YUFA conducted by-elections from June 22 at 4:00 p.m. to July 6 at 4:00 p.m. for the Communications Officer, an Equity Officer, and a number of stewards. Voting was by electronic ballot.

Elections and by-elections are governed by YUFA's by-laws (see: 1. Election Procedures).

The results of the by-elections are as follows:

Communications Officer (term expires: May 31, 2018)

Didi Khayatt: 196 (54.9%) ELECTED
Scott McLaren: 161 (45.1%)
Abstain: 85 (19.2%)
Total voters: 442

Equity Officer (term expires: May 31, 2017)

Wilburn Hayden

Yes: 299 (94.3%) RATIFIED
No: 18 (5.7%)
Abstain: 125 (28.3%)
Total voters: 442

Admin Studies steward (term expires: May 31, 2018)

Haiping Wang

Yes: 26 (100.0%) RATIFIED
No: 0 (0.0%)
Abstain: 1 (3.7%)
Total voters: 27

Economics steward (term expires: May 31, 2018)

George Georgopoulos

Yes: 16 (88.9%) RATIFIED
No: 2 (11.1%)
Abstain: 0 (0.0%)
Total voters: 18

Environmental Studies steward (term expires: May 31, 2018)

Justin Podur

Yes: 12 (100.0%) RATIFIED
No: 0 (0.0%)
Abstain: 0 (0.0%)
Total voters: 12

Libraries steward (term expires: May 31, 2019)

Patti Ryan

Yes: 22 (91.7%) RATIFIED
No: 2 (8.3%)
Abstain: 3 (11.1%)
Total voters: 27

Mathematics & Statistics steward (term expires: May 31, 2019)

Jorg Grigull

Yes: 16 (94.1%) RATIFIED
No: 1 (5.9%)
Abstain: 0 (0.0%)
Total voters: 17

For more information, please contact Kym Bird, Returning Officer: [email protected].