Part 4 — Directors and Officers of Cooperatives Division 1 Number, Qualifications and Functions of Directors
51 Member/non-member directors
that is provided for by the articles, must be members of the
cooperative, or representatives of members that are entities, or
members of members that are cooperative entities.
(2) Nothing in subsection (1) prevents more than one director
being elected or appointed as director by a person entitled to elect
or appoint directors as provided for in the bylaws.
(3) The articles may provide for the appointment of directors who
are representatives of an entity, government or any other person or
organization having an interest in the activities of the cooperative,
but who are not members of the cooperative, as not more than 20%
of the directors.