Even though they are under the voting age, 13,522 elementary and high school students throughout Ontario had the opportunity to vote for candidates running for their municipal councils and school boards.

The Student Vote program is an experiential learning program that enables teachers to bring democracy to life in the classroom, and empowers students to practice the habits of active and engaged citizenship. 

For The Winnipeg Free Press, Maggie Macintosh reported on Manitoba’s Student Vote in a visit to The Met Centre for Arts and Technology.

“School is a place to start promoting (the democratic) process, so that as these students come of age to vote, they are standing up for their values and finding people that represent their values,” Kurt Hangle, a Grade 9 teacher-adviser in the Exchange District, told Macintosh.

As we watch the results of the Winnipeg Municipal Vote roll in, our learners have been active over the last weeks investigating the election, culminating in @CIVIX_Canada Student Vote today. Congratulations to Rama Bokhari on her election from MCAT! pic.twitter.com/5naib3K0q7

— Met Centre for Arts & Technology (@MetExchange) October 27, 2022

Participating students learned about municipal government and school divisions, and explored the issues and candidates through classroom activities, family discussion and campaign events. In the culminating activity, students took on the roles of election officials and coordinated a vote within their schools.

In the culminating activity of the Student Vote, students took on the roles of election officials and coordinated a vote within their schools.

Based on current tallies, 129 schools have submitted their Student Vote results, from 33 municipalities throughout Manitoba.

Highlights

• Winnipeg: In total, 10,565 students cast ballots from 78 schools in Winnipeg. Glen Murray was elected mayor, and the following candidates were elected to council:
  • Charleswood – Tuxedo – Westwood: Hal Anderson
  • Daniel McIntyre: Cindy Gilroy
  • Elmwood – East Kildonan: Jason Schreyer
  • Fort Rouge – East Fort Garry: Sherri Rollins
  • Mynarski: Ross Eadie
  • North Kildonan: Jeff Browaty
  • Point Douglas: Vivian Santos
  • River Heights – Fort Garry: John Orlikow
  • St. Boniface: Matt Allard
  • St. James: Shawn Dobson/Kelly Ryback (tie)
  • St. Vital: Brian Mayes
  • Transcona: Shawn Nason 
  • Waverley West: Janice Lukes 

• Brandon: Jeff Fawcett was elected mayor. 
• Winkler: Henry Siemens was elected mayor. 
• Portage la Prairie: Bryon Hamilton was elected reeve.
• Thompson: Colleen Smook was elected mayor.
• Flin Flon: Tim Babcock was elected mayor.
• The Pas: Jennifer Cook was elected mayor. 

 

The complete results for all municipalities and school divisions can be found at https://studentvote.ca/results/mbmuni2022