Agriculture,Food and Rural Affairs

Ontario Public Sector Salary Disclosure - Sunshine List 1998

The Public Sector Salary Disclosure Act, 1996 makes Ontario’s public sector more open and accountable to taxpayers. The act requires organizations that receive public funding from the Province of Ontario to make public, by March 31 each year, the names, positions, salaries and total taxable benefits of employees paid $100,000 or more in the previous calendar year.

At SunshineListStats.com, we rank employees from organizations that received public funding from the Province of Ontario and earn over $100,000 per year, including total taxable benefits.

This year's sunshine list includes the top earners in Agriculture,Food and Rural Affairs, including:

1998 Ontario Sunshine List: Agriculture,Food and Rural Affairs Top Earners

Every year, the Ontario government publishes its annual Sunshine List of public sector servants with six-figure salaries. According to the document, Agriculture,Food and Rural Affairs's 9 staffers made the Sunshine List, earning total compensation of $1,055,093.26 in 1997.

At the top of the Agriculture,Food and Rural Affairs Sunshine List

Topping the list for the Agriculture,Food and Rural Affairs was Adm- Education Research & Laboratory Div. NORRIS HOAG, who brought home $126,986.15 in 1997.

Following NORRIS HOAG was Chairman Farm Products Marketing Comm. JAMES WHEELER, with annual earnings of $126,103.79. Deputy Minister FRANK INGRATTA made $126,101.87, Adm- Policy and Farm Div. ROBERT SEGUIN made $123,469.69, and Executive Director DENIS FORTIN round out the top-five highest-paid employees with $121,176.54 for the Agriculture,Food and Rural Affairs 1998 Sunshine List.

Breaking down the numbers

Among employees who received more than six-figure salaries in 1997, 3 received earnings between $100,000 and $110,000 followed by 6 who received between $110,001 and $150,000 at the Agriculture,Food and Rural Affairs.

For a complete list of public sector employees who made the 1998 Sunshine List, go to Sunshine List 1998 Employees List. If you wish to analyze the list by the employer, go to Sunshine List 1998 Employers List.