During National Student Vote Week (October 13-16), elementary and high school students across Canada took on the roles of election officials and voted for the federal candidates running in their local riding. Overall, the students stayed with the trend across the country and voted in Justin Trudeau and the Liberals, and in Lambton-Kent-Middlesex, the trend stayed the course as well, as the students voted in Bev Shipley of the Conservatives.
Their vote followed a series of instruction and activities focused on federal government, research into the candidates, parties and issues, as well as dialogue with family and friends.
More than 850,000 votes were reported from over 6,000 schools, representing 337 federal ridings.
Here is more a break-down, including the local school-by-school results:
National results
Liberal – 227 seats – 333,430 votes – 37.60% of the vote
Conservative – 70 seats – 230,765 votes – 26.02% of the vote
NDP – 39 seats – 173,954 votes – 19.62% of the vote
Green – 4 seats – 106,731 votes – 12.04%
Lambton-Kent-Middlesex results
Ken Filson – Liberal Party of Canada – 636 votes – 25.52%
Jim Johnston – Green Party of Canada – 400 – 16.05%
Rex Isaac – New Democratic Party – 541 21.71%
Bev Shipley – Conservative Party of Canada – 915 – 36.72%
A.A. Wright Public School – Wallaceburg
Bev Shipley -Conservative Party of Canada – 7 votes – 14.58%
Jim Johnston – Green Party of Canada – 8 votes – 16.67%
Rex Isaac – New Democratic Party – 23 votes – 47.92%
Ken Filson – Liberal Party of Canada – 10 votes – 20.83%
Dawn-Euphemia School
Bev Shipley – Conservative Party of Canada 20 votes – 34.48%
Jim Johnston – Green Party of Canada – 15 votes – 25.86%
Rex Isaac – New Democratic Party – 12 votes – 20.69%
Ken Filson – Liberal Party of Canada – 11 votes – 18.97%
Dresden Area Central School
Bev Shipley – Conservative Party of Canada – 6 votes – 28.57%
Jim Johnston – Green Party of Canada – 8 votes – 38.10%
Rex Isaac – New Democratic Party – 6 votes – 28.57%
Ken Filson – Liberal Party of Canada – 1 vote – 4.76%
Lambton-Kent-Composite School
Rex Isaac – New Democratic Party – 44 votes – 20.00%
Jim Johnston – Green Party of Canada – 37 votes – 16.82%
Ken Filson – Liberal Party of Canada – 57 votes – 25.91%
Bev Shipley – Conservative Party of Canada – 82 votes – 37.27%
Sacred Heart
Bev Shipley – Conservative Party of Canada – 39 votes – 63.93%
Jim Johnston – Green Party of Canada – 12 votes – 19.67%
Rex Isaac – New Democratic Party – 6 votes – 9.84%
Ken Filson – Liberal Party of Canada – 4 votes – 6.56%
St. Elizabeth Catholic School
Jim Johnston – Green Party of Canada – 15 votes – 14.56%
Bev Shipley – Conservative Party of Canada- 34 votes – 33.01%
Ken Filson – Liberal Party of Canada – 38 votes – 36.89%
Rex Isaac – New Democratic Party – 16 votes – 15.53%
Wallaceburg District Secondary School
Bev Shipley – Conservative Party of Canada – 21 votes – 24.42%
Jim Johnston – Green Party of Canada – 5 votes – 5.81%
Rex Isaac – New Democratic Party – 33 votes – 38.37%
Ken Filson – Liberal Party of Canada – 27 votes – 31.40%
– Photo from the A.A. Wright Public School Facebook Page
– Graphics from http://studentvote.ca/
