Meet the 2026 Fergus Agricultural Society Board of Directors

Paul Rappolt
Past President

Denise Kankainen
President

Dillon Bernier
First Vice President

Jane Shaw
Second Vice President

Jade Ritter
Secretary

Paul Knierim
Treasurer

Randy Kent
Director

Mary Fraser
Director

Joan McBurney
Director

Sheree Bessey
Director

Rebecca Hannam
Director

Mary Brander
Director

Sarah Shaw
Director

stephanie matthews
Director

Deb Veldhuizen
Director

Linda Wing
Director

John Worton
Director

Lifetime Members

Life members are individuals who have contributed exceptional time, effort and work to improve the Fergus Agricultural Society. At the time of recognition, they have volunteered for at least 25 years and continue to be involved in some capacity.

John Worton, Jim McFarlane, Ted Kent
Wendy Whittaker, Henry Vervoort,
Susan Harrop
John Broadfoot, Bonnie DenHoed,
Peter DenHoed

The Fergus Agricultural Society is a not-for-profit organization, incorporated under the Agricultural and Horticultural Societies Act of Ontario and governed by a volunteer board of directors reporting to the Ontario Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Agribusiness (OMAFA). 

We are proud members of AgScape, Farm & Food Care Ontario and the Ontario Association of Agricultural Societies (OAAS).