VANCOUVER, BC -- (Marketwired) -- 04/21/16

West Fraser (TSX: WFT) announced, in accordance with Toronto Stock Exchange requirements, the voting results from its Annual General Meeting held Tuesday, April 19, 2016 in Quesnel, British Columbia.

A total of 70,504,432 Common shares and Class B Common shares were voted at the meeting, representing 91% of the votes attached to all outstanding shares. Shareholders voted in favour of all items of business before the meeting, including the election of all director nominees as follows:

                                                                            
Director             Percentage of Votes in Favour                          
                                                                            
Hank Ketcham                       97                                       
Clark S. Binkley                   98                                       
Reid E. Carter                    100                                       
John N. Floren                    100                                       
J. Duncan Gibson                   98                                       
John K. Ketcham                    94                                       
Harald H. Ludwig                   97                                       
Gerald J. Miller                   97                                       
Robert L. Phillips                 98                                       
Janice G. Rennie                   98                                       
Ted Seraphim                       99                                       
                                                                            

Detailed voting results for the meeting are available on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.

The Company

West Fraser is a diversified wood products company producing lumber, LVL, MDF, plywood, pulp, newsprint, wood chips and energy with facilities in western Canada and the southern United States.

West Fraser shares trade on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the symbol: "WFT".

For more information:

Larry Hughes
Vice-President, Finance and Chief Financial Officer
Rodger Hutchinson
Vice-President, Corporate Controller and Investor Relations
(604) 895-2700
www.westfraser.com