Adelaide Student Politics

Posted: 6th of September

Counting Method Used: Hare-Clarke Proportional Representation.

Referendum: 1 Question (thanks University Council!). Passes (75% ‘Yes’ vote)
Votes Cast: 2890. Up 300 from 2008 election.
Quota (i.e. Minimum first preferences to be elected): 168

Primary Votes

• Sam Blackman (Activate) – 71
• Jason Virgo (Activate) – 84
• Ben Wright (Innovate) – 22
• Eric Fan Yang (International) – 161
• Tim Picton (Innovate) – 84
• Courtney Griffiths (Indy-Go) – 18
• Stephanie Ghellar (Innovate) – 83
• Kim Dowling (Indy-Go) – 63
• Satchi Riehl (Activate) – 91
• Hayden Tronnolone (Indy-Go) – 35
• Asleigh Lustica (Activate) – 120
• Melissa Westbrook (Innovate) – 41
• Andrew Anson (Innovate) – 114
• John Dexter (Indy-Go) – 63
• Sarah Anderson (Activate) – 119
• Luke Lendrum (Indy-Go) – 41
• Claire Wong (Innovate) – 90
• Fan Wang (Internationals) – 63
• James Moffatt (Indy-Go) – 62
• Eric Parsonage (Independent) – 105
• Nina Miernik (Innovate) – 12
• Penelope Nugent (Liberty) – 171 (Broke Quota – Automatically Elected)
• Juan Legaspi (Innovate) – 67
• Patrick McCabe (Indy-Go) – 84
• Emmanuel Njuguna (Indy-Go) – 106
• Rhiannon Newman (Activate) – 65
• Fletcher O’Leary (Activate) – 106
• Daniel Fawcett (Liberty) – 77
• Daniel Bills (Innovate) – 88
• Raffaele Piccolo (Activate) – 112
• Sinaed O’Shaughnessy (Innovate) – 48
• Adam Kreminski (Indy-Go) – 10
• Luke Tran (International) – ?
• Shaoming Zhu (Liberty) – 174 (Broke Quote- Automatically Elected)
• Xu Ting (International) – 134

Eliminations (in order. Subject to both primary count and preference flows): Nina Miernik (Innovate), Adam Kreminski (Indy-Go), Courtney Griffiths (Indy-Go), Ben Wright (Innovate), Hayden Tronnolone (Indy-Go), Melissa Westbrook (Innovate), Rhiannon Newman (Activate), Sinaed O’Shaughnessy (Innovate), James Moffatt (Indy-Go), Fan Wang (International), Luke Lendrum (Indy-Go), John Dexter (Indy-Go), Juan Legaspi (Innovate), Sam Blackman (Activate), Daniel Fawcett (Liberals), Stephanie Ghellar (Innovate), Daniel Bills (Innovate), Jason Virgo (Activate), Luke Tran (International).

Sum Total Primaries By Faction:

• Internationals: 446
• Innovate: 563
• Activate: 764
• Indy-Go: 452
• Liberty: 417

Average Total Primaries By Candidate By Faction:

• Internationals: 446/4 = 111.5
• Innovate: 563/10 = 56.3
• Activate: 764/8 = 95.5
• Indy-Go: 452/9 = 50.2
• Liberty: 417/3 = 139

Preference Flows: Far too complex for me to understand

Final Board:

• Eric Parsonage
• Eric Fan Yang
• Xu Ting
• Penelope Nugent
• Shaoming Zhu
• Andrew Anson
• Claire Wong
• Timothy Picton
• Kim Dowling
• Patrick McCabe
• Emmanuel Njuguna
• Fletcher O’Leary
• Ashleigh Lustica
• Satchi Riehl
• Sarah Anderson
• Raffaele Picollo

(Loose) Factional Board Makeup:

• 9 Left
• 7 Right

Update: Patrick McCabe got 84 primary votes, not 54. This means 63 is now the lowest primary vote needed to get elected in 2009