Last Tuesday, members of the Students’ Society’s 290 clubs voted to elect the clubs and services representatives to SSMU Council.  The three spots up for election went to Adam Winer with 19 votes, Sahil Chaini with 16 votes, and Billi Wun with 15 votes.

Most of the candidates—Andrew Tyau, who earned nine votes, and Shaina Agbayan, who earned 2 votes, along with Winer, Chaini, and Wun—were in U0 or U1, which impressed current Clubs and Services Representative and SSMU President-elect Maggie Knight.

“It’s very exciting to see younger students involved,” she said. “They’re all very keen [about their positions], which is good, especially earlier on.”

Anushay Khan, the outgoing SSMU vice-president clubs and services, had high hopes about the candidates and their prospects for next year. But she was quick to warn the newly elected representatives of the difficulty of balancing the many projects they will have to deal with and without becoming overwhelmed.

“No candidate showed bad ideas, but the clubs and services portfolio is the largest portfolio,” she said.

All the candidates gave speeches affirming their positions, and later fielded questions from the audience. The questions were about a wide variety of issues, including how they would separate their personal politics from their clubs and services duties, how they would handle controversial club events, and how they would make themselves known to McGill’s clubs.

They all expressed enthusiasm about winning positions on the SSMU Council and had high hopes about their prospects.