One year after the 1982 school board elections in the Ottawa-Carleton (Ontario) region, an indepth followup study was conducted of the 25 new board members to determine: (1) the nature of their election strategies; (2) the degree of their success in implementing election promises; (3) the degree of their socialization during the first year in office by role expectation, experienced school board members, and the administration; and (4) what communication links had been established with the community, ministry of education officials, interest groups, municipal politicians, and members of the provincial legislature. The interview schedule was developed after a review of recent Canadian studies of school board member recruitment and socialization, and personal interviews were conducted with each new board member. This paper reports, in detail, the many factors contributing to success of board members in each of the areas of inquiry. New board members appeared, as a group, to be considerably well organized, politically astute, highly motivated, and willing to spend monies to get elected. Most were able to demonstrate successful implementation of some campaign promises (described in rank order of popularity); most demonstrated sophistication in a variety of matters of administration socialization; and most placed a high priority on improving and continuing communication with the electorate. (IW)