List of University of Ottawa Students' Union elections explained

This is a list of elections held for the University of Ottawa Students' Union (UOSU), the undergraduate students' organization at the University of Ottawa in Ottawa, Ontario.

General elections

2024

Executive Committee

The following positions were up for election, but had no candidates:

|-! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate! colspan="3"|Popular vote|-! Votes! %! ±%|-| style="background-color:#F6EFDF;" || style="text-align:left;" | Delphine Robitaille| style="text-align:right;" | 1,704| style="text-align:right;" | 87.21| style="text-align:right;" | +11.52|-| style="background-color:#DFDFDF;" || style="text-align:left;" | None of the above| style="text-align:right;" | 250| style="text-align:right;" | 12.79| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total valid votes| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 1,954| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 78.73| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total abstentions| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 528| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 21.27| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Turnout| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 2,482| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 6.74| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | -1.01|-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Eligible voters| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 36,806| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="12" |Sources: Chief Electoral Officer of the UOSU[1] |}

|-! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate! colspan="3"|Popular vote|-! Votes! %! ±%|-| style="background-color:#5271FF;" || style="text-align:left;" | Imani Bunzigiye| style="text-align:right;" | 1,313| style="text-align:right;" | 81.81| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="background-color:#E59FF5;" || style="text-align:left;" | Eloïse Badin| style="text-align:right;" | 292| style="text-align:right;" | 18.19| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total valid votes| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 1,605| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 64.67| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total abstentions| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 877| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 35.33| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Turnout| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 2,482| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 6.74| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | -1.01|-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Eligible voters| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 36,806| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="12" |Sources: Chief Electoral Officer of the UOSU|}

|-! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate! colspan="3"|Popular vote|-! Votes! %! ±%|-| style="background-color:#C0B1D8;" || style="text-align:left;" | Daphnée Veilleux-Michaud| style="text-align:right;" | 1,235| style="text-align:right;" | 72.56| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="background-color:#0C2A51;" || style="text-align:left;" | Tristan Maldonado-Rodriguez| style="text-align:right;" | 467| style="text-align:right;" | 27.44| style="text-align:right;" | -53.83|-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total valid votes| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 1,702| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 68.57| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total abstentions| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 780| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 31.43| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Turnout| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 2,482| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 6.74| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | -1.01|-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Eligible voters| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 36,806| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="12" |Sources: Chief Electoral Officer of the UOSU|}

Board of Directors

The following constituencies had fewer candidates than seats:

ConstituencyTotal vacant seats
Arts1
Civil Law1
Education1
Science3
Medicine1
Telfer School of Management1
Arts

|-! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate! colspan="3"|Popular vote|-! Votes! %! ±%|-| style="background-color:#752A24;" || style="text-align:left;" | Quanah Traviss| style="text-align:right;" | 208| style="text-align:right;" | 88.89| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="background-color:#DFDFDF;" || style="text-align:left;" | None of the above| style="text-align:right;" | 26| style="text-align:right;" | 11.11| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total valid votes| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 234| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 92.86| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total abstentions| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 18| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 7.14| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Turnout| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 252| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |  - | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |  - |-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Eligible voters| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |  - | style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="12" |Sources: Chief Electoral Officer of the UOSU|}

Engineering

|-! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate! colspan="3"|Popular vote|-! Votes! %! ±%|-| style="background-color:#DFDFDF;" || style="text-align:left;" | Taha Riyaan| style="text-align:right;" | 70| style="text-align:right;" | 36.46| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="background-color:#DFDFDF;" || style="text-align:left;" | John Lopes| style="text-align:right;" | 62| style="text-align:right;" | 32.29| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="background-color:#DFDFDF;" || style="text-align:left;" | Jason Shum| style="text-align:right;" | 60| style="text-align:right;" | 31.25| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total valid votes| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 192| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 100.00| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total abstentions| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 127| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 0.00| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Turnout| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 319| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |  - | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |  - |-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Eligible voters| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |  - | style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="12" |Sources: Chief Electoral Officer of the UOSU|}

Common Law

|-! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate! colspan="3"|Popular vote|-! Votes! %! ±%|-| style="background-color:#E3867E;" || style="text-align:left;" | Dana Ibrahim| style="text-align:right;" | 121| style="text-align:right;" | 88.97| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="background-color:#DFDFDF;" || style="text-align:left;" | None of the above| style="text-align:right;" | 15| style="text-align:right;" | 11.03| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total valid votes| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 136| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 88.31| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total abstentions| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 18| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 11.69| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Turnout| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 154| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |  - | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |  - |-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Eligible voters| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |  - | style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="12" |Sources: Chief Electoral Officer of the UOSU|}

Telfer School of Management

|-! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate! colspan="3"|Popular vote|-! Votes! %! ±%|-| style="background-color:#DFDFDF;" || style="text-align:left;" | Iacov Donos| style="text-align:right;" | 111| style="text-align:right;" | 60.99| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="background-color:#DFDFDF;" || style="text-align:left;" | Alexander Kudryashova| style="text-align:right;" | 71| style="text-align:right;" | 39.01| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total valid votes| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 182| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 100.00| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total abstentions| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 0| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 0.00| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Turnout| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 182| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |  - | style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |  - |-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Eligible voters| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" |  - | style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="12" |Sources: Chief Electoral Officer of the UOSU|}

By-elections

2023

Executive Committee

The following positions were up for election, but had no candidates:

|-! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate! colspan="3"|Popular vote|-! Votes! %! ±%|-| style="background-color:#F6EFDF;" || style="text-align:left;" | Delphine Robitaille| style="text-align:right;" | 1,547| style="text-align:right;" | 75.69| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="background-color:#212435;" || style="text-align:left;" | Ryan Vafaei| style="text-align:right;" | 497| style="text-align:right;" | 24.31| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total valid votes| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 2,044| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 68.16| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total abstentions| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 528| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 31.84| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Turnout| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 2,999| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 7.75| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | +3.96|-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Eligible voters| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 38,720| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="12" |Sources: Chief Electoral Officer of the UOSU[2] |}

|-! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate! colspan="3"|Popular vote|-! Votes! %! ±%|-| style="background-color:#9D9CD5;" || style="text-align:left;" | Daniel Thorp| style="text-align:right;" | 1,044| style="text-align:right;" | 58.39| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="background-color:#752A24;" || style="text-align:left;" | Quanah Traviss| style="text-align:right;" | 744| style="text-align:right;" | 41.61| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total valid votes| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 1,788| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 59.62| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total abstentions| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 1,211| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 40.38| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Turnout| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 2,999| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 7.75| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | +3.96|-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Eligible voters| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 38,720| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="12" |Sources: Chief Electoral Officer of the UOSU[3] |}

|-! rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate! colspan="3"|Popular vote|-! Votes! %! ±%|-| style="background-color:#0C2A51;" || style="text-align:left;" | Tristan Maldonado-Rodriguez| style="text-align:right;" | 1,241| style="text-align:right;" | 81.27| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="background-color:#DFDFDF;" || style="text-align:left;" | None of the above| style="text-align:right;" | 286| style="text-align:right;" | 18.73| style="text-align:right;" |  - |-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total valid votes| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 1,527| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 50.92| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Total abstentions| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 1,472| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 49.08| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" ||-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Turnout| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 2,999| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 7.75| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | +3.96|-| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" colspan="2" |Eligible voters| style="text-align:right;background-color:#FFFFFF;" | 38,720| style="text-align:right;background-color:#c2c2c2;" colspan="2" ||-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="5" |Note: Candidate campaign colours are based on the prominent colour used in campaign items (signs, literature, etc.)
and are used as a visual differentiation between candidates.
|-| style="text-align:left;" colspan="12" |Sources: Chief Electoral Officer of the UOSU|}

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Résultats des Élections générales 2024 - General Elections 2024 Results . April 8, 2024 . University of Ottawa Students' Union.
  2. Web site: Results - Syndicat Étudiant de l'Université d'Ottawa (Élections partielles 2023) - University of Ottawa Student Union (By-Elections 2023) . April 10, 2024 . University of Ottawa Students' Union.
  3. Web site: Results - Syndicat Étudiant de l'Université d'Ottawa (Élections partielles 2023) - University of Ottawa Student Union (By-Elections 2023) . April 10, 2024 . University of Ottawa Students' Union.