Elections

Each September, student elections are held on campus. In 2017 this will be September 4-8. If you want to run, nominations close midday August 11.

All current students are eligible to run for office and every person currently studying is eligible to vote. You’ll see lots of brightly coloured t-shirts campaigning for your affections during elections week. The candidate statements for students who are running for positions are printed in Farrago each year. You can pick up a copy and read about their plans for the following year.

Then you can cast your vote for the students that you think best represent what you would like UMSU to look like. It takes 5 minutes to vote!

The elections are governed by the UMSU Constitution, and the UMSU Electoral Regulations.

In the meantime, the doors of your student reps are always open. If something is really bugging you or you have a great idea for a project, why not visit or drop them a line? Their offices are on level 1, Union House.

Current Notices:

The following candidates have been provisionally elected unopposed:

Activities Officer Alex Fielden and Jordan Tochner (More!)

Indigenous Officer Jenna Kramme and Alexandra Hohoi (The Biggest Blackest Ticket)

Indigenous Officer (Remainder 2017) Alexandra Hohoi and Marley Holloway-Clarke (The Biggest Blackest Ticket)

Disabilities Officer Jacinta Dowe and Hien Ngyuen (More!)

Disabilities Officer (Remainder 2017) Alston Chu and Cassandra Prigg (More!)

Media Officer Jesse Paris-Jourdan, Esther Le Couteur, Ashleigh Barraclough, Monique O’Rafferty (Independent Media)

Indigenous Committee Wunambi Connor, Paris Mordecai, Olivia, Serena Rae Thompson, Yarramun Grace Conole and Ethan Taylor (all Biggest Blackest Ticket)

Disabilities Committee Lucy Birch, Bridie Cochrane-Holley, Ankita Panjratan, Russell Wong, Danielle Thorman (More!) Jessica Miller and Molly Willmott (Stand Up!)

Burnley General Committee Member XIE CUNYI, James Barclay, Isabelle Gundermann, Tess Giesen, Charlotte Bartlett-Wynne and Christopher James Carberry

Burnley General Committee Member (Remainder 2017) XIE CUNYI and Isabelle Gundermann

Provisional Declaration Of Single Member Positions (winning candidates in bold):

Position President	Candidate Lizzie Nicholson	Ticket More!	Primary 1339	After Preferences 1320
President	Themi Kritikakos	Choice	116	149
President	Desiree Cai	Stand Up!	1520	1585
President	Michael Sabljak	Liberal	104
President	Jasper Bell	Unite & Fight Racism	125
General Secretary	Jeremy Gibson	Left Focus	208
General Secretary	Daniel Beratis	More!	1324	1467
General Secretary	Chris Kounelis	Choice	130
General Secretary	Gaofei (Alice) Xue		123
General Secretary	Lai Ching ( Sonia ) Lim	Stand Up!	1225	1352
General Secretary	Xavier Boffa	Liberal	88
General Secretary	Miss Anmol Mehra		37
Clubs & Societies Officer	Matthew Simkiss and	More!	2229
Clubs & Societies Officer	Nellie Seale	More!
Clubs & Societies Officer	Endi Xu		511
Creative Arts Officer	Elizabeth Biggs	Liberal	283
Creative Arts Officer	Ashleigh Morris and	More!	1920
Creative Arts Officer	Freya McGrath	More!
Creative Arts Officer	Ilan Rosen	Choice	259
Creative Arts Officer	Madhumathi Ragunathan		206
Education Officer (Academic Affairs)	Nikhil Sachdev	Liberal	156
Education Officer (Academic Affairs)	Kristen Politis	Choice	164
Education Officer (Academic Affairs)	Mark Donato	Choice
Education Officer (Academic Affairs)	Alice Smith and	Stand Up!	1468	1507
Education Officer (Academic Affairs)	Toby Silcock	Stand Up!
Education Officer (Academic Affairs)	Kim Duong	More!	1300	133
Education Officer (Academic Affairs)	Louis Devine	More!
Education Officer (Public Affairs)	Emily Roberts	More!	1295	1397
Education Officer (Public Affairs)	Guy Coward	More!
Education Officer (Public Affairs)	Conor William James Clements and	Stand Up!	1334	1444
Education Officer (Public Affairs)	Madeleine Sarich-Prince	Stand Up!
Education Officer (Public Affairs)	Nikhil Sachdev	Liberal	136
Education Officer (Public Affairs)	Tristan Layton	Choice	156
Education Officer (Public Affairs)	Rachel Carey	Left Focus	161
Environment Officer	Nikhil Sachdev	Liberal	218
Environment Officer	Miss Anmol Mehra		129
Environment Officer	Callum Simpson and	More!	1617
Environment Officer	Lucy Turton	More!
Environment Officer	Tara Jalali		141
Environment Officer	Nick Reich	Left Focus	508
Environment Officer	Ignatius Vlachos	Choice	177
People of Colour Officer	Xavier Boffa	Liberal	105
People of Colour Officer	Terence Taylor	Left Focus	146
People of Colour Officer	Sid Gupta	Choice	129
People of Colour Officer	Hiruni Walimunige and	More!	618
People of Colour Officer	Reem Faiq	More!
Welfare Officer	Aoife Nicklason	More!	1314	1483
Welfare Officer	Isa Pendragon	More!
Welfare Officer	Cecilia Widjojo and	Stand Up!	1554	1618
Welfare Officer	Michael Aguilera	Stand Up!
Welfare Officer	Matthew Harper-Gomm		51
Welfare Officer	Erica Flude		21
Welfare Officer	Elizabeth Biggs	Liberal	142
Welfare Officer	Tash Pasaras	Choice	112
Women’s Officer	Tara Jalali		61
Women’s Officer	Irini Levou	Choice	57
Women’s Officer	Elizabeth Biggs	Liberal	65
Women’s Officer	Ilsa Harun	More!	625	667
Women’s Officer	Tessa Gould	More!
Women’s Officer	Kareena Dhaliwal	Stand Up!	730	766
Women’s Officer	Molly Willmott	Stand Up!
Women’s Officer	Erica Flude
Women’s Officer	Miss Anmol Mehra
Burnley Campus Coordinator	Isabelle Gundermann		5
Burnley Campus Coordinator	James Barclay		7
Burnley Campus Coordinator	XIE CUNYI		1
Victorian College of the Arts Activities and Events Co-ordinator	Xavier Da Costa	Choice	7
Victorian College of the Arts Activities and Events Co-ordinator	Marcus Peters	More!	23
Victorian College of the Arts Campaigns Co-ordinator	Clara Cruz Jose	More!	24
Victorian College of the Arts Campaigns Co-ordinator	Xavier Da Costa	Choice	6
Victorian College of the Arts Campus Co-ordinato	Xavier Da Costa	Choice	1
Victorian College of the Arts Campus Co-ordinator	Nicholas Lam	More!	19
Victorian College of the Arts Campus Co-ordinator	Shonty Fisher	Left Focus	15
Graduate Representative on Students Council	Alex Vanstan	Choice	47
Graduate Representative on Students Council	Joe Moore	More!	259	264
Graduate Representative on Students Council	Travis Hughes	Stand Up!	399	406
Graduate Representative on Students Council	Tara Jalali		38
Graduate Representative on Students Council	Xavier Boffa	Liberal	32
Graduate Representative on Students Council	Alastair Gustav James	Left Focus	45
Graduate Representative on Students Council	Erica Flude		7
International Representative on Students Council	Annie Liew	Stand Up!	774
International Representative on Students Council	Tara Jalali		45
International Representative on Students Council	Gaofei (Alice) Xue		104
International Representative on Students Council	Weishuo Ruan		42
International Representative on Students Council	Endi Xu		38
International Representative on Students Council	Wing Kuang	More!	270
International Representative on Students Council	Miss Anmol Mehra		39
Queer Representative on Students Council	Katie Doherty	More!	768	800
Queer Representative on Students Council	Niamh Marah	Left Focus	177
Queer Representative on Students Council	Nicholas Wright	Stand Up!	730	771
Students with Disabilities Representative on Students Council	Adriana Mells	Stand Up!	565
Students with Disabilities Representative on Students Council	Alston Chu	More!	398
Students with Disabilities Representative on Students Council	Alex Vanstan	Choice	45
Students of Colour Representative on Students Council	Terence Taylor	Left Focus	60
Students of Colour Representative on Students Council	Xavier Boffa	Liberal	67
Students of Colour Representative on Students Council	Madhumathi Ragunathan		34
Students of Colour Representative on Students Council	Ethan Taylor	More!	487	535
Students of Colour Representative on Students Council	Sherine Abraham		26
Students of Colour Representative on Students Council	Abhineet Gupta	Choice	49
Students of Colour Representative on Students Council	Hanady Kaik	Stand Up!	593	618

Candidates Declared Provisionally Elected To Multi-member positions in order:

Students Council	Blake Atmaja	More!	1
Students Council	Noni Bridger	Stand Up!	2
Students Council	Kayley Cuzzubbo	More!	3
Students Council	Hannah Buchan	Stand Up!	4
Students Council	Jacob Sacher	More!	5
Students Council	Rajan DOMINIC Roque ILAGAN	Stand Up!	6
Students Council	Catriona Smith	More!	7
Students Council	Elizabeth Tembo	Stand Up!	8
Students Council	Rory O’Kane	More!	9
Students Council	Stephanie Zhang	Independent Media	10
Students Council	Jessica Miller	Stand Up!	11
Students Council	Sukhmani Randhawa	More!	12
Students Council	Lilian Day	欢迎国际学生加入	13
Students Council	Rachel Carey	Left Focus	14
Students Council	Neera Kadkol	Extend the Free Tram Zone	15
Activities Committee	Joshua Bruni	More!	1
Activities Committee	Grace Kang	Stand Up!	2
Activities Committee	Jackson Young	More!	3
Activities Committee	Mia Vo (Ngan Vo)	Stand Up!	4
Activities Committee	Raveena Grace	More!	5
Activities Committee	Ririka Fujimoto	Stand Up!	6
Activities Committee	Misa Murphy	More!	7
Creative Arts Committee	Misa Murphy	More!	1
Creative Arts Committee	Daisy Elizabeth Feller	Stand Up!	2
Creative Arts Committee	Alexander Guerin	More!	3
Creative Arts Committee	Grace Kang	Stand Up!	4
Creative Arts Committee	Alex McFadden	More!	5
Creative Arts Committee	Ririka Fujimoto	Stand Up!	6
Creative Arts Committee	Adelaide Greig	More!	7
Education Committee	Emma Fazzino	More!	1
Education Committee	Elizabeth Tembo	Stand Up!	2
Education Committee	Annette Jacobsen	More!	3
Education Committee	Rajan DOMINIC Roque ILAGAN	Stand Up!	4
Education Committee	Elizabeth Vu	More!	5
Education Committee	Ru Bee Chung	Stand Up!	6
Education Committee	Rachel Carey	Left Focus	7
Environment Committee	Beiwei Lin	More!	1
Environment Committee	Janina Gissela Chuchuca Cely	Stand Up!	2
Environment Committee	Olive Gole	More!	3
Environment Committee	Ayushi Mahajan	Stand Up!	4
Environment Committee	Tessa Campisi	More!	5
Environment Committee	Julia Harrison	Stand Up!	6
Environment Committee	Jeremy Gibson	Left Focus	7
National Union of Students Delegate	Melinda Suter	Stand Up!	1
National Union of Students Delegate	Ella Shi	More!	2
National Union of Students Delegate	Shania Khan	Stand Up!	3
National Union of Students Delegate	Daniel Beratis	More!	4
National Union of Students Delegate	Alice Smith	Stand Up!	5
National Union of Students Delegate	James Power	More!	6
National Union of Students Delegate	Nick Reich	Left Focus	7
People of Colour Committee	Taha Noman	Stand Up!	1
People of Colour Committee	Julie Ja	More!	2
People of Colour Committee	Ei Pyae Pyae Phyo	Stand Up!	3
People of Colour Committee	Farah Khairat	More!	4
People of Colour Committee	Abhijit Taleppadi	Stand Up!	5
People of Colour Committee	Hannah Li	Stand Up!	6
People of Colour Committee	Yaameen Al-Muttaqi	More!	7
Queer Committee	Ankita Panjratan	More!	1
Queer Committee	Abhijit Taleppadi	Stand Up!	2
Queer Committee	Kath Lloyd	More!	3
Queer Committee	Ru Bee Chung	Stand Up!	4
Queer Committee	Raph Canty	More!	5
Queer Committee	Jeremy O’Keeffe	Stand Up!	6
Queer Committee	Natasha Charmaine Manawadu	More!	7
Victorian College of the Arts General Committee Member	Chris King	More!	1
Victorian College of the Arts General Committee Member	Xavier Da Costa	Choice	2
Victorian College of the Arts General Committee Member	Eleanor Kirk	More!	3
Victorian College of the Arts General Committee Member	Sebastian Klarica	More!	4
Victorian College of the Arts General Committee Member	Annabelle Ots	More!	5
Victorian College of the Arts General Committee Member	Jennifer Ciliberto	More!	6
Victorian College of the Arts General Committee Member	Michael Norris	More!	7
Welfare Committee	Jessica Miller	Stand Up!	1
Welfare Committee	Beiwei Lin	More!	2
Welfare Committee	Nicholas Wright	Stand Up!	3
Welfare Committee	Andrew Tan	More!	4
Welfare Committee	Joshua Mills	Stand Up!	5
Welfare Committee	Nistha Kumar	More!	6
Welfare Committee	Stephanie Kee	Stand Up!	7