UMSU By-election May 2025
Provisional Declaration of By-Election
Nominations have close.
Formal nominations have been received for the following positions:
Burnley Campus Coordinator Ian Adams
Burnley Campus Committee (6 positions) Yimei He
Lin Lin
Emma Barnes
Bridget O’Bree
Indigenous Committee No nominations received
All candidates are declared provisionally elected.
Appeals against the election must be lodged by 5pm Monday May 12.
Stephen Luntz
Returning Officer
Above Quota Elections
7/5/2025
Electoral Regulations
The rules for the byelection are laid out in the Electoral Regulations.
Returning Officer contact details
The election is run by an impartial Returning Officer, who is independent of UMSU and the University, and answers to the Electoral Tribunal. For this election, the Returning Officer is Stephen Luntz of Above Quota Elections Pty Ltd.
Visit the Election website: http://umsu.unimelb.edu.au/elections
Returning Officer: Stephen Luntz sluntz@abovequota.com.au
Deputy Returning Officer: Patrick Clearwater pclearwater@abovequota.com.au
Email note: as we are still waiting for University IT to set up our usual shared returningofficer@union.unimelb.edu.au, please ensure all emails are sent to sluntz@abovequota.com.au. Mail sent to returningofficer@union.unimelb.edu.au cannot currently be read by us and accordingly does not constitute effective delivery to the Returning Officer.
Mail: UMSU Returning Officer, c/o Above Quota Elections, PO Box 2157, Fitzroy, VIC 3065
Appointments on campus may be made by request.
For further information on eligibility to stand and to vote in the election, please consult the Election Regulations.
Stephen Luntz
Above Quota Elections Pty Ltd
Returning Officer
17 April 2025