CALGARY – Although youth weren’t able to vote in the 2013 municipal election, they did cast ballots in an election of their own.
Over 3,000 under-18 students from schools across Calgary voted in a mock election on Monday, as part of the Youth Can Vote program by Youth Central.
Participating schools were provided with ballot boxes and privacy screens to give students a realistic taste of democracy.
Although the results of the student vote closely mirrored the results of the real election, there were some big differences in several wards.
Naheed Nenshi did win the mayoral youth election with 72.6 per cent of the vote, but students elected different counsellors in five wards.
Chris Harper dominated Ward 1 at 55.5 per cent, with Ward Sutherland, who won the official race by a hair, had 24.2 per cent of the votes in the youth election.
In Ward 2, Bernie Dowhan won with 39.7 per cent of the vote. Elected Councillor Joe Magliocca came in second in the youth election with 34.9 per cent.
In Ward 7, Brent Alexander squeaked out a win against Druh Farrell by a difference of two votes.
Incumbent John Mar won the youth election in Ward 8 with 80.6 per cent, with newly elected Councillor Evan Woolley at 12.9 per cent.
Shawn Kao won the youth election in Ward 14, with 56.1 per cent of the vote.
There were 55 schools who submitted their results to Youth Central for tabulation.
See the full results below:
Mayoral election:
3302 youth voted
Naheed Nenshi: 72.6%
Jon Lord: 10%
Sandra Hunter: 5.2%
Carter Thomson: 3.4%
Larry Heather: 2.3%
Milan Papez: 2.2%
Norm Perrault: 1.8%
Bruce Jackman (not eligible): 1.8%
Jonathan Joseph Sunstrum: 0.7%
Ward 1:
589 youth voted
Chris Harper: 55.5%
Ward Sutherland: 24.3%
Judi Vandenbrink: 13.9%
John Hilton O’Brien: 5.4%
Dan Larabie: 0.9%
Ward 2:
126 youth voted
Bernie Dowhan: 39.7%
Joe Magliocca: 34.9%
Shawn Ripley: 11.1%
Terry Wong: 7.9%
Richard Poon: 6.4%
Ward 3:
277 youth voted
Jim Stevenson: 92.8%
Tanveer Taj: 7.2%
Ward 4:
147 youth voted
Sean Chu: 52.4%
Gael Macleod: 27.2%
Michael Hartford: 11.6%
Blair Houston: 6.8%
Yuri Shterngartz: 2%
Ward 5:
88 youth voted
Ray Jones: 83%
Pritpal Dhaliwal: 5.7%
Bev Hearn: 11.3%
Ward 6:
51 youth voted
Richard Pootmans: 84.3%
Joe Connelly: 9.8%
Robert Bowles: 5.9%
James Istvanffy: 0%
Ward 7:
130 youth voted
Brent Alexander: 29.2%
Druh Farrell: 27.7%
Kevin Taylor: 23.1%
Joylin Nodwell: 20%
Ward 8:
31 youth voted
John Mar: 80.6%
Evan Woolley: 12.9%
Ian Newman: 6.5%
Ward 9:
97 youth voted
Gian-Carlo Carra: 34%
Richard Wilkie: 20.6%
Darwin Lahue: 19.6%
Stan Waciak: 13.4%
Jordan Katz: 12.4%
Ward 10:
278 youth voted
Andre Chabot: 69.4%
Numan Hussein: 18%
Nargis Dossa: 12.6%
Ward 11:
189 youth voted
Brian Pincott: 47.6%
James Maxim: 38.1%
Wayne Frisch: 14.3%
Ward 12:
137 youth voted
Shane Keating: 71.5%
Stephanie Kusie: 28.5%
Ward 13:
234 youth voted
Diane Colley-Urquhart: 49.6%
Adam Frisch: 27.8%
Scott Sorokoski: 22.6%
Ward 14:
287 youth voted
Shawn Kao: 56.1%
Peter Demong: 43.9%
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