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The '''2011 Engineering Society Elections''' were held on February 8-10, 2012 for [[Officers]] and Valedictorian. The election resulted in an [[EngSoc]] Officer team for 2011-2012 of Rishi Maharaj (President), Pierre Harfouche (VP Finance), Yerusha Nuh (VP Communications), Matthew Lattavo  (VP Academic), Anton Klunko (VP External), and Nikola Radovanović (VP Student Life).
The '''2012 Engineering Society Elections''' were held on February 8-10, 2012 for [[Officers]] and Valedictorian, and March 29-30, 2012 for [[2012-2013#Board_of_Directors|Board of Directors]] and levies. The election resulted in an [[EngSoc]] Officer team for 2012-2013 of Rishi Maharaj (President), Pierre Harfouche (VP Finance), Yerusha Nuh (VP Communications), Matthew Lattavo  (VP Academic), Anton Klunko (VP External), and Nikola Radovanović (VP Student Life).


==Officer Election Results==
==Officer Election Results==
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|colspan="6"|'''1337'''
|colspan="6"|'''1337'''
|}
|}
===VP Finance===
===VP Finance===
{| class="wikitable"
{| class="wikitable"
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|colspan="8"|'''1082'''
|colspan="8"|'''1082'''
|}
|}
===VP External===
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!colspan="2"|1st Round
!colspan="2"|2nd Round
!colspan="2"|3rd Round
|-
|'''Votes'''
|'''Percentage'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''Percentage'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''Percentage'''
|-
|'''Anton Klunko'''
|Indy 1T2+PEY
|320
|35%
|374
|43%
|579
|74%
|-
|Nicholas Nico Valenton
|Civ 1T5
|256
|28%
|363
|42%
|''-''
|''-''
|-
|Michael Taguiam
|Chem 1T5
|236
|26%
|''-''
|''-''
|''-''
|''-''
|-
|colspan="2"|Re-Open Nominations
|105
|11%
|127
|15%
|185
|24%
|-
|colspan="2"|Spoiled Ballots
|40
|4%
|40
|4%
|40
|4%
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|colspan="6"|'''957'''
|}
===VP Student Life===
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!colspan="2"|1st Round
!colspan="2"|2nd Round
!colspan="2"|3rd Round
|-
|'''Votes'''
|'''Percentage'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''Percentage'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''Percentage'''
|-
|'''Nikola Radovanovic'''
|Mech 1T3+1
|370
|35%
|460
|43%
|745
|69%
|-
|Teresa Nguyen
|Civ 1T4
|331
|31%
|436
|41%
|''-''
|''-''
|-
|Ishan Gupta
|Chem 1T4
|305
|28%
|''-''
|''-''
|''-''
|''-''
|-
|colspan="2"|Re-Open Nominations
|44
|4%
|64
|6%
|120
|11%
|-
|colspan="2"|Spoiled Ballots
|21
|2%
|21
|2%
|21
|2%
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|colspan="6"|'''1071'''
|}
==Levy Referendum Results==
===Blue Sky Solar Car Levy===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Votes
!Percentage
|-
|Yes
|237
|48%
|-
|'''No'''
|248
|51%
|-
|Spoiled Ballots
|5
|1%
|-
|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|colspan="2"|'''490'''
|}
===Destination Imagination Levy===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Votes
!Percentage
|-
|Yes
|103
|24%
|-
|'''No'''
|318
|74%
|-
|Spoiled Ballots
|9
|2%
|-
|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|colspan="2"|'''430'''
|}
===Iron Dragons Levy===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Votes
!Percentage
|-
|Yes
|183
|38%
|-
|'''No'''
|292
|61%
|-
|Spoiled Ballots
|5
|1%
|-
|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|colspan="2"|'''480'''
|}
===Skule Nite Levy===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Votes
!Percentage
|-
|'''Yes'''
|274
|56%
|-
|No
|217
|44%
|-
|Spoiled Ballots
|1
|0%
|-
|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|colspan="2"|'''492'''
|}
===Sustainable Engineers Association Levy===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Votes
!Percentage
|-
|Yes
|143
|32%
|-
|'''No'''
|298
|67%
|-
|Spoiled Ballots
|4
|1%
|-
|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|colspan="2"|'''445'''
|}
===University of Toronto Concrete Canoe Levy===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Votes
!Percentage
|-
|Yes
|212
|43%
|-
|'''No'''
|273
|56%
|-
|Spoiled Ballots
|5
|1%
|-
|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|colspan="2"|'''485'''
|}
===You're Next Career Network Levy===
{| class="wikitable"
!
!Votes
!Percentage
|-
|Yes
|226
|49%
|-
|'''No'''
|233
|51%
|-
|Spoiled Ballots
|1
|0%
|-
|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|colspan="2"|'''460'''
|}
==Board of Directors Results==
===Chemical Engineering Representative===
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Candidate
!Votes
!Percentage
|-
|Nico Valenton
|Chem 1T5
|14
|12%
|-
|Nicole Cyhelka
|Chem 1T3
|19
|16%
|-
|'''Bo Zhang'''
|Chem ?
|69
|57%
|-
|Jessica Li
|Chem 1T2 + PEY
|18
|15%
|-
|colspan="2"|Re-Open Nominations
|1
|0%
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|colspan="2"|'''121'''
|}
===Civil Engineering Representative===
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Candidate
!Votes
!Percentage
|-
|Alessandro Zavatti
|Civ 1T2+PEY
|4
|7%
|-
|'''Guillaume Bence-Hebert'''
|Civ 1T4
|25
|45%
|-
|Tahreem Butt
|Civ 1T5
|0
|0%
|-
|Nicholas Nico Valenton
|Civ 1T5
|23
|42%
|-
|colspan="2"|Re-Open Nominations
|3
|5%
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|colspan="2"|'''55'''
|}
===Computer Engineering Representative===
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Candidate
!Votes
!Percentage
|-
|'''Kimberly Shen (Yes)'''
|Comp 1T5
|12
|63%
|-
|Kimberly Shen (No)
|Comp 1T5
|7
|37%
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|colspan="2"|'''19'''
|}
===Engineering Science Representative===
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2" rowspan="2"|Candidate
!colspan="2"|1st Round
!colspan="2"|2nd Round
!colspan="2"|3rd Round
|-
|'''Votes'''
|'''Percentage'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''Percentage'''
|'''Votes'''
|'''Percentage'''
|-
|'''Patrick Zerr'''
|NΨ 1T4
|54
|42%
|60
|50%
|88
|81%
|-
|Brian To
|NΨ 1T5
|37
|29%
|47
|39%
|colspan="2" align="center"|-
|-
|David Belvedere
|NΨ 1T5
|26
|20%
|colspan="4" align="center"|-
|-
|colspan="2"|Re-Open Nominations
|12
|9%
|13
|11%
|21
|19%
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|colspan="2"|'''129'''
|colspan="2"|'''120'''
|colspan="2"|'''109'''
|}
===Industrial Engineering Representative===
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Candidate
!Votes
!Percentage
|-
|'''Gordon Tang'''
|Indy 1T4
|29
|55%
|-
|Eric Andersson
|Indy 1T5
|10
|19%
|-
|colspan="2"|Re-Open Nominations
|14
|26%
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|colspan="2"|'''53'''
|}
===Mechanical Engineering Representative===
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Candidate
!Votes
!Percentage
|-
|'''Shamail Rizwan (Yes)'''
|Mech 1T4
|54
|82%
|-
|colspan="2"|Re-Open Nominations
|12
|18%
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|colspan="2"|'''66'''
|}
===Materials Science Engineering Representative===
{| class="wikitable"
!colspan="2"|Candidate
!Votes
!Percentage
|-
|Gabriel Stavros
|MSE 1T3
|16
|35%
|-
|'''Vinson Quoc Truong'''
|MSE 1T4
|29
|63%
|-
|colspan="2"|Re-Open Nominations
|1
|2%
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|colspan="2"|'''46'''
|}
===At-Large Representatives===
{| class="wikitable"
!rowspan="2" colspan="2"|Candidate
!1st Round
!2nd Round
!3rd Round
|-
|colspan="3" align="center"|'''Votes'''
|-
|'''Teresa Nguyen'''
|Civ 1T4
|'''135'''
|colspan="2" align="center"|-
|-
|'''Donnie Yee'''
|Mech 1T2+PEY
|75
|'''87.9'''
|<nowiki>-</nowiki>
|-
|'''Praneet Bagga'''
|Chem 1T4
|63
|67.6
|'''71.3'''
|-
|'''Aidan Muller'''
|MSE 1T4
|49
|53.9
|'''55.9'''
|-
|Evan Boyce
|T1 1T5
|34
|37.9
|39
|-
|Tejas Manjunath
|Mech 1T4
|42
|49.8
|51.4
|-
|Fiona Gan
|NΨ 1T5
|32
|33.3
|34.4
|-
|colspan="2"|Re-Open Nominations
|20
|22.3
|23
|-
|colspan="2"|'''Total Ballots Cast'''
|'''450'''
|'''352.7'''
|'''277.7'''
|}
==Appeals==
Paul Park, on behalf of the Blue Sky Solar Racing Team, appealed the results of the elections, alleging that the Chief Returning Officer Rafal Dittwald had failed to follow the proper procedures in informing clubs of the rules and procedures of the referendums. The Elections Review Committee was struck, consisting of the following members:
* Outgoing President David Cheung
* Faculty Registrar Barbara McCann
* Engineering Alumni Association representative Sonia De Buglio
The ERC met on April 17, 2012 to consider the appeal. The committee found that the grounds of the appeal had not materially affected the election results, but nonetheless [[:File:Referendum Appeals Committee 2012.pdf|ruled]] that clubs that had run referenda to institute designated fee portions could decide to run a second referendum or keep the results of the original one.
Incoming President Rishi Maharaj took issue with the committee's ruling, arguing that it was inconsistent with its own findings, democratic principles and University policy regarding designated fee portions. In a [[:File:2012-04-21 Levy appeal memo.pdf|memorandum]] to all students dated April 21, 2012 informing them of the situation, Maharaj wrote, "I believe that the ERC failed to consider the impact their decision would have on the overall perception and legitimacy of Engineering Society elections."
Maharaj subsequently asked for an emergency Board of Directors meeting on April 28, 2012, where a motion was tabled to reject the decision of the ERC and let the original election result stand. Under Society bylaws, such a motion requires unanimous consent. The motion passed and the appeal was rejected.

Latest revision as of 18:36, 15 March 2018

The 2012 Engineering Society Elections were held on February 8-10, 2012 for Officers and Valedictorian, and March 29-30, 2012 for Board of Directors and levies. The election resulted in an EngSoc Officer team for 2012-2013 of Rishi Maharaj (President), Pierre Harfouche (VP Finance), Yerusha Nuh (VP Communications), Matthew Lattavo (VP Academic), Anton Klunko (VP External), and Nikola Radovanović (VP Student Life).

Officer Election Results[edit | edit source]

President[edit | edit source]

Candidate 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round
Votes Percentage Votes Percentage Votes Percentage
Rishi Maharaj EngSci 1T2+PEY 463 35% 579 47% 916 87%
Abhishek Mathur Mech 1T2+PEY 444 33% 564 46% - -
Albert Huynh Chem 1T2+PEY 375 28% - - - -
Re-Open Nominations 40 3% 70 6% 119 12%
Spoiled Ballots 15 1% 15 1% 15 1%
Total Ballots Cast 1337

VP Finance[edit | edit source]

Candidate 1st Round 2nd Round
Votes Percentage Votes
Pierre Harfouche EngSci 1T4 625 58% Wins by clear majority
Nicole Cyhelka Chem 1T3 271 25%
Samuel Chien EngSci 1T5 51 5%
Re-Open Nominations 101 9%
Spoiled Ballots 22 2%
Total Ballots Cast 1070

VP Communications[edit | edit source]

Candidate 1st Round 2nd Round
Votes Percentage Votes Percentage
Yerusha Nuh Elec 1T4 444 40% 519 50%
Jenny Yao Indy 1T5 331 30% 421 41%
Kimberly Shen Comp 1T5 243 22% - -
Re-Open Nominations 69 6% 84 8%
Spoiled Ballots 27 2% 27 2%
Total Ballots Cast 1114

VP Academic[edit | edit source]

Candidate 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round 4th Round
Votes Percentage Votes Percentage Votes Percentage Votes Percentage
Matthew Lattavo Civ 1T4 350 32% 371 37% 441 48% 647 80%
Praneet Bagga Chem 1T4 266 24% 308 30% 368 40% - -
Neell Young EngSci 1T4 235 21% 253 25% - - - -
Hardeep Singh EngSci 1T5 124 11% - - - - - -
Re-Open Nominations 72 7% 79 8% 112 12% 161 20%
Spoiled Ballots 35 3% 35 3% 35 3% 35 3%
Total Ballots Cast 1082

VP External[edit | edit source]

Candidate 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round
Votes Percentage Votes Percentage Votes Percentage
Anton Klunko Indy 1T2+PEY 320 35% 374 43% 579 74%
Nicholas Nico Valenton Civ 1T5 256 28% 363 42% - -
Michael Taguiam Chem 1T5 236 26% - - - -
Re-Open Nominations 105 11% 127 15% 185 24%
Spoiled Ballots 40 4% 40 4% 40 4%
Total Ballots Cast 957

VP Student Life[edit | edit source]

Candidate 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round
Votes Percentage Votes Percentage Votes Percentage
Nikola Radovanovic Mech 1T3+1 370 35% 460 43% 745 69%
Teresa Nguyen Civ 1T4 331 31% 436 41% - -
Ishan Gupta Chem 1T4 305 28% - - - -
Re-Open Nominations 44 4% 64 6% 120 11%
Spoiled Ballots 21 2% 21 2% 21 2%
Total Ballots Cast 1071

Levy Referendum Results[edit | edit source]

Blue Sky Solar Car Levy[edit | edit source]

Votes Percentage
Yes 237 48%
No 248 51%
Spoiled Ballots 5 1%
Total Ballots Cast 490

Destination Imagination Levy[edit | edit source]

Votes Percentage
Yes 103 24%
No 318 74%
Spoiled Ballots 9 2%
Total Ballots Cast 430

Iron Dragons Levy[edit | edit source]

Votes Percentage
Yes 183 38%
No 292 61%
Spoiled Ballots 5 1%
Total Ballots Cast 480

Skule Nite Levy[edit | edit source]

Votes Percentage
Yes 274 56%
No 217 44%
Spoiled Ballots 1 0%
Total Ballots Cast 492

Sustainable Engineers Association Levy[edit | edit source]

Votes Percentage
Yes 143 32%
No 298 67%
Spoiled Ballots 4 1%
Total Ballots Cast 445

University of Toronto Concrete Canoe Levy[edit | edit source]

Votes Percentage
Yes 212 43%
No 273 56%
Spoiled Ballots 5 1%
Total Ballots Cast 485

You're Next Career Network Levy[edit | edit source]

Votes Percentage
Yes 226 49%
No 233 51%
Spoiled Ballots 1 0%
Total Ballots Cast 460

Board of Directors Results[edit | edit source]

Chemical Engineering Representative[edit | edit source]

Candidate Votes Percentage
Nico Valenton Chem 1T5 14 12%
Nicole Cyhelka Chem 1T3 19 16%
Bo Zhang Chem ? 69 57%
Jessica Li Chem 1T2 + PEY 18 15%
Re-Open Nominations 1 0%
Total Ballots Cast 121

Civil Engineering Representative[edit | edit source]

Candidate Votes Percentage
Alessandro Zavatti Civ 1T2+PEY 4 7%
Guillaume Bence-Hebert Civ 1T4 25 45%
Tahreem Butt Civ 1T5 0 0%
Nicholas Nico Valenton Civ 1T5 23 42%
Re-Open Nominations 3 5%
Total Ballots Cast 55

Computer Engineering Representative[edit | edit source]

Candidate Votes Percentage
Kimberly Shen (Yes) Comp 1T5 12 63%
Kimberly Shen (No) Comp 1T5 7 37%
Total Ballots Cast 19

Engineering Science Representative[edit | edit source]

Candidate 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round
Votes Percentage Votes Percentage Votes Percentage
Patrick Zerr NΨ 1T4 54 42% 60 50% 88 81%
Brian To NΨ 1T5 37 29% 47 39% -
David Belvedere NΨ 1T5 26 20% -
Re-Open Nominations 12 9% 13 11% 21 19%
Total Ballots Cast 129 120 109

Industrial Engineering Representative[edit | edit source]

Candidate Votes Percentage
Gordon Tang Indy 1T4 29 55%
Eric Andersson Indy 1T5 10 19%
Re-Open Nominations 14 26%
Total Ballots Cast 53

Mechanical Engineering Representative[edit | edit source]

Candidate Votes Percentage
Shamail Rizwan (Yes) Mech 1T4 54 82%
Re-Open Nominations 12 18%
Total Ballots Cast 66

Materials Science Engineering Representative[edit | edit source]

Candidate Votes Percentage
Gabriel Stavros MSE 1T3 16 35%
Vinson Quoc Truong MSE 1T4 29 63%
Re-Open Nominations 1 2%
Total Ballots Cast 46

At-Large Representatives[edit | edit source]

Candidate 1st Round 2nd Round 3rd Round
Votes
Teresa Nguyen Civ 1T4 135 -
Donnie Yee Mech 1T2+PEY 75 87.9 -
Praneet Bagga Chem 1T4 63 67.6 71.3
Aidan Muller MSE 1T4 49 53.9 55.9
Evan Boyce T1 1T5 34 37.9 39
Tejas Manjunath Mech 1T4 42 49.8 51.4
Fiona Gan NΨ 1T5 32 33.3 34.4
Re-Open Nominations 20 22.3 23
Total Ballots Cast 450 352.7 277.7

Appeals[edit | edit source]

Paul Park, on behalf of the Blue Sky Solar Racing Team, appealed the results of the elections, alleging that the Chief Returning Officer Rafal Dittwald had failed to follow the proper procedures in informing clubs of the rules and procedures of the referendums. The Elections Review Committee was struck, consisting of the following members:

  • Outgoing President David Cheung
  • Faculty Registrar Barbara McCann
  • Engineering Alumni Association representative Sonia De Buglio

The ERC met on April 17, 2012 to consider the appeal. The committee found that the grounds of the appeal had not materially affected the election results, but nonetheless ruled that clubs that had run referenda to institute designated fee portions could decide to run a second referendum or keep the results of the original one.

Incoming President Rishi Maharaj took issue with the committee's ruling, arguing that it was inconsistent with its own findings, democratic principles and University policy regarding designated fee portions. In a memorandum to all students dated April 21, 2012 informing them of the situation, Maharaj wrote, "I believe that the ERC failed to consider the impact their decision would have on the overall perception and legitimacy of Engineering Society elections."

Maharaj subsequently asked for an emergency Board of Directors meeting on April 28, 2012, where a motion was tabled to reject the decision of the ERC and let the original election result stand. Under Society bylaws, such a motion requires unanimous consent. The motion passed and the appeal was rejected.

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