2019 Election and Referendum Results Are In!
The results of the 2019 Election and Referendum are in!
Before we get to the results, we’d like to thank all of the candidates who ran in this election. You gave it your all and we saw some of the greatest campaigns ever executed in a Feds election. Thank you for your time, energy, passion and dedication for students, no matter the results – your efforts did not go unnoticed and we hope you all find opportunities to continue to improve student life here at Waterloo. Your voices are important.
Overview
GRT UPass Referendum: Passed
Legal Service Referendum: Passed
Voter Turnout: 15.65%
5,203 undergraduates voted out of 33,240 eligible voters. That’s a 15.65% voter turnout! That’s one of the highest election turnout we’ve had in recent years – beating a record setter in 2017. Way to go, Waterloo! Thank you for voicing your choice.
Feds Executive
President
Michael Beauchemin: 2106 (51.6%)
Simran Parmar: 1976 (48.4%)
Simon Grigg was eliminated in the second round of STV.
In the second round, voters whose first option was now eliminated had their second ranked option counting as their first ranked choice. For information on ranked voting and STV, see Feds voting processes.
Full details of this race:
Droop Quota: 2105
Eligible voters: 33190
Votes cast: 4337 (13.07% of students voted in this ballot)
Declines: 128
Round 1:
| Name | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick | 3rd Pick |
| Beauchemin, Michael | 1949 | 822 | 301 |
| Parmar, Simran | 1893 | 971 | 429 |
| Grigg, Simon | 367 | 673 | 1252 |
No candidates meet quota. Candidate chosen for elimination: Grigg, Simon. Votes are redistributed.
Round 2:
| Name | Votes |
| Beauchemin, Michael | 2106 |
| Parmar, Simran | 1976 |
Quota exceeded by Beauchemin, Michael. Candidate Elected Beauchemin, Michael.
Vice President Operations & Finance
Seneca Velling: 1967 (53.6%)
Joshua Mbandi: 1703 (46.4%)
Full details of this race:
Droop Quota: 1836
Eligible voters: 33190
Votes cast: 3798 (11.44% of students voted in this ballot)
Declines: 128
Round 1:
| Name | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick |
| Mbandi, Joshua | 1703 | 1089 |
| Velling, Seneca | 1967 | 699 |
Quota exceeded by Velling, Seneca. Candidate Elected Velling, Seneca.
Vice President Education
Matthew Gerrits: 2146 (57.1%)
Fayza Ibrahim: 1703 (42.9%)
Full details of this race:
Droop Quota: 1881
Eligible voters: 33190
Votes cast: 3921 (11.81% of students voted in this ballot)
Declines: 161
Round 1:
| Name | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick |
| Gerrits, Matthew | 2146 | 687 |
| Ibrahim, Fayza | 1614 | 1171 |
Quota exceeded by Gerrits, Matthew. Candidate Elected Gerrits, Matthew.
Vice President Student Life
Amanda Fitzpatrick: 2041 (54.3%)
Tomson Tran: 1717 (45.7%)
Full details of this race:
Droop Quota: 1880
Eligible voters: 33190
Votes cast: 3934 (11.85% of students voted in this ballot)
Declines: 176
Round 1:
| Name | 1st Pick | 2nd Pick |
| Fitzpatrick, Amanda | 2041 | 889 |
| Tran, Tomson | 1717 | 944 |
Quota exceeded by Fitzpatrick, Amanda. Candidate Elected Fitzpatrick, Amanda.
Students’ Council
Applied Health Sciences
Victoria Rodney (79.56%)
- Yes: 327 (79.56%)
- No: 41 (9.98%)
- Declines: 43 (10.46%)
Eligible Voters: 2555
Number of Voters: 411 (16.08%)
Arts
Kaitlynn Angela McComiskey (71.98%)
- Yes: 375 (71.98%)
- No: 67 (12.86%)
- Declines: 79 (15.16%)
Eligible Voters: 6801
Number of Voters: 521 (7.7%)
Syeda Shehnoor Nasir (77.83%)
- Yes: 344 (77.83%)
- No: 63 (14.25%)
- Declines: 35 (7.92%)
Eligible Voters: 6801
Number of Voters: 442 (6.5%)
Taijah O’Meally (80.85%)
- Yes: 342 (80.85%)
- No: 53 (12.53%)
- Declines: 28 (6.62%)
Eligible Voters: 6801
Number of Voters: 423 (6.22%)
Shazza Riaz (76.94%)
- Yes: 327 (76.94%)
- No: 60 (14.12%)
- Declines: 38 (8.94%)
Eligible Voters: 6801
Number of Voters: 425 (6.24%)
Abigail Tait (82.85%)
- Yes: 343 (82.85%)
- No: 39 (9.42%)
- Declines: 32 (7.73%)
Eligible Voters: 6801
Number of Voters: 414 (6.08%)
Engineering
Megan Town (86.24%)
- Yes: 520 (86.24%)
- No: 47 (7.79%)
- Declines: 36 (5.97%)
Eligible Voters: 7971
Number of Voters: 603 (7.56%)
Edward Yang (82.75%)
- Yes: 451 (82.75%)
- No: 52 (9.54%)
- Declines: 42 (7.71%)
Eligible Voters: 7971
Number of Voters: 545 (6.84%)
Jason Small (83.71%)
- Yes: 447 (83.71%)
- No: 54 (10.11%)
- Declines: 33 (6.18%)
Eligible Voters: 7971
Number of Voters: 534 (6.7%)
Kevin McGuire (80.85%)
- Yes: 358 (68.19%)
- No: 128 (24.38%)
- Declines: 39 (7.43%)
Eligible Voters: 7971
Number of Voters: 525 (6.59%)
Environment
Brendan Wilson (80.46%)
- Yes: 280 (80.46%)
- No: 42 (12.07%)
- Declines: 26 (7.47%)
Eligible Voters: 2373
Number of Voters: 348 (14.66%)
Mathematics
Navya Mehta: 138.52 (21.6%)
Diana Chang: 124 (19.6%)
John Hunte: 124 (19.6%)
Rana Saleh: 124 (19.6%)
June Xu: 124 (19.6%)
Terry Chen was eliminated in the fifth round of STV
Yussef Ourchane was eliminated in the third round of STV
Hancheng Wu was eliminated in the second round of STV
In the multiple rounds, voters whose first option was now eliminated had their second ranked option counting as their first ranked choice. For information on ranked voting and STV, see Feds voting processes.
Full details of this race:
Droop Quota: 124
Eligible voters: 8330
Votes cast: 820 (9.84% of students voted in this ballot)
Declines: 82
Round 1:
| Name | 1stpick | 2ndpick | 3rdpick | 4thpick | 5thpick | 6thpick | 7thpick | 8thpick |
| Chang, Diana | 206 | 163 | 50 | 40 | 19 | 4 | 15 | 7 |
| Chen, Terry | 42 | 31 | 41 | 20 | 29 | 27 | 21 | 20 |
| Hunte, John | 88 | 44 | 65 | 59 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 14 |
| Mehta, Navya | 43 | 39 | 54 | 36 | 52 | 27 | 17 | 18 |
| Ourchane, Yussef | 28 | 28 | 23 | 24 | 24 | 27 | 40 | 15 |
| Saleh, Rana | 155 | 55 | 54 | 40 | 35 | 19 | 14 | 19 |
| Wu, Hancheng | 14 | 17 | 18 | 25 | 19 | 32 | 27 | 36 |
| Xu, June | 162 | 178 | 55 | 43 | 24 | 13 | 11 | 25 |
Quota met by candidates: Chang, Diana, Saleh Rana and Xu, June. Candidates elected. Excess votes are redistributed.
Round 2:
| Name | Votes |
| Chang, Diana | 123.99964 |
| Chen, Terry | 55.73565 |
| Hunte, John | 115.10394 |
| Mehta, Navya | 55.18768 |
| Ourchane, Yussef | 34.9919 |
| Saleh, Rana | 124 |
| Wu, Hancheng | 20.32824 |
| Xu, June | 123.99966 |
No unelected candidates meet quota. Candidate Wu, Hancheng chosen for elimination. Votes are redistributed to unelected candidates.
Round 3:
| Name | Votes |
| Chang, Diana | 123.99964 |
| Chen, Terry | 65.03354 |
| Hunte, John | 116.13463 |
| Mehta, Navya | 55.82031 |
| Chang, Diana | 123.99964 |
| Chen, Terry | 55.73565 |
| Hunte, John | 115.10394 |
| Mehta, Navya | 55.18768 |
| Ourchane, Yussef | 34.9919 |
| Saleh, Rana | 124 |
| Wu, Hancheng | 20.32824 |
| Xu, June | 123.99966 |
No unelected candidates meet quota. Candidate Ourchane, Yussef is chosen for elimination. Votes are redistributed.
Round 4:
| Name | Votes |
| Chang, Diana | 123.99964 |
| Chang, Diana | 123.99964 |
| Chen, Terry | 55.73565 |
| Hunte, John | 115.10394 |
| Mehta, Navya | 55.18768 |
| Ourchane, Yussef | 34.9919 |
| Saleh, Rana | 124 |
| Wu, Hancheng | 20.32824 |
| Xu, June | 123.99966 |
Quota met by candidate Hunte, John. Candidate elected and votes are redistributed.
Round 5:
| Name | Votes |
| Chang, Diana | 123.99964 |
| Chen, Terry | 67.87613 |
| Hunte, John | 123.99978 |
| Mehta, Navya | 70.6453 |
| Ourchane, Yussef | 0 |
| Saleh, Rana | 124 |
| Wu, Hancheng | 0 |
| Xu, June | 123.99966 |
No candidates meet quota. Candidate Chen, Terry chosen for elimination. Votes are redistributed.
Round 6:
| Name | Votes |
| Chang, Diana | 123.99964 |
| Chen, Terry | 0 |
| Hunte, John | 123.99978 |
| Mehta, Navya | 138.52143 |
| Ourchane, Yussef | 0 |
| Saleh, Rana | 124 |
| Wu, Hancheng | 0 |
| Xu, June | 123.99966 |
Candidate Mehta, Navya meets quota. Mehta, Navya elected.
Science
Alexandru Nica: 132.74 (37.6%)
Mackenzie Lau: 73 (20.8%)
Nikka Ysabella Roxas: 73 (20.8%)
Sebastian Soo: 73 (20.8%)
Colin Parkyn was eliminated in the third round of STV
In the multiple rounds, voters whose first option was now eliminated had their second ranked option counting as their first ranked choice. For information on ranked voting and STV, see Feds voting processes.
Full details of this race:
Droop Quota: 73
Eligible voters: 6410
Votes cast: 680 (10.61% of students voted in this ballot)
Declines: 317
Round 1:
| Name | 1st pick | 2nd pick | 3rd pick | 4th pick | 5th pick |
| Lau, Mackenize | 98 | 49 | 39 | 46 | 34 |
| Nica, Alexandru | 60 | 60 | 51 | 49 | 40 |
| Parkyn, Colin | 51 | 50 | 77 | 47 | 36 |
| Roxas, Nikka Ysabella | 70 | 57 | 41 | 61 | 42 |
| Soo, Sebastian | 84 | 37 | 36 | 37 | 82 |
Quota exceeded by candidates Lau, Mackenzie and Soo, Sebastian. Candidates elected. Excess votes transferred.
Round 2:
| Name | Votes |
| Lau, Mackenzie | 73.0002 |
| Nica, Alexandru | 70.36895 |
| Parkyn, Colin | 58.07305 |
| Roxas, Nikka Ysabella | 79.5271 |
| Soo, Sebastian | 73.002 |
Quota exceeded by candidate Roxas, Nikka Ysabella. Candidate elected. Votes redistributed.
Round 3:
| Name | Votes |
| Lau, Mackenzie | 73.0002 |
| Nica, Alexandru | 72.31426 |
| Parkyn, Colin | 60.42806 |
| Roxas, Nikka Ysabella | 73.00014 |
| Soo, Sebastian | 73.002 |
Quota not met by any candidates. Candiate Parkyn, Colin eliminated and votes redistributed.
Round 4:
| Name | Votes |
| Lau, Mackenzie | 73.0002 |
| Nica, Alexandru | 132.74232 |
| Parkyn, Colin | 0 |
| Roxas, Nikka Ysabella | 73.00014 |
| Soo, Sebastian | 73.002 |
Candidate Nica, Alexandru exceeds quota. Candidate elected.
Waterloo Senate
Applied Health Sciences
Alexandria De Sousa (acclaimed)
Engineering
Jason Small: 364 (63.64%)
Samuel Rubin: 115 (20.1%)
Full details of this race:
Eligible voters: 7971
Votes cast: 572 (7.18% of students voted in this ballot)
Declines: 93 (16.26%)
Mathematics
June Xu: 392 (52.9%)
Matthew Schwarze: 197 (26.59%)
Yussef Ourchane: 54 (7.29%)
Full details of this race:
Eligible voters: 8330
Votes cast: 741 (8.9% of students voted in this ballot)
Declines: 98 (13.23%)
Science
Ashreena Bhangu (acclaimed)
At-Large Representative
Alex Lee (acclaimed)
Referendum Results
Legal Service
Do you support the implementation of a Legal Protection Service at a cost of less than $30 per year? As with the Feds Dental Care Plan, students may choose to opt-out online from this service during a change-of-coverage period for a full refund.
Yes: 2717 (78.21%)
No: 621 (17.88%)
Declined ballots: 136 (3.91%)
3474 (10.45%) students voted in this ballot.
GRT U-Pass
Question 1
Do you support the expansion of the current UPass agreement to allow all undergraduate students with at least one on-campus course to be eligible to access Grand River Transit (GRT) transit services? The UPass will be the same cost for all students and allows part-time and full-time undergraduate students to access transit services provided by GRT.
Yes: 3088 (84.12%)
No: 469 (12.78%)
Declined ballots: 114 (3.11%)
3474 (11.04%) students voted in this ballot.
Question 2
Are you currently an undergraduate student taking fewer than three (3) on-campus courses, or are likely to be an undergraduate student taking fewer than three (3) on-campus courses in the coming year?
Yes: 764 (25.33%)
No: 2181 (72.31%)
Declined ballots: 71 (2.35%)
3016 (9.07%) students voted in this ballot.
