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Byelection Timeline fall 2026 | ||
Call for nominations | September 14 | |
Nominations results posted | October 2 | |
Nominations posted | October 7 | |
Campaign period | October 7 to November 5 | |
Online election | November 2 to November 5 | |
Election results posted | November 10 | |
Report results to Senate | November 30 | |
| No of Seats | Terms of office |
Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation | 2 | November 10, 2026 – August 31, 2029 |
Faculty of Health | 1 | November 10, 2026 – August 31, 2029 |
Faculty of Trades & Technology | 1 | November 10, 2026 – August 31, 2029 |
Melville School of Business | 1 | November 10, 2026 – August 31, 2027 |
Students | 1 | November 10, 2026 – August 31, 2027 |
There are no staff positions in this election.
Spring 2026 Election Results
| Senate Election Results | Terms of Office |
Faculty of Academic & Career Preparation (2 seats)
| September 1, 2026 – August 31, 2029 |
Faculty of Health (1 seat)
| September 1, 2026 – August 31, 2029 |
Faculty of Trades & Technology (2 seats)
| September 1, 2026 – August 31, 2029 |
Melville School of Business (2 seats)
| March 24, 2026 - August 31, 2029 March 24, 2026 – August 31, 2027 |
Wilson School of Design (1 seat)
| September 1, 2026 – August 31, 2029 |
Student Senators (4 seats)
| September 1, 2026 – August 31, 2027 |
| Board of Governors Election Results | Terms of Office |
Faculty (2 seats)
| September 1, 2026 – August 31, 2029 March 24, 2026 – August 31, 2027 |
Students (3 seats)
| March 24, 2026 - August 31, 2026 September 1, 2026 – August 31, 2027 September 1, 2026 – August 31, 2027 |
Fall 2025 Election Results
| Fall 2025 Senate Byelection Results | Term of office |
| Faculty of Academic & Career Preparation - 1 seat available - no candidate | November 1, 2025 - August 31, 2028 |
| Faculty of Trades & Technology - 1 seat available - no candidate | November 1, 2025 - August 31, 2028 |
| Melville School of Business – 1 seat available - no candidate | November 1, 2025 – August 31, 2027 |
| Support Staff (BCGEU and Administrative staff) - Leland Dieno (Elected) | November 1, 2025 - August 31, 2028 |
Spring 2025 Election Results
| Spring 2025 - Senate Results | Seats | Term of this election |
| Faculty of Academic & Career Preparation - no candidate | 1 | September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2028 |
Faculty of Health - Laura Del Rio Torres (Acclaimed) Faculty of Health - Catherine Schwichtenberg (Acclaimed) | 2 | September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2026 September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2028 |
| Faculty of Science - Richard Popoff (Elected) | 1 | September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2028 |
| Faculty of Trades & Technology - no candidate | 1 | September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2028 |
| Support Staff - no candidate | 1 | September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2028 |
Students: Raymond Chou (Elected) Sheena Dela Torre (Elected) Gurnoor Kaur (Elected) Harkomalpreet Singh Gill (Elected) | 4 | September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2026 |
| Spring 2025 - Board of Governors Results | Seats | Term of this election |
Students: Anirudh Agnihotri (Elected) Karanbir Boparai (Elected) | 2 | September 1, 2025 - August 31, 2026 |
Fall 2024 Byelection Results
Senate Faculty Results | Term of this election |
Faculty of Educational Support & Development Melissa Cuthill (Acclaimed) | November 1, 2024 – August 31, 2027 |
Melville School of Business Hannah Celinski (Acclaimed) | November 1, 2024 – August 31, 2027 |
Wilson School of Design Michael Cober (Acclaimed) | November 1, 2024 – August 31, 2027 |
Spring 2024 Election Results
Senate Faculty Results | Term of this election |
Faculty of Arts Mike Larsen (Acclaimed) Tara Lyons (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2027 |
Faculty of Educational Support & Development Celia Brinkerhoff (Acclaimed) 1 seat - no candidate | September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2027 |
Faculty of Science Allyson Rozell (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2027 |
| Melville School of Business - no candidate | September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2027 |
| Wilson School of Design - no candidate | September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2027 |
| Senate Support Staff Results | |
| Jenna Smith (Elected) | September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2027 |
| Senate Students Results | |
Jasnoor Bassi (Elected) Hardik Kansal (Elected) Jashanpreet Singh (Elected) Khushi Tiwana (Elected) | September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2025 |
BOARD OF GOVERNORS FACULTY RESULTS | Term of this Election |
|---|---|
| Joe Vosburgh (Elected) | September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2027 |
| BOARD OF GOVERNORS STAFF RESULTS | |
| Kim McGill (Elected) | September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2027 |
| BOARD OF GOVERNORS STUDENT RESULTS | |
Amrit Chahal (Elected) Mehtoj Ghuman (Elected) | September 1, 2024 – August 31, 2025 |
Fall 2023 Byelection Results
SENATE FACULTY RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Faculty of Educational Support and Development - 1 seat - no candidates | November 1, 2023 - August 31, 2024 |
| Faculty of Science - 1 seat - Allyson Rozell (Acclaimed) | November 1, 2023 - August 31, 2024 |
| Faculty of Trades and Technology - 1 seat - Mike Mann (Acclaimed) | November 1, 2023 - August 31, 2026 |
| Melville School of Business - 1 seat - Judy Benevides (Acclaimed) | November 1, 2023 - August 31, 2026 |
| Wilson School of Design - 2 seats - Michael Cober (Acclaimed) | November 1, 2023 - August 31, 2024 |
| Wilson School of Design - Lindsay Norris (Acclaimed) | November 1, 2023 - August 31, 2026 |
Spring 2023 Election Results
SENATE FACULTY RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Academic & Career Preparation - Diane Van der Gucht (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2026 |
| Arts - Cherylynn Bassani (Acclaimed) | April 5, 2023 - August 31, 2024 |
| Business - 1 seat - no candidates | September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2026 |
| Design - 2 seats - no candidates | April 5, 2023 - August 31, 2024 |
| Design | September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2026 |
| Health - Catherine Schwichtenberg (Elected) | April 5, 2023 - August 31, 2025 |
| Health - Donna Danielson (Elected) | September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2026 |
| Trades & Technology - 1 seat - no candidates | September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2026 |
| SENATE STUDENT RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
Syeda Hafsa (Elected) Navleen Kaur (Elected) Zahra Khan (Elected) Guntas Kochar (Elected) | September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2024 |
BOARD OF GOVERNORS FACULTY RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Faculty - Lyndsay Passmore (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2026 |
| BOARD OF GOVERNORS STUDENT RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
Student Candidates - Ishant Goyal (Elected) and Aryan Kalia (Elected) | September 1, 2023 - August 31, 2024 |
Fall 2022 Byelection Results
SENATE FACULTY RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
Faculty of Academic & Career Preparation - 1 seat Ian Stanwood - Elected | November 1, 2022 - August 31, 2025 |
| Faculty of Arts - 1 seat - No candidate | November 1, 2022 - August 31, 2024 |
| Faculty of Health - 1 seat - No candidate | November 1, 2022 - August 31, 2025 |
| SENATE SUPPORT STAFF RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
| Travis Higo - Elected | November 1, 2022 - August 31, 2025 |
Spring 2022 Election Results
SENATE FACULTY RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Academic & Career Preparation - No candidate | September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2025 |
| Faculty of Health - No candidate | September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2025 |
| Faculty of Science - Fergal Callaghan (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2025 |
| Faculty of Trades & Technology - Bob Davis (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2025 |
| SENATE SUPPORT STAFF RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
| Support staff - No Candidate | September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2025 |
| SENATE STUDENT RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
Jarman Dhillon (Acclaimed) Navleen Kaur (Acclaimed) Rajmale Kaur (Acclaimed) Rashminder Singh (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023 September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023 September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023 April 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023 |
BOARD OF GOVERNORS STUDENT RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
Ishant Goyal (Elected) Harman Preet Singh (Elected) | September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023 September 1, 2022 - August 31, 2023 |
Fall 2021 Byelection Results
FACULTY SENATE RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Educational Support & Development (1 seat) Marti Alger - acclaimed | November 1, 2021 - August 31, 2024 |
| Melville School of Business (1 seat) Katherine Carpenter - acclaimed | November 1, 2021 - August 31, 2024 |
Spring 2021 Election Results
FACULTY SENATE RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Faculty of Academic & Career Preparation - Bogdan Bryja (Acclaimed) | April 1, 2021 - August 31, 2022 |
Faculty of Arts - Lilach Marom (Acclaimed) Fiona Whittington-Walsh (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2024 |
| Melville School of Business - No candidate | September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2024 |
Faculty of Educational Support and Development Andre Iwanchuk (Acclaimed) 1 representative will be sought in the fall byelection | September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2024 |
| Wilson School of Design - Natasha Campbell (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2024 |
| Faculty of Science - Amy Jeon (Elected) | September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2024 |
SENATE SUPPORT STAFF RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
| Professional Support Staff - Shelley Strimbold (Elected) | September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2024 |
| SENATE STUDENTS RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
Xavier Ardez (Elected) Purru Sandhu (Elected) Olivia Takaoka (Elected) Remi Jazvine Zulfikar Reshma (Elected) | September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2022 |
BOARD FACULTY RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Faculty Member - Takashi Sato (Elected) | September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2024 |
BOARD OF GOVERNORS SUPPORT STAFF RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
| Professional Support Staff - Waheed Taiwo (Elected) | September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2024 |
BOARD OF GOVERNORS STUDENT RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
Rahul Malhotra (Elected) Purru Sandhu (Elected) | September 1, 2021 - August 31, 2022 |
Fall 2020 Byelection Results
SENATE FACULTY RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Faculty of Health - Corrie Nichols (Acclaimed) | November 1, 2020 - August 31, 2023 |
| Faculty of Science - Fergal Callaghan (Acclaimed) | November 1, 2020 - August 31, 2022 |
| Melville School of Business - Lyndsay Passmore (Acclaimed) | November 1, 2020 - August 31, 2023 |
| Wilson School of Design - Heather Clark (Acclaimed) | November 1, 2020 - August 31, 2023 |
Spring 2020 Election Results
SENATE FACULTY RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Faculty of Academic & Career Preparation - Melissa Swanink (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2023 |
| Faculty of Trades and Technology - Tom Westgate (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2023 |
| Faculty of Health - No candidate | |
| Melville School of Business - No candidate | |
| Wilson School of Design - No candidate | |
| SENATE SUPPORT STAFF RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
| Melissa Krahn (Elected) | September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2022 |
| SENATE STUDENT RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
| Akshat Garg (elected) | September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2021 |
| Pallav Sharma (elected) | September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2021 |
| Harman Singh (elected) | September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2021 |
| Sharanveer Singh (elected) | September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2021 |
BOARD OF GOVERNORS FACULTY RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Bob Davis (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2023 |
| BOARD OF GOVERNORS STUDENT RESULTS | |
| Rajvir Mangat (Elected) | September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2021 |
| David Piraquive (Elected | September 1, 2020 - August 31, 2021 |
Fall 2019 Byelection Results
SENATE STUDENT RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Guramritpal Singh (Elected) | November 1, 2019 - August 31, 2020 |
| Ranpal Singh Sandhu (Elected) | November 1, 2019 - August 31, 2020 |
| Harshdeep Singh (Elected) | November 1, 2019 - August 31, 2020 |
Spring 2019 Election Results
SENATE FACULTY RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Faculty of Academic & Career Preparation - Randal Thiessen (Elected) | September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2022 |
| Faculty of Trades and Technology - Bob Davis (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2022 |
| Faculty of Health - Catherine Schwichtenberg (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2022 |
| Melville School of Business - Robert Ironside (Elected) | September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2020 |
| Faculty of Science - Rebecca Harbut (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2022 |
| SENATE SUPPORT STAFF RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
| Herbie Atwal (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2022 |
| SENATE STUDENT RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
| Mansi (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2020 |
| Gurpreet Sabharwal (Acclaimed) | September 1 - 2019 - August 31, 2020 |
| No candidate | |
| No candidate |
BOARD OF GOVERNORS FACULTY RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| 1 seat - No candidate | |
| BOARD OF GOVERNORS STUDENT RESULTS | |
| Samantha Jack (Elected) | September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2020 |
| Taylor Lanthier (Elected) | September 1, 2019 - August 31, 2020 |
Fall 2018 Byelection Results
FACULTY SENATE RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Faculty of Health - Corrie Nicols (Acclaimed) | November 1, 2018 - August 31, 2019 |
| Faculty of Science - Rebecca Harbut (Acclaimed) | November 1, 2018 - August 31, 2019 |
| Faculty of Educational Support and Development - Marti Alger (Acclaimed) | November 1 - 2018 - August 31, 2019 |
Spring 2018 Election Results
FACULTY SENATE RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Faculty of Arts - David Burns (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2021 |
| Faculty of Design - 1 seat - no candidate | |
| Faculty of Educational Support and Development - Andre Iwanchuk (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2021 |
| Melville School of Business - Carlos Calao (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2021 |
| Faculty of Science - Amy Jeon (Acclaimed) | September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2021 |
| SENATE STAFF RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
| Stefanie Broad (Elected) | September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2021 |
| SENATE STUDENT RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
| Rawan Ali (elected) | September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2021 |
| Murdoch de Mooy (elected) | September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2021 |
| Lincoln Saugstad (elected) | September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2021 |
| Christina Wilcox (elected) | September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2021 |
BOARD OF GOVERNORS FACULTY RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
|---|---|
| Farhad Dastur – Faculty of Arts (Elected) | September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2021 |
| BOARD OF GOVERNORS STUDENT RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
| Samuel Baroi (Elected) | September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2021 |
| Akashdeep Bhullar (Elected) | September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2021 |
| BOARD OF GOVERNORS SUPPORT STAFF RESULTS | TERM OF OFFICE |
| Kim Rose (Elected) | September 1, 2018 - August 31, 2021 |