effect, increasing the number of Council wards from 25 to 35. It also means a move to one Councillor per ward, resulting in a reduction in the number of Councillors from 46 to 35.
The changes to Fonterra's Constitution and the Shareholders' Council By-laws that enabled the new structure to be implemented were approved by shareholders at Fonterra's Annual Meeting in October 2006.
Elections were held in five wards and shareholders elected the following Councillors:
Ward 7 - Coromandel - Dirk Sieling
Ward 11 - Western Bay of Plenty - Murray Linton
Ward 14 - Te Awamutu - Kevin Ferris
Ward 30 - Northern Canterbury - Geoff Stevenson
Ward 33 - Otago - Grant Scott
All shareholders will be advised of the election results in a letter from the Board Chair.
In the remaining wards, the following Councillors were elected unopposed:
Ward 1 - Northern Northland - Kevin Baxter
Ward 2 - Whangarei - Mark Croucher
Ward 3 - Northern Wairoa - Murray Douglas
Ward 4 - Southern Northland - Simon Couper
Ward 5 - South Auckland - Bill Millar
Ward 6 - Hauraki - Mike Karl
Ward 8 - Hamilton - Neil McLean
Ward 9 - Morrinsville - Stephen Silcock
Ward 10 - Te Aroha - Michael Spaans
Ward 12 - Cambridge - Henk Weijers
Ward 13 - Matamata - Grant Wills
Ward 15 - South Waikato - Ian Brown
Ward 16 - Rotorua - Steve Carroll
Ward 17 - Eastern Bay of Plenty - Brian Power
Ward 18 - Otorohanga - Willie Berkers
Ward 19 - Taupo - Campbell Shearer
Ward 20 - Northern Taranaki - Blue Read
Ward 21 - Coastal Taranaki - Nick Barrett
Ward 22 - Central Taranaki - Mark Masters
Ward 23 - Egmont Plains - Shona Glentworth
Ward 24 - Southern Taranaki - Ross Johnston
Ward 25 - Northern Manawatu - Greg Maughan
Ward 26 - Hawke's Bay - Sarah von Dadelszen
Ward 27 - Southern Manawatu - Grant Rowan
Ward 28 - Wairarapa - Philip Palmer
Ward 29 - Tasman/Marlborough - Paul Todd
Ward 31 - Central Canterbury - Tom Mason
Ward 32 - Southern Canterbury - Desiree Reid
Ward 34 - Eastern Southland - Lloyd McCallum
Ward 35 - Western Southland - Philip van der Bijl
Murray Linton, Grant Scott, Grant Wills, Steve Carroll, Shona Glentworth, Sarah von Dadelszen and Philip Palmer are new Shareholders' Councillors. The remaining Councillors are incumbents who were re-elected in their new wards.
All Councillors will serve for at least 18 months, as there will be no retirement by rotation at the 2007 Annual Meeting. Shareholders' Council elections will return to the rotational cycle, where an election is held in every third ward every three years, at the 2008 Fonterra Annual Meeting.
