Elections

Each September, student elections are held on campus. In 2018 the elections will be held from September 3-7.

Nominations opened Monday July 23 and close on Friday August 10 at midday exactly.

All current students are eligible to run for office and every person currently studying is eligible to vote.

The elections are governed by the UMSU Constitution, and the UMSU Electoral Regulations (updated June 20, 2018)

Notices:

Notice of Election

Polling times and Locations

September 3-7

	Monday	Tuesday	Wednesday	Thursday	Friday
Union House	10:00-5:00	10:00-6:30	10:00-5:00	10:00-5:00	10:00-5:00
Baillieu Foyer	10:30-4:30	10:30-6:15	10:30-4:30	10:30-4:30	10:30-4:30
FBE	11:00-4:00	11:30-4:30	11:00-4:00	11:00-4:00	11:00-4:00
Stop 1		11:00-3:00	11:00-3:00	11:00-3:00
South Bank		11:00-3:00	11:00-3:00	11:00-3:00
Burnley			11:00-2:00	12:00-3:00
Murrup Barak		11:30-2:30	11:30-2:30

Forms:

Postal Vote Application Form

Withdrawal of Nomination Form

For more information, please contact the deputy returning officer, Stephen Luntz, on 0438 667 787 or s.luntz@unimelb.edu.au

Updates:

Nominations in ballot order (updated)

Ruling on contradictions in the electoral regulations

Provisional declaration of results

Position	Candidate	Ticket	Primary	2CP
Activities Committee	Natasha Prasad		19
Activities Committee	Adnan Ali Khan		9
Activities Committee	Zhiyu Zhao		31
Activities Committee	YUJING XIE		20
Activities Committee	Hayley Stanford	More!	1260	elected 2
Activities Committee	India Pinkney	More!	10	elected 4
Activities Committee	Rose van Rooy	More!	3	Elected 6
Activities Committee	Samantha Coffey	More!	4
Activities Committee	Jordan Di Natale	More!	18
Activities Committee	Bridget Hawkins	More!	5
Activities Committee	Dean Karopoulos	Stand Up!	1401	elected 1
Activities Committee	Cecilia Widjojo	Stand Up!	22	elected 3
Activities Committee	Stuart Sutton	Stand Up!	7	elected 5
Activities Committee	Jason Hu	Stand Up!	6
Activities Committee	Louise Monsell-Butler	Stand Up!	2	elected 7
Activities Committee	Yasmin Middleton	Stand Up!	1
Activities Committee	Jaitika Duggal	Stand Up!	2
Activities Committee	huiqinghu		9
Activities Officer	Liam O’Brien	More!	1640
Activities Officer	Olivia Panjkov	More!
Activities Officer	Holly Alexander		242
Activities Officer	Yash		112
Activities Officer	YUJING XIE		264
Activities Officer	Adnan Ali Khan		112
Burnley Campus Coordinator	James Barclay	provisionally elected unopposed
Burnley Committee (General Representative)	Cattaleya Mac Manus	provisionally elected unopposed
Burnley Committee (General Representative)	Claire Hocking	provisionally elected unopposed
Burnley Committee by-election	Madeleine Livingston	provisionally elected unopposed
Clubs & Societies Officer	YUJING XIE		410
Clubs & Societies Officer	Christopher Melenhorst	More!	1873
Clubs & Societies Officer	Jordan Tochner	More!
Clubs & Societies Officer	Yash		178
Clubs & Societies Officer	Holly Alexander		251
Creative Arts Committee	Reis Low	More!	38	elected 1
Creative Arts Committee	Lucy Seale	More!	29	elected 3
Creative Arts Committee	Nicholas Kirkby	More!	22	elected 5
Creative Arts Committee	Charlie Zhang	More!	34
Creative Arts Committee	Alex McFadden	More!	21
Creative Arts Committee	Daisy Ni	More!	11	elected 7
Creative Arts Committee	Laura Wernert	More!	12
Creative Arts Committee	Fiona Xia	Stand Up!	38	elected 2
Creative Arts Committee	Luca	Stand Up!	9	elected 4
Creative Arts Committee	Conor Clements	Stand Up!	27	elected 6
Creative Arts Committee	Charlie Joyce	Stand Up!	21
Creative Arts Committee	Ailing Acton	Stand Up!	6
Creative Arts Committee	Jan Maruska		23
Creative Arts Officer	Ellie Hamill	More!	1838
Creative Arts Officer	Lucy Holz	More!
Creative Arts Officer	Jan Maruska		393
Disabilities Committee	Nicholas Kirkby	More!	442	elected 2
Disabilities Committee	Michael Te	More!	8	elected 4
Disabilities Committee	Amelia Reeves	More!	7	elected 6
Disabilities Committee	Jacinta Dowe	More!	3	elected 7
Disabilities Committee	Hien Nguyen	More!	5
Disabilities Committee	Isa Pendragon	More!	4
Disabilities Committee	Dana Riley	Stand Up!	449	elected 1
Disabilities Committee	Jessica Miller	Stand Up!	11	elected 3
Disabilities Committee	Nicola Eenink	Stand Up!	7	elected 5
Disabilities Committee	Kay Poon	Stand Up!	2
Disabilities Committee	Aisling Acton	Stand Up!	4
Disabilities Officer	Jocelyn Deane	More!	provisionally elected unopposed
Disabilities Officer	Lucy Birch	More!	provisionally elected unopposed
Education (Academic Affairs) Officer	Elizabeth Tembo	Stand Up!	1485	1536
Education (Academic Affairs) Officer	Ru Bee Chung	Stand Up!
Education (Academic Affairs) Officer	Brock Manson	More!	1375	1455
Education (Academic Affairs) Officer	Jessica Chen	More!
Education (Academic Affairs) Officer	Ambrose Berlin		110
Education (Academic Affaris) Officer	Zhiyu Zhao		206
Education (Public Affairs) Officer	Zhiyu Zhao		240
Education (Public Affairs) Officer	Guy Coward	More!	1230	1368
Education (Public Affairs) Officer	Madeleine Johnson	More!
Education (Public Affairs) Officer	Cameron Doig	Stand Up!	1339	1483
Education (Public Affairs) Officer	Charlie Fouhy	Stand Up!
Education (Public Affairs) Officer	Melinda Suter	Melbourne Socialists	213
Education (Public Affairs) Officer	Nick Reich	Melbourne Socialists
Education (Public Affairs) Officer	Adnan Ali Khan		65
Education (Public Affairs) Officer	Benedict Kusay		48
Education Committee	Melinda Suter	Melbourne Socialists	187
Education Committee	Anneke Demanuele	Melbourne Socialists	9
Education Committee	Shontelle Fisher	Melbourne Socialists	4
Education Committee	Nick Reich	Melbourne Socialists	4
Education Committee	Terence Taylor	Melbourne Socialists	1
Education Committee	Emily White	Melbourne Socialists	6
Education Committee	Zhiyu Zhao		27
Education Committee	Neera Kadkol	Extend The Free Tram Zone	withdrawn (elected to 2 other positions)
Education Committee	Frank Tyson	欢迎国际学生加入 – International Students Welcome	229	elected 7
Education Committee	Georgia Walton Briggs	Stand Up!	1212	elected 1
Education Committee	Alice Smith	Stand Up!	18	elected 3
Education Committee	Nadine Newell	Stand Up!	7	elected 5
Education Committee	Angus Hoy	Stand Up!	3
Education Committee	Henry Speagle	Stand Up!	74
Education Committee	Danna Lezcano Martinez	Stand Up!	8
Education Committee	Hue Man Dang	More!	1151	elected 2
Education Committee	Tuna Nguyen	More!	15	elected 4
Education Committee	Joshua Tseng	More!	20	elected 6
Education Committee	William Chua	More!	4
Education Committee	Cat Foley	More!	18
Education Committee	Yidan Tang	More!	5
Education Committee	Tianyi Yang	More!	10
Environment Committee	huiqinghu		26
Environment Committee	Anneke Demanuele	Melbourne Socialists	233
Environment Committee	Shontelle Fisher	Melbourne Socialists	2
Environment Committee	Melinda Suter	Melbourne Socialists	5
Environment Committee	Nick Reich	Melbourne Socialists	4
Environment Committee	Terence Taylor	Melbourne Socialists	1
Environment Committee	Emily White	Melbourne Socialists	9
Environment Committee	Sophie Kerrigan	Stand Up!	1137	elected 1
Environment Committee	Desiree Cai	Stand Up!	30	elected 3
Environment Committee	Mathilde Ritman	Stand Up!	8	elected 5
Environment Committee	Tom Satchell	Stand Up!	1
Environment Committee	Eleanor Ryan	Stand Up!	6
Environment Committee	Kevin Abraham	Stand Up!	9
Environment Committee	Nitul Deshpande	Stand Up!	2
Environment Committee	Neera Kadkol	Extend The Free Tram Zone	233	elected 7
Environment Committee	Frank Tyson	欢迎国际学生加入 – International Students Welcome	222
Environment Committee	Zeb Peake	More!	1104	elected 2
Environment Committee	Sarah Wang	More!	24	elected 4
Environment Committee	Elliot Alder	More!	13	elected 6
Environment Committee	Stella Morgan	More!	13
Environment Committee	Nicole Nguyen	More!	13
Environment Officer	Will Ross	More!	1848
Environment Officer	Anneke Demanuele	Melbourne Socialists	701
General Secretary	Natasha Prasad		98
General Secretary	Matthew Carlei		86
General Secretary	Reece Moir	Stand Up!	1259	1424
General Secretary	Zhiyu Zhao		133
General Secretary	Emily White	Melbourne Socialists	98
General Secretary	Elinor Mills	More!	1275	1420
Graduate Student Representative on Students’ Council	Emily Roberts	More!	308	346
Graduate Student Representative on Students’ Council	Holly Alexander		22
Graduate Student Representative on Students’ Council	Xavier Boffa		21
Graduate Student Representative on Students’ Council	Ari Sandler	Stand Up!	384	416
Graduate Student Representative on Students’ Council	YUJING XIE		108
Graduate Student Representative on Students’ Council	Jan Maruska		7
Graduate Student Representative on Students’ Council	Yash		16
Indigenous Rep on Student Council	Indiah Money	The Biggest Blackest Ticket	provisionally elected unopposed
Indigenous Committee	Indiah Money	The Biggest Blackest Ticket	provisionally elected unopposed
Indigenous Committee	Jordan Holloway-Clarke	The Biggest Blackest Ticket	provisionally elected unopposed
Indigenous Committee	Kinjia Munkara-Murray	The Biggest Blackest Ticket	provisionally elected unopposed
Indigenous Committee	William Smith	The Biggest Blackest Ticket	provisionally elected unopposed
Indigenous Committee	Jasmine Thompson	The Biggest Blackest Ticket	provisionally elected unopposed
Indigenous Committee	Nathan Hucker	The Biggest Blackest Ticket	provisionally elected unopposed
Indigenous Officer	Hope Kuchel		6
Indigenous Officer	Serena Rae Thompson	The Biggest Blackest Ticket	26
Indigenous Officer	Alexandra Hohoi	The Biggest Blackest Ticket
International Student Representative on Students’ Council	LIKUN LIN		37
International Student Representative on Students’ Council	Yash		34
International Student Representative on Students’ Council	mingminggao		21
International Student Representative on Students’ Council	huiqinghu		14
International Student Representative on Students’ Council	Jas Kalra		19
International Student Representative on Students’ Council	Jan Maruska		17
International Student Representative on Students’ Council	YUJING XIE		97
International Student Representative on Students’ Council	Adnan Ali Khan		36
International Student Representative on Students’ Council	Zhiyu Zhao		112
International Student Representative on Students’ Council	Cecilia Widjojo	Stand Up!	542	603
International Student Representative on Students’ Council	Barry Zhang	More!	401	438
Media Officer	Katherine Doherty	Independent Media	provisionally elected unopposed
Media Officer	Stephanie Zhang	Independent Media	provisionally elected unopposed
Media Officer	Carolyn Huane	Independent Media	provisionally elected unopposed
Media Officer	Ruby Perryman	Independent Media	provisionally elected unopposed
National Union of Students Delegate	Xavier Boffa		21
National Union of Students Delegate	Benedict Kusay		3
National Union of Students Delegate	Ambrose Berlin		11
National Union of Students Delegate	Christopher Kounelis		21
National Union of Students Delegate	Desiree Cai	More!	1260	elected 2
National Union of Students Delegate	Sophie Kerrigan	More!	10	elected 4
National Union of Students Delegate	Jack Buksh	More!	5	elected 6
National Union of Students Delegate	Naomi Smith	More!	5
National Union of Students Delegate	Isa Pendragon	More!	23
National Union of Students Delegate	Joshua Bruni	More!	29
National Union of Students Delegate	Rose-Monet Wilson Scott	More!	21
National Union of Students Delegate	huiqinghu		18
National Union of Students Delegate	Anneke Demanuele	Melbourne Socialists	230	elected 7
National Union of Students Delegate	Melinda Suter	Melbourne Socialists	8
National Union of Students Delegate	Nick Reich	Melbourne Socialists	1
National Union of Students Delegate	Terence Taylor	Melbourne Socialists	3
National Union of Students Delegate	Shontelle Fisher	Melbourne Socialists	1
National Union of Students Delegate	Emily White	Melbourne Socialists	7
National Union of Students Delegate	Alice Smith	Stand Up!	1286	elected 1
National Union of Students Delegate	Molly Willmott	Stand Up!	25	elected 3
National Union of Students Delegate	Noni Bridger	Stand Up!	4	elected 5
National Union of Students Delegate	Hannah Buchan	Stand Up!	7
National Union of Students Delegate	Conor Clements	Stand Up!	8
National Union of Students Delegate	Rajan Dominic Roque ILAGAN	Stand Up!	13
People of Colour Committee	Gurpreet Singh	Stand Up!	663	elected 1
People of Colour Committee	Fiona Xia	Stand Up!		elected 3
People of Colour Committee	Sadah Webster	Stand Up!		elected 5
People of Colour Committee	Sam Zaman	Stand Up!		elected 7
People of Colour Committee	Nitul Deshpande	Stand Up!
People of Colour Committee	Stuart Sutton	Stand Up!
People of Colour Committee	Varusha Wijesinghe	Stand Up!
People of Colour Committee	Xueying Lu		36
People of Colour Committee	Neha Agarwal	More!	619	elected 2
People of Colour Committee	A’bidah Zaid Shirbeeni	More!		elected 4
People of Colour Committee	Maha Masroor	More!		elected 6
People of Colour Committee	Phoebe Tang	More!
People of Colour Committee	Allen Xiao	More!
People of Colour Committee	Ezra Bangun	More!
People of Colour Committee	Nour Altoukhi	More!
People of Colour Officer	Farah Khairat	More!	738
People of Colour Officer	Mark Yin	More!
People of Colour Officer	Terence Taylor	Melbourne Socialists	215
President	Natasha Prasad		90
President	Callum Simpson	More!	1253	1360
President	Zhiyu Zhao		257
President	Christopher Kounelis		58
President	Xavier Boffa		43
President	Molly Willmott	Stand Up!	1488	1570
Queer Committee	Shana Cochrane	Stand Up!	645	Elected 1
Queer Committee	Saloni Swaminathan	Stand Up!	8	Elected 3
Queer Committee	Max Tatt	Stand Up!	1	Elected 5
Queer Committee	Sadah Webster	Stand Up!	1
Queer Committee	Eleanor Ryan	Stand Up!	5	Elected 7
Queer Committee	Thomas Rands	Stand Up!	1
Queer Committee	Michael Hanggodo	Stand Up!	4
Queer Committee	Jan Maruska		15
Queer Committee	Naixin Zhang		19
Queer Committee	Ezra Bangun	More!	623	Elected 2
Queer Committee	Jackson Young	More!	12	Elected 4
Queer Committee	Sell Elliot	More!	6	Elected 6
Queer Committee	A’bidah Zaid Shirbeeni	More!	4
Queer Committee	Kath Lloyd	More!	5
Queer Committee	Raph Canty	More!	17
Queer Committee	Tegan Evans	More!	2
Queer Officer	Jan Maruska		236
Queer Officer	Andie Moore	More!	745
Queer Officer	Will Parker	More!
Queer Representative on Students’ Council	Amelia Reeves	More!	565
Queer Representative on Students’ Council	Nicola Eenink	Stand Up!	465
Queer Representative on Students’ Council	Jan Maruska
Students of Colour Representative on Students’ Council	Lalatuai Grogan	More!	508
Students of Colour Representative on Students’ Council	Ashley Wong Su Yean	Stand Up!	471
Students of Colour Representative on Students’ Council	Xavier Boffa		32
Students with Disabilities Representative on Students’ Council	Jacinta Dowe	More!	373
Students with Disabilities Representative on Students’ Council	Dana Riley	Stand Up!	350
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Frank Tyson	欢迎国际学生加入 – International Students Welcome	156
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Melinda Suter	Melbourne Socialists	160
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Anneke Demanuele	Melbourne Socialists	4
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Shontelle Fisher	Melbourne Socialists	0
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Nick Reich	Melbourne Socialists	4
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Atticus Banks	Melbourne Socialists	1
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Emily White	Melbourne Socialists	4
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Xavier Boffa		21
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Zhiyu Zhao		12
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Georgia Walton Briggs	Stand Up!	1142	elected 1
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Eva Addinsall	Stand Up!	6	elected 5
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Gurpreet Singh	Stand Up!	8	elected 7
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Jessica Miller	Stand Up!	5	elected 9
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Terence Taylor	Stand Up!	2	elected 11
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Emma Parkinson	Stand Up!	2	elected 13
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Sophie Kerrigan	Stand Up!	9
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Jack Buksh	Stand Up!	4
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Alice Smith	Stand Up!	5
Students’ Council (General Representative)	YUJING XIE		7
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Neera Kadkol	Extend The Free Tram Zone	210	elected 3
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Yavuz		0
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Naixin Zhang		2
Students’ Council (General Representative)	huiqinghu		2
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Conor Day	Independent Media	201	elected 4
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Sarah Peters	Independent Media	8
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Daniel Beratis	Independent Media	9
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Trent Vu	Independent Media	5
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Noni Cole	Independent Media	0
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Monique O’Rafferty	Independent Media	5
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Michael Josefsson		2
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Natasha Prasad		2
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Lucy Turton	More!	957	elected 2
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Tim Lilley	More!	9	elected 6
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Catriona Smith	More!	11	elected 8
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Chi Wai Wong (Kaimon)	More!	0	elected 10
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Worapitcha Laichant	More!	7	elected 12
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Harry Black	More!	17
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Alex Fielden	More!	7
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Lachlan Hinds	More!	10
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Akshita Bhargava	More!	0
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Leon Wang	More!	17
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Nurul Juhria Binte Kamal	More!	2
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Joshua Munro	More!	6
Students’ Council (General Representative)	Jordan Di Natale	More!	15
University Council	huiqinghu		548
University Council	Xavier Boffa		574
University Council	Tyson Holloway-Clarke	The Biggest Blackest Ticket	1180
VCA Activities and Events Co-ordinator	Marcus Peters	More!	76
VCA Activities and Events Co-ordinator	Jan Maruska		17
VCA Campaigns Co-ordinator	Jan Maruska		16
VCA Campaigns Co-ordinator	Lachlan McLean	More!	79
VCA Campus Co-ordinator	Hilary Ekins	More!	72
VCA Campus Co-ordinator	Shontelle Fisher	Melbourne Socialists	10
VCA Campus Co-ordinator	Jan Maruska		10
VCA Campus Co-ordinator byelection	Hilary Ekins	More!
VCA Committee (General Representative)	Jan Maruska
VCA Committee (General Representative)	Erica Wild	Stand Up!
VCA Committee (General Representative)	Hayley Edwards	Stand Up!
VCA Committee (General Representative)	Noah Huxtable	Stand Up!
VCA Committee (General Representative)	Carmody Nicol	Stand Up!
VCA Committee (General Representative)	Molly Ward	Stand Up!
VCA Committee (General Representative)	Carter Mursell	More!
VCA Committee (General Representative)	Nicole Ng	More!
VCA Committee (General Representative)	Hayden Williams	More!
Welfare Committee	Jane Michelle Serrao	More!	1349	elected 2
Welfare Committee	Samantha Tirtajaya	More!	16	elected 4
Welfare Committee	Ngan Kash	More!	3	elected 6
Welfare Committee	Kamol Kin	More!	18
Welfare Committee	Ouyang Xiong	More!	38
Welfare Committee	Siming Hao	More!	10
Welfare Committee	Shi Meen Yeo	More!	16
Welfare Committee	Jessica Madanayake	Stand Up!	1494	elected 1
Welfare Committee	Emma Parkinson	Stand Up!	10	elected 3
Welfare Committee	Dean Karopoulos	Stand Up!	24	elected 5
Welfare Committee	Nadine Newell	Stand Up!	8	elected 7
Welfare Committee	Christian Gioia	Stand Up!	1
Welfare Committee	Hannah Li	Stand Up!	26
Welfare Committee	Alec Watt	Stand Up!	2
Welfare Officer	Noni Bridger	Stand Up!	1236
Welfare Officer	DOMINIC (Dommy) ROQUE ILAGAN	STAND UP!
Welfare Officer	Ashwin Chhaperia	More!	1256
Welfare Officer	Natasha Guglielmino	More!
Women’s Committee	Nicole Nguyen	More!	774	elected 2
Women’s Committee	Nurul Juhria Binte Kamal	More!		elected 4
Women’s Committee	Nour Altoukhi	More!		elected 6
Women’s Committee	Tallulah Duffy	More!
Women’s Committee	Ciara O’Sullivan	More!
Women’s Committee	Phoebe Tang	More!
Women’s Committee	Ouyang Xiong	More!
Women’s Committee	Xueying Lu
Women’s Committee	Zhiyu Zhao
Women’s Committee	VINDHYA VASINI SHATDARSANAM
Women’s Committee	Eva Addinsall	Stand Up!	951	elected 1
Women’s Committee	Rhea Madan	Stand Up!		elected 3
Women’s Committee	Naomi Smith	Stand Up!		elected 5
Women’s Committee	Sherry Du	Stand Up!		elected 7
Women’s Committee	Christine Semerdjian	Stand Up!
Women’s Committee	Sam Zaman	Stand Up!
Women’s Committee	Grace Sanders	Stand Up!
Women’s Officer	Dilpreet Kaur	More!	731	746
Women’s Officer	Rose-Monet Wilson Scott	More!
Women’s Officer	Criselda (Aria) Sunga	Stand Up!	755	786
Women’s Officer	Hannah Buchan	Stand Up!
Women’s Officer	Zhiyu Zhao		130

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