Turnout approaches 40% in 2010-11 Council elections.
Paige Johnson emerged victorious yesterday in the four-horse race for SRC President, topping the nearest runner-up by more than 100 votes.
Of the three other candidates, Nathaniel Thomas landed in second with 199 votes, followed by Quinn Lanzon with 179 and Guillaume Savard-Daigle, who took 37. Eighteen ballots were spoiled.
These 745 votes represents a turnout of 39.1% – just down from last year’s polls, which saw 40% of eligible students voting.
The president-elect told The Campus she was excited about her victory, and said her next step would be to “figuring out what loose ends need to be tied up” and working on transition from current President Brad Leung.
The three vice-presidential candidates – Jess Dollinger for VP Social, Elizabeth Robichaud for VP Academic and Taylor Johnston for VP Student Affairs – were all acclaimed with 79, 71.6 and 79.2 percent of the vote, respectively.
These seemingly low numbers likely reflect the fact that all three vice-presidents were on the same ballot, which CRO Adam Peabody speculates may have been due to voters misreading the ballot.
The proposed increase in SRC fees was defeated in a referendum by a vote of 409 to 269, while the bid to ban the sale and purchase of bottled water on campus was successful at the polls, taking 73.6% of votes cast.
Next year’s SRC senators will be Nicholas Seebruch for Humanities, Jenna Smith for Education, and Justin McCarthy for Natural Sciences, all of whom ran unopposed.
Hazeline Delos Trinos and Felix Hivon-Vaillancourt took the two contested Senate positions in Social Sciences and Business, respectively. Hivon-Vaillancourt won over Shawn Poppler by a mere 3 of 195 votes cast.
The valedictorian and Golden Mitre winners will be announced at the SRC Awards Night next Friday, March 19.
