Voting for the BUSAC and Senate October by-elections closed Oct. 30 and the final results were released Thursday evening. After a week of campaigning and three days of voting, 6,856 students chose to cast a vote (including abstentions). The following seven candidates were elected into their positions:
Brock University Students’ Union
Senate (1 year term)
Antonio Sergi – 1031 votes
Carlin Jessop – 986 votes
Senate (2 year term)
Spencer Dawson – 1224 votes
Jeremy Steinhausen – 871 votes
Sam Piccolo – 836 votes
Faculty of Social Sciences
Monique Blake – 145 votes
Goodman School of Business
Deeksha Sharma – 187 votes
Prior to voting days, Sergi and Faculty of Social Sciences candidate Jad Nasser were both given a sanction notice by Chief Returning Officer Jimmy Norman on account of a pre-campaigning infractions. Both candidates breached Bylaw 650, resulting in a cease of all social media and online campaigning for 48 hours following the sanction receipt.
Christy Mitchell/The Brock Press
With the addition of the voting kiosks this year, students were also able to vote on-campus at one of the voting stations that were staffed by BUSU Advocacy volunteers and BUSAC members. Voting was also available online via students’ emails.
Congratulations to all successful candidates; the student body is looking forward to the work that you’re putting in to ensure that their voices and their concerns are taken care of.
