Employing a process model of political recruitment, this study investigated the relative impact of a school district's social, economic, and political structure on school board member recruitment. The process data were collected by means of structured interviews with neophyte school board members in a stratified sample of school boards in the Province of Ontario. Structural data were drawn from government documents and records and from reports of political party officials. Results of the study indicate that the social, economic, and political structure of school districts was a determining factor in school board member recruitment patterns. (Author)