Dave Frayne is a retired agricultural producer from the Exeter area. He is a former South Huron Deputy Mayor and two-term councillor before that, who is active in his community. Dave and his wife Cathy live east of Exeter. Dave graduated from the University of Western Ontario (UWO/Western University) in 1972 with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in geography. He worked in retail sales for many years, including The Beer Store (until 1985); working with his parents at their store (Stan Frayne General Store in Exeter, until 2005); and with LCBO, part-time, until 2016. Dave has had a long-time interest in water and soil conservation and in the protection of municipal drinking water sources. He was a member of the Municipal Subcommittee, which provided input to the source protection committee. He has a long-time interest in agriculture as his parents and uncle owned farms and he moved to the home farm in 2006, where he has planted many trees at the farm. He has worked with the Strang family in a share-crop operation that implements new crop production methods such as no-till, strip-tilling, and cover crops. Dave serves as a Director on the Ausable Bayfield Conservation Foundation, is Chair of the Friends of the South Huron Trail, and the Chair of the Pedestrian Bridge on the South Huron Trail Community Working Group.