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Election Results

Posted by: | February 5, 2009 | 10 Comments

The results are in! Over 6500 people voted in this election, which is apparently the highest turnouts in the past several decades. Yay democracy!

The results:

President
Blake Frederick
-apparently he only won by 46 votes- quite a far cry from last year…

VP Academic
Johannes Rebane

VP Finance
Tom Dvorak

VP External
Tim Chu

VP Administration
Crystal Hon


Board of Governors
Michael Duncan
Bijan Ahmadian

I can’t say there are any real surprises (at least, for me), other than Crystal Hon- I’ve heard good things about her, so congratulations for unseating an incumbent! I feel like this will be a good team for next year- a combination of some fresh blood, experience, and what I feel is a fairly diverse group of students. I’m saddened by Andrew Carne not getting a seat on the BoG, as I feel that he would have made an excellent candidate. But there you have it! Congratulations to next year’s executive, and congratulations also to all those who ran in the election- you’ve contributed something valuable to democracy and to this election. So congrats to all!

Thanks also to the Twitter function on the UBC Spectator page- I wasn’t able to be there for the announcement due to my being quite sick right now, so it was greatly appreciated.

[gerald notes: this is terrifying; I just came in to write this post and here it was.]


Comments

10 Comments so far

  1. Ashley on February 5, 2009 7:12 am

    yay!!!!

    go crystal!!

    this is the best day of my life.

    i had too many beers at the gallery.

    congrats to everybody!

  2. Ashley on February 5, 2009 7:12 am

    yay!!!!

    go crystal!!

    this is the best day of my life.

    i had too many beers at the gallery.

    congrats to everybody!

  3. Stephanie Ryan on February 5, 2009 4:52 pm

    7 spots, 1 woman= diverse?!?

  4. Stephanie Ryan on February 5, 2009 4:52 pm

    7 spots, 1 woman= diverse?!?

  5. maayan kreitzman on February 5, 2009 7:08 pm

    I agree with Steph. Where are UBC’s women in this political story!?

  6. maayan kreitzman on February 5, 2009 7:08 pm

    I agree with Steph. Where are UBC’s women in this political story!?

  7. Gerald on February 5, 2009 11:52 pm

    in the comments section, it appears.

  8. Gerald on February 5, 2009 11:52 pm

    in the comments section, it appears.

  9. Alex Lougheed on February 6, 2009 7:48 am

    More women were elected by % than those who ran. The electorate loves the ladies, apparently. Now if only they were given more options.

    Also, Geraldzing.

  10. Alex Lougheed on February 6, 2009 7:48 am

    More women were elected by % than those who ran. The electorate loves the ladies, apparently. Now if only they were given more options.

    Also, Geraldzing.

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