Student Vote Canada shows greener mock outcome in Waterloo region, Guelph

Students in and around Waterloo region took part in mock elections held by Student Vote Canada, and if those results were the official ones, the local results would havebeen a bit more green.

In their balloting, Green candidates won the votes of students in Kitchener Centre and Guelph ridings.

Of the eight local ridings, four incumbents would have been re-elected: Bryan May in Cambridge, Bardish Chagger in Waterloo, Michael Chong in Wellington-Halton Hills and John Nater in Perth-Wellington.

Overall, the student vote saw the Liberals win 109 seats nationally to form a minority, with the NDP forming the official Opposition with 98 seats and the Conservative Party winning 94 seats. The Green Party won 28 seats in the mock elections. Bloc candidates won 9 seats in thevote, although Yves-Franois Blanchetdid not win his seat in Beloeil-Chambly.

Student Vote Canadais part of CIVIX, a non-partisan charity that educatesschool-aged youth about democracy.

Here are results of the student vote in Waterloo region, Wellington County and Guelph:

Cambridge

In Cambridge, Bryan May would have eked out a narrow win over NDP candidate Scott Hamilton, 1,358 to 1,343, a 15 vote difference.

Michel Braniff of the Green Party came in third with 893 votes, followed by Conservative Sunny Attwal with 788.

People's Party candidate David Haskell was next with 272 student votes, followed by Manuel Couto of the Marxist-Leninist Party with 64 votes and George McMorrow of the Veterans Coalition Party with 57 votes.

Kitchener Centre

In Kitchener Centre, students voted for Green Party candidate Mike Morrice, who received 1,460 votes, buta close second was Liberal and the incumbent, Raj Saini with 1,220.

NDP's Andrew Moraga was third with 810 votes ahead of Conservative Stephen Woodworth who received 622.

Ellen Papenburg of the Animal Protection Party came next with 213 votes, followed by Patrick Bernier of the People's Party with 164 votes.

Kitchener-Conestoga

In Kitchener-Conestoga, Liberal Tim Louis would have won with 1,177 with the Green Party's Stephanie Goertz coming in second with 1,010 votes.

Incumbent and Conservative candidate Harold Albrecht was in third with 902 votes, followed by the NDP's Riani De Wet with 865 votes.

People's Party candidate Koltyn Wallar received 159 votes.

Kitchener South-Hespeler

The riding of Kitchener South-Hespeler would be blue, with Conservative Alan Keeso taking 1,321 votes, followed by Green Party candidate David Weber with 1,217 votes.

Incumbent and Liberal candidate Marwan Tabbara was third with 1,095 votes followed by NDP's Wasai Rahimi with 1,046.

People's Party candidate Joseph Todd was next with 146 votes, followed by Marxist-Lenninist Party candidate Elaine Baetz with 112 votes and Veterans Coalition Party candidate Matthew Correia with 85 votes.

Waterloo

Liberal Bardish Chagger won the student vote in Waterloo with 1,530 votes, followed by Kirsten Wright of the Green Party with 1,097.

Lori Campbell of the NDP came in third with 972 votes and Conservative Jerry Zhang had 843 votes.

People's Party candidate Erika Traub earned 198 student votes.

Guelph

In Guelph, the Green Party would have won with Steve Dyck receiving 3,347 votes, which is 1,453 votes more than Liberal and the incumbent Lloyd Longfield, who received 1,894 votes. The NDP's Aisha Jahangir came in third with 1,357 and Conservative Ashish Sachan came in fourth with 856 votes.

Juanita Burnett of the Communist Party was next with 320 votes, followed by People's Party candidate Mark Paralovos with 237 votes, Gordon Truscott of the Christian Heritage Party with 100 votes, independent Kornelis Klevering with 98 votes and finally independent Michael Wassilyn with 95 votes.

Wellington-Halton Hills

Longtime Conservative MP for Wellington-Halton Hills Michael Chong easily won the student vote as well, with 1,887 votes. Ralph Martin of the Green Party came in second with 1,227 votes.

Liberal Lesley Barron came in third with 873 votes, NDP's Andrew Bascombe was fourth with 825, followed by Syl Carle of the People's Party with 308 votes.

Perth-Wellington

Incumbent Conservative candidate John Nater easily won the student vote, taking 1,694 votes. Collan Simmons of the Green Party was in second with 1,082 votes.

Liberal Pirie Mitchell was in third with 773 votes, NDP's Geoff Krauter was close in fourth with 747 votes.

Irma DeVries of the Christian Heritage Party received 188 votes and Roger Fuhr of the People's Party had 170.