The Student Advocacy Coalition slate has swept the 2017 TRUSU General Election.
In the three contested positions, Tatiana Gilbert was elected TRUSU president, Cole Hickson was elected vice-president external and Emiko Ohama was named women’s representative. All other candidates received a “yes” vote by at least an 85 per cent margin.
According to TRUSU, voter turnout for the election was 9.4 per cent – half of last year’s 18.8 per cent turnout.
Elected candidates will take their positions after the end of this semester.
| Elected | Candidate | Position | Affiliation | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mattias Eriksson | President | Progressive Advocates | 137 (23%) | |
| ✅ | Tatiana Gilbert | President | Student Advocacy Coalition | 468 (77%) |
| ✅ | Caitlin Orteza | Vice President Equity | Student Advocacy Coalition | Yes (92%) |
| Zerubbabel Asress | VP External | Progressive Advocates | 231 (38%) | |
| ✅ | Cole Hickson | VP External | Student Advocacy Coalition | 373 (62%) |
| ✅ | Janelle Lapointe | VP Internal | Student Advocacy Coalition | Yes (92%) |
| ✅ | Gagandeep Singh | VP Services | Student Advocacy Coalition | Yes (86%) |
| ✅ | James-Dean Aleck | Aboriginal representative | Student Advocacy Coalition | Yes (91%) |
| ✅ | Emmanuel Daramola | Graduate students’ rep | Student Advocacy Coalition | Yes (92%) |
| ✅ | Simranjit Aulakh | International students’ rep | Student Advocacy Coalition | Yes (92%) |
| ✅ | Dale Drozda | LGBTQ representative | Student Advocacy Coalition | Yes (90%) |
| ✅ | Inayat Ur-Rehman | Visible minorities rep | Student Advocacy Coalition | Yes (88%) |
| Saprina Chandi | Women’s representative | Progressive Advocates | 238 (41%) | |
| ✅ | Emiko Ohama | Women’s representative | Student Advocacy Coalition | 342 (59%) |
| ✅ | Brandon Hayashi | Campaigns committee rep | Student Advocacy Coalition | Yes (92%) |
| ✅ | Aanchal Mogla | Campaigns committee rep | Student Advocacy Coalition | Yes (85%) |
| ✅ | Richard Abankwa | Entertainment committee rep | Student Advocacy Coalition | Yes (92%) |
| ✅ | Usra Gohar | Entertainment committee rep | Student Advocacy Coalition | Yes (85%) |
| ✅ | Inderpreet Bains | Services committee rep | Student Advocacy Coalition | Yes (88%) |
| ✅ | Arjun Gill | Services committee rep | Student Advocacy Coalition | Yes (87%) |
| ✅ | Mwansa Kaunda | Student caucus steering cmte. rep | Student Advocacy Coalition | Yes (91%) |
| ✅ | Mico Miege-Moffat | Student caucus steering cmte. rep | Student Advocacy Coalition | Yes (86%) |
