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SGA election results: Park Radio heard loud and clear, Rolling with Rollins gains traction, and Shook’s four-prong approach wins out

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By Ed Veilleux

The SGA executive will have a new twist with a touch of the old for next year.

The ballots are counted and the results are in for the SGA elections at Laurentian University.

Newly-elected SGA President Andy Rollins, VP Issues Jarrod Shook and returning VP Services Iain Park will make up next year’s executive.

The ballot counting started just after 7 p.m. and, by just after 6:10 a.m., the SGA election officials had counted the eighteenth and final polling station.

In total, 914 people voted, equaling roughly 17.9 per cent of the SGA population. Quorum (the amount of votes needed to make the election results official) for the SGA election is 15 per cent, or roughly 765 votes. Having tallied 914 votes, the election results will stand.

The presidential race heated up with 596 votes counted (13 of the 18 polling stations), as SGA presidential candidate Andy Rollins took a 160-vote lead.

Steve Sutherland, the second presidential candidate, made up some ground when the fourteenth station was counted, closing the gap to 114.

But, in the end, Rollins held on to the lead 460-to-327.

The VP issues race was neck-and-neck right to the end, as Jarrod Shook totaled 253 votes, edging Nathan Knott by 32, and Olivia Coady by 46.

The VP Services race was a landslide victory for incumbent Iain Park, as he took home nearly double the votes of his nearest competitor.

McKenna Elsasser  took home top votes for a senator at 406, and never looked back after taking an early lead. Chloe Mirfield took the second senator seat with 364 votes. The third, and final, seat was snatched by Chris MacCulloagh with 318 votes, narrowly edging Sarah Williams (273 votes).

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Official final numbers:

FOR THE OFFICE OF PRESIDENT:

ROLLINS, ANDY          460

SUTHERLAND, STEVE  327

FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT STUDENT ISSUES:

COADY, OLIVIA     207

KIRAGA, JOEY        132

KNOTT, NATHAN GREGORY    221

SHOOK, JARROD  253

FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE PRESIDENT SERVICES:

DAVIDSON, KIRSTEN   172

LAPLANTE KELSEY       138

LEBLANC, CAROLYN    65

PARK, IAIN                   332

SUTTON, TOM             140

FOR THE OFFICE OF SENATOR:
ELSASSER, McKENNA  406
MacCULLOAGH, CHRIS  318
MIRFIELD, CHLOË   364

SYLVESTRE, ALLEN  142
WILLIAMS, SARAH    273

REFERENDUM:
YES   518 – NO  352

914 VOTES COUNTED

The numbers have yet to be validated; these results are unofficial until further validation by the SGA.

6 comments

  1. Disappointed in the results. Well if this year is a goof-up I wipe my hands clean from it because I didn’t vote for any of the elected members, I voted for people who deserved the job. I’m especially disappointed with the elected President because with my experience, with him in a professional and casual setting, he has been sexist, misogynist, and rude to most females on campus. I’m sad that this will be the voice of me, but hopefully for the female population sake of the campus, I hope he has matured enough to take the responsibility of this job and represent ALL students regardless of where they live or what gender they are. He might be a big shot from student street, but he needs to prove himself to the student body at large.

    1. hmh4eva you should probably gain more experience with this years president because your accusations could not have been more wrong. However your ability to throw a online ‘highschool temper tantrum’ is of the highest quality; I do give you props for that.

      Next time you decide to word drop about sexism and misogyny be sure to do your homework. If you are speaking from personal experience, being that he was rude to you, I’d probably take sexism out of the equation and say that it was because you are an immature, dramatic, and irrational individual when things don’t go the way you want them to. But then again who am I to judge you based on a minimum of this ‘experience’ that you speak so knowingly of.

      I suggest you take a nap, do some yoga, read a book, and get over it. I am sure you will have a fantastic year with a dedicated, passionate, and student focussed president next year.

  2. You clearly do not know the elected president very well… he treats his girlfriend like gold. I’ve never seen a more dedicated man to not only his girlfriend, but to his position as the rez life coordinator. Unlike Mr. Andrews, he keeps a professional relationship with everyone, including those he does not get along with. I think Mr. Sutherland would have done an amazing job, but I am mot definately not ashamed to have Mr. Rollins as our new president.

  3. Just a note Ed, the numbers have to be validated so technically speaking they are not official numbers until they are validated. They will be validated today, but legally speaking the results are unofficial until they are validated.

    * validation is the official tabulation based on the official statement of votes. During the process I will verify the cumulative addition of the individual results recorded and reported by each poll on its statement of vote

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