RMIT Student Union – 2016 Annual Elections

Election Notice – Results

The scrutiny and count of votes polled at the RMIT Student Union 2016 Annual Elections has been

completed.

The results of the counts and my declarations are shown below.

General Secretary

Candidates / Nicole
Abiad / Luke
Hocking / Emily
Hansen / Informal
Votes / Total Votes Polled
First preference votes / 259 / 487 / 2232 / 225 / 3203
Total / 259 / 487 / 2232 / 225 / 3203

I hereby declare Emily Hansen elected as General Secretary.

Education Officer

Candidates / Alan
Padgham / Natalie
Acreman / Informal
Votes / Total Votes Polled
First preference votes / 2380 / 565 / 258 / 3203
Total / 2380 / 565 / 258 / 3203

I hereby declare Alan Padgham elected as Education Officer.

Welfare Officer

Candidates / Olivia
Aldridge / Harvey
Brown / Jarrod
McDonald / Informal
Votes / Total Votes Polled
First preference votes / 2324 / 488 / 125 / 266 / 3203
Total / 2324 / 488 / 125 / 266 / 3203

I hereby declare Olivia Aldridge elected as Welfare Officer.

International Officer

As only one nomination was received for this position I hereby declare Hao Pan elected as International Officer.

Postgraduate Officer

As only one nomination was received for this position I hereby declare Jeremy Davies elected as Postgraduate Officer.

Women’s Officer

Candidates / Isobelle
Mannix / Sadaf
Hadi / Informal
Votes / Total Votes Polled
First preference Votes / 255 / 949 / 46 / 1250
Total / 255 / 949 / 46 / 1250

I hereby declare Sadaf Hadi elected as Women’s Officer.

Queer Officer

As only one nomination was received for this position I hereby declare Rachel Adcock and Courtney De Wan jointly elected as Queer Officer.

Activities Officer

Candidates / Ella
Gvildys / Patrick
Hargreaves / Elliot
Howitt-Ross / Informal
Votes / Total Votes Polled
First preference votes / 2400 / 289 / 183 / 331 / 3203
Total / 2400 / 289 / 183 / 331 / 3203

I hereby declare Ella Gvildys elected as Activities Officer.

Sustainability Officer

Candidates / Adam
Flemming / Rowan
Tolley / Samuel
Hodgetts / Informal
Votes / Total Votes
Polled
First preference Votes / 2278 / 513 / 135 / 277 / 3203
Total / 2278 / 513 / 135 / 277 / 3203

I hereby declare Adam Flemming elected as Sustainability Officer.

Clubs and Societies Officer

Candidates / Declan
Williams / Nicholas
Seers / Informal
Votes / Total Votes Polled
First preference votes / 2512 / 339 / 352 / 3203
Total / 2512 / 339 / 352 / 3203

I hereby declare Declan Williams elected as Clubs and Societies Officer.

Vocational Education Officer

Candidates / Hafiuzllah
Jan / Jack
Melton / Informal
Votes / Total Votes Polled
First preference votes / 379 / 41 / 14 / 434
Total / 379 / 41 / 14 / 434

I hereby declare Hafiuzllah Jan elected as Vocational Education Officer.

Brunswick Coordinator

As only one nomination was received for this position I hereby declare Charlotte Whittle

elected as Brunswick Coordinator.

Bundoora Coordinator

As only one nomination was received for this position I hereby declare Alex Borsato

elected as Bundoora Coordinator.

City Coordinator

As only one nomination was received for this position I hereby declare Umer Tahir

elected as City Coordinator.

Brunswick Representative

As only one nomination was received for this position I hereby declare Gabriella Foster

elected as Brunswick Representative.

Bundoora East Representative

As only one nomination was received for this position I hereby declare Shanil Perera

elected as Bundoora East Representative.

Bundoora West Representative

As only one nomination was received for this position I hereby declare Charanpreet Bhasin

elected as Bundoora West Representative.

City Representative

As only one nomination was received for this position I hereby declare James Kerr-Nelson

elected as City Representative.

General Representatives – Five positions

Formal votes – 2920

Informal votes - 293

Quota – 487

Candidates First preference votes

Samuel Hodgetts 82

Luke Hocking 245

Laura Breckon 33

Tsz Ching Many Ho 465 First elected

Nicole Abiad 38

Ariel Zohar 409 Fourth elected

Jarrod McDonald 47

Elliot Howitt-Ross 17

Pierce Tyson 11

Boruch Zipper 11

Abena Dove 421 Fifth elected

Liam Straughan 14

Lily Xia 327

Natalie Acreman 69

Ella Caulfield 358 Second elected

Aditya Sharma 355 Third elected

Nicholas Seers 18

I hereby declare Tsz Ching Many Ho, Ella Caulfield, Adity Sharma, Ariel Zohar and Abena Dove elected as General Representatives.

Alternative General Representatives are, in order, Luke Hocking and Lily Xia.

Catalyst Editor(s)

Candidates / Liam
Straughan / Claudia Long, Maggie Coggan-Gartlan & Anthony Furci / Informal
Votes / Total Votes Polled
First preference votes / 749 / 1818 / 636 / 3203
Total / 749 / 1818 / 636 / 3203

I hereby Claudia Long, Maggie Coggan-Gartlan and Anthony Furci elected as Catalyst Editors.

NUS Delegates – Seven positions

Formal votes – 2927

Informal votes – 283

Quota (initial) – 366

Candidates First preference votes

Nicholas Seers
Nicole Abiad
Hongbing Hu
Yitao Ju
Emily Hansen
Charlotte Whittle
Jaye Turnbull
Rowan Tolley
Athulya Jancy Benny
Umer Tahir
Alan Padgham
Samuel Hodgetts
Elliot Howitt-Ross / 119
45
488 First elected
363 Fourth elected
469 Second elected
353 Fifth elected
243 Seventh elected
44
54
387 Third elected
315 Sixth elected
17
30

I hereby declare Hongbing Hu, Emily Hansen, Umer Tahir, Yitao Ju, Charlotte Whittle, Alan Padgham and Jaye Turnbull elected as NUS Delegates.

John Milburn-Clark

Returning Officer

13 September 2016