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].