Delta would have a different mayor and a few different faces on council if the votes from local students replaced the actual tallies.
Students taking part in the Student Vote program had Sylvia Bishop heading to the mayor’s chair while giving the nod to council candidates Robert Campbell, Dan Copeland, Darcy Green, Alicia Guichon, Lois Jackson and Bruce McDonald.
Bishop came out on top with 2,136 votes from students while George Harvie garnered 1,676 with Jim Cessford netting 1,542. Actual results saw Harvie claim victory with Cessford as runner-up and Bishop in third.
Campbell and Green were unsuccessful in their bids for council seats in the election.
The program “provides youth under the voting age with an opportunity to experience the voting process firsthand and build the habits of active and engaged citizenship,” according to the StudentVote.ca.
“Students learn about government and the electoral process, and research the issues and candidates through classroom learning, campaign activities, media consumption and family dialogue,” the website adds.
