Ron Abraham, Provincial Director

Toronto, February 29, 2008... King City real estate broker Ronald Abraham was elected provincial director of the Ontario Real Estate Association (OREA), the association announced at its annual conference on February 27.

In this capacity, he will represent the Central Ontario area, consisting of the Brampton, Durham Region, Mississauga, Oakville-Milton, Orangeville and district, Toronto and York Region real estate boards on the OREA board of directors.

Active in the real estate profession for 40 years, Mr. Abraham is broker of record with Prudential Lorimer Realty, Brokerage of King City. He is a past president and member of the Toronto Real Estate Board where he chaired the government relations and finance committees and REBBA 2002 task force, and served as a member of the communication committee. Mr. Abraham has served as a member of OREA’s political action, legal resource and education committees and served on the OREA board in 2005. Mr. Abraham is also an OREA instructor. Most recently, he served OREA as a member of the government relations committee and building renovation task force.

The Ontario Real Estate Association represents 45,000 brokers and salespeople who are members of the 43 real estate boards throughout the province. Members of the association may use the “REALTOR^®” trademark, which identifies them as real estate professionals who subscribe to a high standard of ethics and service.

OREA serves REALTORS^® through a wide variety of professional publications, educational programs, government lobbying and other services. A division of the association, the OREA Real Estate College, provides all real estate registration education courses in Ontario.

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