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Kootenay student votes paint a different picture

The political landscape would have been much different if the Student Vote Canada results had rung true. 

More than 945,000 elementary, intermediate, and high school students from 6,272 schools across the country participated in Student Vote Canada, electing a Conservative minority government. 

Students in the Columbia-Kootenay-Southern Rockies riding were among those in support of the Conservatives, with 37.46 per cent of 4,581 student voters electing Conservative MP Rob Morrison. 

The NDP’s Kallee Lins was the runner-up with 21.52 per cent of the vote, followed by the Liberals’ Reggie Goldsbury (18.86 per cent) and Steven Maffioli for the Greens (13.38 per cent). 

That said, students within the city of Nelson voted very differently from other schools in the riding. 

Five schools in Nelson took part, with students largely voting in support of the NDP’s Kallee Lins. 

Lins dominated the polls at L.V. Rogers Secondary, Trafalgar, South Nelson, and Wildflower schools, but Morrison maintained a stronghold at St. Joseph School, acquiring over 40 per cent of the vote. 

Nationally, the Conservatives would have a minority government, with 162 seats—including leader Pierre Poilievre winning his riding in the student vote. 

The Liberals would be the official opposition with 149 seats. 

The Bloc Québécois won 17 ridings, the NDP garnered 13, and the Green Party picked up two seats. 

More than 925,000 elementary, intermediate, and high school students at over 6,000 schools in all 343 ridings cast ballots. 

Click here to see the result breakdown by school and district. 


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