Shoemaker wins student vote, Hilsinger finishes second

Student voting results are in for Ontario's municipalities.

In Sault Ste Marie, Matthew Shoemaker got 199 votes to beat out second-place finisher Donna Hilsinger who had 158. A link to the complete final results including other municipalities in Ontario is seen in the text of the release that follows:

Even though they are under the voting age, 127,000 elementary and high school students from throughout Ontario had the opportunity to vote for candidates running for their municipal council and school board.

The Student Vote program is an experiential learning program that enables teachers to bring democracy alive in the classroom, and empowers students to practice the habits of active and engaged citizenship.

Participating students learned about municipal government and school boards , and explored the issues and candidates through classroom activities, family discussion and campaign events. In the culminating activity, students took on the roles of election officials and coordinated a vote within their schools. 

By 7 pm ET on Oct. 24, 1,140 schools had submitted their Student Vote results, from 213 municipalities throughout Ontario. 

The complete results for all municipalities and school boards can be found at https://studentvote.ca/results/onmuni2022