RCVS releases Council candidates list
The Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) has released a list of the names of candidates for the RCVS Council election, which is due to commence on Friday 9th March 2012. Contact details, biographies of the candidates and manifestos will be available shortly from the RCVS website (link) and ballot papers are to be posted to all RCVS members who are eligible to vote. Votes may be cast online, by post, or by text no later than 5pm on Friday 27th April 2012.
Six possible places on the RCVS Council are being contested at these elections, and fourteen candidates are seeking election to these places. Of these fourteen, five are existing Council members and nine are new candidates. That competition for the Council seats has attracted so many candidates indicates a greater interest in involvement in the governance of the RCVS and the results will be eagerly awaited by the veterinary profession.
The candidates are as follows:
1. Mr Christopher Barker BVSc MLitt CertVR MRCVS
2. Ms Amanda Boag VetMB MA DipACVIM MRCVS
3. Dr Robert ‘Bertie’ Ellis BVSc PhD MRCVS
4. Mr Edward Gillams BVSc MRCVS
5. Mrs Catherine Goldie BVSc MVM CertVR MRCVS
6. Mr Charles Gruchy VetMB MA MRCVS
7. Mr Christopher House BVetMed MRCVS
8. Dr Barry Johnson BVSc DVSc (h.c.) MRCVS
9. Mr Thomas Lonsdale BVetMed MRCVS
10. Mr David Mason BVetMed MRCVS
11. Prof Stephen May VetMB MA PhD DEO DVR DipECVS FRCVS
12. Dr Jonathan Ruben BVM&S PhD MRCVS
13. Mr Richard Stephenson BVMS CertVR CertEP MRCVS
14. Dr Christopher ‘Kit’ Sturgess MA VetMB PhD CertVR CertVC DSAM MRCVS
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