Calgary – The Students’ Union is today announcing the results for the 2022 By-Election. Those who have been elected will join the 80th Students’ Legislative Council and will serve until the end of April 2023. In addition, students were asked to vote in a referendum on the topic of the SU Health and Dental plan. Those results are also being announced.
In the three-person race for Vice-President External Mateusz Salmassi won with 39% of the vote.
Faculty representatives were also elected for the Haskayne School of Business, Faculty of Kinesiology, Schulich School of Engineering. The vacancy for the UCalgary Board of Governors Student-at-Large role was also filled by election today.
For the Haskayne School of Business, Aly Samji was elected by business students with 64% of the vote.
Over in Kinesiology, students elected Jessie Dinh with nearly 67% of the vote.
The two students running for the two previously vacant faculty representative positions at the Schulich School of Engineering were each successful in achieving a majority of ‘yes’ votes required to be elected to the role. Jacob Artuso and Abhari Limbu received a majority of ‘yes’ votes and were elected.
Finally, Muntaha Aamir was elected to the UCalgary Board of Governors with 50.6%.
Students were asked to vote on proposed amendments to the SU constitution in relation to the SU Health and Dental Plan. The cost of the health and dental plan is currently subsidized by the SU and the viability of the plan is at risk. The proposed amendment was to allow the Health and Dental Plan fees to increase with the Consumer Price Index by up to 4% per year to keep up with inflation, without requiring further referendums each time an increase is necessary. Students voted in support of this with nearly 69% of the vote.
In all, 2,132 students voted in the 2022 By-Election. The results announced today are provisional and become official on October 24, 2022.
The roles of Vice-President Operations and Finance and Faculty Representative for the Faculty of Social Work will remain vacant and may be filled by appointment at a later date.
All SU elected positions will go up for election in March 2023 to determine the student leaders who will make up the 81st Students’ Legislative Council.
Inquiries may be directed to:
Mike Brown
External Communications Specialist
Michael.brown1@ucalgary.ca
Cell: 403-560-0577