'sshareholders have elected 11 new members to the board of directors during itsannual meeting.

The elected directors during the May 4 meeting include: RobertBoughner, José Cárdenas, Thomas Chestnut, Stephen Comer, LeRoy Hanneman Jr., John Hester, Anne Mariucci, Michael Melarkey, A. RandallThoman, Thomas Thomas and Terrence Wright, according to a Form 8-K filed May10.

The directors' term is effective until the nextannual meeting of shareholders.

The shareholders also approved the appointmentof PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP as Southwest Gas' independentregistered public accounting firm for 2016.