Luciano Heads New Defeats Khan by 57 Votes
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-- Happiness is winning elections VOL. XXIX TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 1966 NO. 27 Luciano Heads New , Defeats Khan By 57 votes Ron Luciano Friday won the presidency of the Sir George Students Undergraduate Society when he defeated Jawaid Khan by a margin of 57 votes in a total vote of over 1,300. Mr. Luciano polled a total of 681 votes to Mr. Khan’s 624, following one of the toughest campaigns for the The only members of next and June 1 most of the council presidency in recent years. year's council who also sat on members-elect will work with this year's council, will be Also elected to the execu the people whose positions they tive of the SUS was execu Messrs. Block and Luciano, who held the posts of Art Faculty will take over in order to Luciano and Manager Reinblatt tive vice-president Gilbert president and internal vice- familiarize themselves with the i t was close but we made it Block who won out over president this year. roles they will have to play Peter Fenwick, outdrawing In the interval between now when they jobs become active. him 786 ballots to 445. The internal vice-presidency of the student societies went to Improper polling procedures Frank Simkevitz who defeated op p o n en t Andrew Gaston 635 to 510. In a four-way race for the External V-P election external vice-president’s posi tion, Alex Savoyan beat out the three other candidates by poll ing 353 votes, only 14 more than declared illegal his nearest opponent Bob Barnes, who drew 339 votes. The election for the position of In a statement issued by the The' two other candidates. External vice-president of the Chief Returning Officer he placed Allen Nutik and Emil Fattal, responsibility for the oversight Students Undergraduate Society polled 330 and 235 respectively. of tire preferential system square However the election has been was yesterday invalidated by ly on himself and declared that declared invalid. SUS Chief Returning Officer “the ballot used for this position The secretaryship of the SUS John Carstairs, acting on a was not legal according to tire w e n t to Sherry Rubinstein, after by-law s.” she drew 647 ballots over Pearl charge of unconstitutionality laid Ostroff’s 534. by candidate Bob Barnes. Council president Moores in Steve Bernhut will head next formed Mr. Carstairs yesterday year's Arts Faculty association, Barnes, who placed second in that he would meet with the coun having defeated Peter Green the election behind Alex Savoyan, cil executive to pass a ruling on berg 431-277 ballots. charged that the election polling the matter. Occuping the presidency of procedure had violated the rules the Engineering faculty will be laid out in the constitution. Until such time as the coun Robert Heatli, who outdrew cil makes a .decision the exact He specifically cited Section Block and Fenwick Mike Burrows 55-42 at the polls. outcome of the misunderstanding A-l subsection c of the constitu One of us had to win The Commerce students of will not be known. tion which provides that “Where the university elected G eorge When it was pointed out to Clark president of their faculty more than two candidates con test any office, voting shall be Mr. Carstairs that certain coun for 1967. giving him a vote of cil members had been elected in 163 to opponent Kathy Bernath’s carried out on the preferential voting system.” violation of the Constitutional pro 114. vision in elections with two or Chairing the club’s commis That is. all voters will he more candidates, lie affirmed sion. the voice of most of the asked to vote for candidates in that they too had been elected Sir George clubs, will be D ennis order of preference indicating illegally and that as far as the R atclieff who oudrew opponent their choices by number; points constitution went were serving Sam Ivaib almost 2-1 at the will be awarded for the prefer on council illegally. polls with a vote of 729 to 328. ence numbers indicated with four Total turnout at the polls was points awarded for a first pre Notable among tiiese is Exter 1337 — the largest vote in re ference, three for a second, etc. nal v-p Louise Karsh, elected last cent years and according to stu with the candidate polling the November in a three-way race. dent politicians “an indication greatest number of points de of the new interest of the stu clared the winner. dents in their student govern m e n t.” In announcing the invalidation Results of the elections were of the election Mr. Carstairs announced at 8 p.m. Friday Money stated that as Chief Returning three hours after closing of the Officer he felt that the invalida polls, which were open both tion of the election was within Cheques In payment of Thursday and Friday. his jurisdiction. the second half of Govern Next year’s officers of the ment of Quebec Provincial SUS. soon to undergo a name When a new election will be Bursaries may now be pick held, or if one will be held at change to Student’s Association, ed up at the Account's will assume office on June 1 and all. has yet to be decided by SUS Office. Simkevitz meet throughout the summer to Council president Ron Moores, Trying on the Internal V-P's chair plan the programs for next who was unavailable for com By order, y ear. ment yesterday afternoon. Education Committee Rubinstein and Manager Blackhurst Bernhut and Manager Richntan Spronck and Heath A hug and a kiss for victory A toast for the successor for the secretary M vO -o O' CN CN i_ ■ Plans progress for <D _Q a Expo '67 evening Plans for Expo Night are well underway . this Z evening has been organized in order to familiarize evening < students with Expo ’67. CD It is hoped that all classroom OL Various countries and indus O trial concerns will provide dis representatives will fulfill their LU duty and attend these two most 0 plays such as, models of some of the pavillions, as well as important meetings. photographs and slides. the Ballroom of the Royal Embassy Hotel, Thursday, Mr. H. Leslie Brown, the March 3, at 8 p.m. Canapes will Commissioner General for the be served and drinks will be Canadian Government partici available. pation in Expo ’67, has accepted an invitation to speak on Can Application forms must be ada’s involvement in the World filled out and left at the E.S.A.’s This scale model shows an aerial view of Expo '67 as it will appear next year. This and office, Room A225. Although Exposition, and will illustrate many other such displays will be on view March 3 at the Evening Student Association his speech with slides. Mr. tickets are complimentary, their Brown expects to have a model number is limited. Expo evening. of the Canadian Pavillion. Mr. Roberts of the Aluminum Company of Canada advised the E.S.A. on Thursday that Alcan will provide a model of their Pavillion for “Expo Night.” This Pavillion is an aquarian type building. George Eber, architect of this pavillion, said that he will also provide a floor plan with the display. IS T H E R E Among other confirmed par ticipants in Expo Night are 1 Germany, Great Britain, U.S.A., A FAST-GROWING, DIVERSIFIED, Canada and Air Canada. 1 Expo Night is being held in CANADIAN COMPANY i Two hundred YOU CAN JOIN -I to serve on NOW? Electoral College 1 During this past week, each class was visited and a classroom representative elected. In most cases the representative was elected by acclamation. About two hundred representatives will serve on the Electoral College. Those students elected will be informed by Julius Yanofsky, Chief Returning Officer for the elections. They will be required to attend two meetings of the Electoral College at which the new Executive will be nominated and elected. The dates of these m eetings a re F e b ru a ry 26 and March 5 at 2 p.m. in Budge Hall. THERE IS: DOMTAR. The following executive posi tions must be filled: Domtar Limited is one of Canada's business administration, and in A Domtar representative visits a. President most vital and diversified com commerce and finance will find Canadian universities throughout b. 1st Vice President panies. It produces a world of the school year. He'll be happy c. 2nd Vice President products for a world of people: to discuss career opportunities d. Treasurer e. Secretary available today at Domtar. If you f. Extra Curricular Chairman would like a booklet describing g. Co-Curricular Chairman ample opportunities for their ini Geography tiative and imagination within D ate: M arch 4, 1966 the modern Domtar operations. Tim e: 8:30 21,000 Canadian employees de Place: Willingdon Roof of the Y.M.C.A. velop, produce and market Dom- Speaker: Professor T. 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