Edmonton - Thousands of young students across Alberta cast ballots late last week in a simulated provincial election that elected a Tory majority government with a Wildrose opposition, according to preliminary results from Student Vote Alberta.
A total of 86,855 votes from students at 695 schools across Alberta had been tallied by Monday afternoon. That covered 86 of the province’s 87 electoral divisions, according to a Student Vote news release.
The Progressive Conservatives won 53 seats and took 34 per cent of the popular vote.
The Wildrose party won 22 seats, none of those in Edmonton and claimed 29 per cent of the popular vote.
The Alberta Liberals won six seats — four in Edmonton — and 18 per cent of the popular vote. Liberal leader Raj Sherman won his Edmonton-Meadowlark seat with 45 per cent of the vote.
The NDP took five seats — four of those in Edmonton — and 14 per cent of the popular vote, and leader Brian Mason won his Edmonton-Highlands seat with 45 per cent of the vote, according to the results.
The Canada-wide Student Vote program started in 2003 as a way to encourage young people to get in the habit of voting by the time they reach age 18. The program recruits schools to participate and provides teachers with electoral-division maps, ballot boxes, voting screens and other materials so students can vote in simulated elections that coincide with federal and provincial elections in Canada. The Alberta election is the program’s 19th election.
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