Northwest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust announces election of trustees

TORONTO, May 21, 2013 /CNW/ - NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: NWH.UN) (the "REIT") announced that the nominees listed in the management information circular for the annual meeting (the "Meeting") of unitholders of the REIT were elected as trustees of the REIT. Detailed results of the vote for the election of trustees held at the Meeting on Tuesday May 14, 2013 in Toronto, if a ballot had been taken and based solely on the proxies received by the REIT, are set out below.

Nominee	Votes For	% Vote For	Votes Withheld	% Votes Withheld
Dr. Martin Barkin	19,270,162	99.02	191,658	0.98
Bernard Crotty	19,291,533	99.13	170,287	0.87
Michael Knowlton	19,371,933	99.54	89,887	0.46
Robert Baron	19,303,117	99.18	158,703	0.82
Peter Riggin	19,423,657	99.80	38,163	0.20

About NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust
NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust is an unincorporated, open-ended real estate investment trust established under the laws of the Province of Ontario. The REIT holds a portfolio of 76 income-producing properties, with a focus on medical office buildings and healthcare real estate, comprising approximately 4.6 million square feet of gross leasable area located in British Columbia, Alberta, Ontario, Québec, Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

SOURCE: NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust

please contact:
Mike Brady, Senior Vice President, NorthWest Healthcare Properties Real Estate Investment Trust, [phone], or www.nwhp.ca.