{"id":2810,"date":"2025-05-01T10:54:59","date_gmt":"2025-05-01T17:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/?p=2810"},"modified":"2025-05-01T11:03:26","modified_gmt":"2025-05-01T18:03:26","slug":"student-vote","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/2025\/05\/01\/student-vote\/","title":{"rendered":"Student Vote"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6781.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-2812 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6781-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"164\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6781-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6781-203x270.jpg 203w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6781.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><\/a>In conjunction with the Federal Election which took place last week, students were given the opportunity to have their political voices heard in our Student Election facilitated by <a href=\"https:\/\/studentvote.ca\/canada\/\"><strong>Student Vote Canada.<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>At Alpha we had 4 polling stations for classes to use to vote. The stations were run by volunteers from our own Student Government. Voting took place all day on Friday April 25th with students selecting from the four candidates in the Burnaby North- Seymour Electoral District.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Candidates:<a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6780.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2814 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6780-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"202\" height=\"269\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6780-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6780-203x270.jpg 203w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6780.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 202px) 100vw, 202px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Terry Beech (Liberal)<\/li>\n<li>Michael Charrois (NDP)<\/li>\n<li>Mauro Francis (Conservative)<\/li>\n<li>Jesse Fulton (PPC)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In total 644 of our students cast their vote, which is almost 50% of our student population. The breakdown locally was as follows:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>319\u00a0Liberal<\/li>\n<li>131 NDP<\/li>\n<li>150 Conservative<\/li>\n<li>28 PPC<\/li>\n<li>16 Rejected<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6782-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-2813 alignleft\" src=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6782-2-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"288\" height=\"216\" srcset=\"http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6782-2-300x225.jpg 300w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6782-2-360x270.jpg 360w, http:\/\/blogs.sd41.bc.ca\/alpha-library\/files\/2025\/05\/IMG_6782-2.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>While the clear winner at Alpha was Terry Beech of the Liberal Party, Federally, the student vote went Conservative. Further information about the results can be found on the Student Vote website <a href=\"https:\/\/studentvote.ca\/canada\/the-results\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In conjunction with the Federal Election which took place last week, students were given the opportunity to have their political voices heard in our Student Election facilitated by Student Vote Canada. 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