Robert Morrison, Returning Officer for the Prince Edward Island Marketing Council, announced there will be an election for the Milk Marketing Board. Harold MacNevin, West Devon and Ivan Wallace, O'Leary have been nominated to contest the West Prince district position. Election ballots will be sent to registered producers in the district with the deadline for the return of ballots being September 30, 1998.
John Van Ekris, Covehead and Kent MacDonald, Little Pond have been elected by acclamation to represent the Charlottetown and Souris districts respectively.
The Prince Edward Island Milk Marketing Board consists of nine members with eight members representing the milk sector and one member representing the cream sector. Members are elected on a staggered basis to three-year terms so that in each year, three Board positions are up for election.