On April 7, 8, and 9, the Camosun College Student Society (CCSS) held their spring elections. Andrea Eggenberger is the new CCSS external executive, defeating Rachael Grant, who previously held the position. Eggenberger won by 13 votes.
“It was a really close race,” says Eggenberger, who says she hopes to have more events as external executive. “I was preparing to lose because my competition was just fantastic. I was super excited and shocked.”
409 students (which is 4.87 percent of all Camosun students) voted. The number is consistent with that of previous CCSS elections.
“I definitely wish there were more,” says Eggenberger about the number of students voting. “We’re going to look into maybe doing some online voting. I think timing is a problem for a lot of students. I asked around and people said, ‘I’d totally vote, I’m just not available.’”
Shayli Robinson ran for the position of Lansdowne executive and Chris Marks ran for Interurban executive; both had no competition and were elected in.
Sarah Lindsay won out as finance executive, while Jackson Traplin is First Nations director, Annabelle Pickering women’s director, and Zachary Snow students with disabilities director (the last three all ran uncontested).
Pride director Travis Moore defeated Lillian Stearns-Smith in the running for the position and held on to the title, while Vicky Qu defeated Darwin Scott for the position of international director.
Maggie LeBlanc ran uncontested for sustainability director and was elected in, while Kimberley Banfield took home the Lansdowne director title, and Ellen Young and Bobby Tiet are Interurban directors.
The CCSS has elections in the spring and fall. Full election results are at camosunstudent.org.
Hi! Just wanted to let you know that my name is spelled with an “ley” at the end of ‘Kimberley’. Thanks!
Great article!
Kind regards,
Kimberley Banfield
Lansdowne Director