In a race closer than expected, Devin Alfaro was elected as VP External, with 50.7 per cent of the popular vote, capturing 2,917 votes to Trevor Hanna's 2,238.
"I'm very happy with the results. I won by a solid margin," Alfaro said. "I think it's going to be a good year. There's going to be a lot of work but we have a great team, and I feel the best people for the job won."
Hanna, who conceded defeat the day before the results were released, was gracious. "I thought it would have been a wider margin," he said. "I know [Alfaro is] going to do well next year and he's got my full support."
All five referenda questions passed by significant margins, with the most anticipated question regarding the Daily Publication Society fee renewal passing at an overwhelming 80 per cent affirmative vote.
"We expected to win. We didn't expect it to be as big as it was," said DPS Board Member Jeremy Delman. "Before going into this, we were quite certain that we did have student support for both newspapers, but what this did show to us and the campus community was how much support there is out there."
The online opt-out system motion, which commits SSMU to lobby to end the current Minerva system, passed 65.6 per cent to 27.5 per cent. The clubs and services motion requiring SSMU to refrain from making decision that would endanger the existence of clubs and services also passed 81.3 per cent to 11.5 per cent.
The two remaining motions concerning the Chief Electoral Officer name change and the required SSMU auditing firm passed with 72.2 per cent and 68.8 per cent support, respectively. n
-With reporting by Thomas Quail, Kate Spirgen, Ken Sun, Byron Tau and Vincci Tsui
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