United slate sweeps UMSU executive positions

The United slate has won the 2012 UMSU general elections, according to preliminary results released by the office of the Chief Returning Officer.

Here is a breakdown of the preliminary results per candidate:

Executive positions

President

Bilan Arte (United) — 1,235
Thianne Diop (Free Radicals) — 207
Aaron Griffiths (No More Tears) — Not reported

Vice-President Advocacy

Jennifer Black (United) — 1,401
Sarah-Marie Chaillot (Free Radicals) — 334

Vice-president Student Services

Ronnie Cruz (United) — 1,363
Trevor Samec (Free Radicals) — 367

Vice-president Internal

Justin Paquin (United) — 1,363
Matt Moffat (Free Radicals) — 378

Vice-president External

Kwesi Bruce (United) — 1,374
Chantal Shivanna Ramraj (Free Radicals) — 367

Tallies of votes for independent candidate Aaron Griffiths, who is currently appealing his disqualification from the 2012 UMSU general elections, were not provided to the Manitoban at press time.

Griffiths was disqualified just hours before polling stations were set to close Friday evening, due to a complaint regarding his campaign materials.

The Manitoban had been informed by the office of the CRO that Griffiths’s votes would still be tallied, and the final results would be released pending the decision of the appeals committee.

Community representatives

Aboriginal students’ representative 

Kyra Wilson

Yes — 135
No — 20

International students’ representative 

Monica Igweagu — 163
Moazzam Faisal — 111
Can Liu — 105

LGBTTQ* students’ representative 

Kyle St Godard

Yes — 200
No — 25

Womens’ representative 

Irene Fubara-Manuel

Yes — 739
No — 80

Voter turnout

The preliminary results suggest that turnout for the 2012 UMSU general election was a disappointing 7.3 per cent. This is down five per cent from last year’s 12.3 per cent and significantly down from the nearly 20 per cent who turned up to vote in 2009.

We will be updating this story as more details become available.

With notes from Leif Larsen