This year saw the second highest voter turnout in AMS Elections history, which the AMS Elections Committee and students attributed to several factors, including heavy advertising, polling stations and referenda items.
We broke down key takeaways from this year's election results: the second highest turnout ever and the first to elect a "joke" candidate since 2017.
Davey Li, Kareem Hassib, Mathew Ho, Kamil Kanji and Sultana Razia are your next student senators-at-large.
Bhangu and Hassib beat out former student senator Leonard Wang, and newcomers to student governance Onyekachukwu Odenigbo and Sultana Razia for seats on UBC’s highest governing body.
Tong, a third-year newcomer to the AMS, ran on a platform of advocating around affordability and accessibility issues.
To pass, referenda must get a total majority of ‘yes’ votes, and at least 4,918 students, 8 per cent of the student body, must vote ‘yes.’ Voter turnout for elections as a whole this year was 14,065 votes, 22.9 per cent.
Caguiat ran a platform of Nest accessibility, increased club engagement and sustainability.
Remy the Rat — represented by third-year English honours student Esmé Decker — will be the head of the kitchen (and AMS) next year.
When results were announced Kanji said he felt “over the fucking moon.”
Here we're covering major platform points from candidates in every race — president, VP academic and university affairs (VPAUA), VP administration, VP external, VP finance, Senate and the Board of Governors.
Here we're covering the Great Debate from March 3 where candidates in every race — VP academic and university affairs (VPAUA), VP administration, president, VP external, VP finance, Senate and the Board of Governors — debated each other across six hours.
Here we're covering the second Debate from March 2 where the candidates for VP finance, Senate and the Board of Governors debated each other. The lone VP external candidate was scheduled to debate as well, but she was absent.
Here we're covering the first debate from February 28 where the candidates for VP academic and university affairs (VPAUA), VP administration and president all debated each other.
According to a statement from the AMS Elections Committee sent to The Ubyssey, Caguiat “invited multiple Facebook friends, including a polling officer” to an event organized by another candidate.
Election season involves more than just voting for candidates — voting on referendum questions is another way to have your say about what happens in the AMS.
Remy, inspired by the Open Kitchen rat infamously spotted in January 2022, is running on a platform centred on climate justice, food security, and making the AMS “a student union again.”
Ben Du, the current AMS VP administration, is running to be AMS president with a focus on improving affordability, making AMS operations more efficient and bettering the student experience.
ChatGPT, the AI software scaring academics everywhere, is running to be the next AMS president on a platform of mental health, affordability and transparency.
Leonard Wang is running for the Board of Governors (BoG) to work toward increasing UBC’s international reputation, improving undergraduate experiences and promoting equity, diversity and inclusion.
