2025 Guild President By-Election

The Student Guild is the primary representative student organisation at ECU. It is run by students, for the benefit of students enrolled at ECU. The Guild organises events and activities, provides support services and assistance as well as many other benefits for its members.

Student representatives are elected as members of the Guild Senate, which is the Guild’s governing body. The position open for election is the role of the Guild President.

The President is Chair of the Guild Senate and the chief spokesperson for the Guild. They are also responsible for:
• representing the Guild or coordinating student representation on all appropriate University Bodies;
• submissions, representations and negotiations on behalf of the Guild and the Senate; and
• ensuring that the Guild Departments fulfil their duties and meet the strategic goals set by the Senate.

President’s Duty Statement

Click on the position below to read the position description:

PRESIDENT

Nominations Information

In accordance with the Guild Constitution, nominations may be accepted from students who:
1. are a Guild Member at the opening of nominations*
2. attend an ECU campus in the State of Western Australia at the opening of nominations; and
3. will be eighteen years of age or older as at the date of being elected as a Senator (30 May 2025).
*If you are not sure of your Guild membership status and you wish to nominate, you can revisit your service questions in SIMO at any time to make sure that the box next to the option of cancelling your Guild membership is unchecked.

Candidate Disqualifications

A candidate will be ineligible for election to the Senate:
1) If their enrolment status is red or purple at the opening of nomination (25th April 2025);
2) Is a full time, part time or casual Guild Employee or a full time or part time employee of the University at the opening of nominations;
3) Is a former Senator who, at any time in the three (3) years prior to the opening of nominations, was removed from office under the discipline process or had their position declared vacant in accordance with the provisions of the Constitution or the Statute;
4) Is a person disqualified from managing a corporation under the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth), or is disqualified from being a responsible person of a charity by the Australian Charities and Not-for-Profits Commission within the twelve (12) months prior to the opening of nominations;
5) Is certified mentally unfit; or
6) Is disqualified due to any Act, statute, regulation, rule or by-law in force in the State of Western Australia over the Guild;
7) A Candidate for President must not have held the office of President respectively in the previous two consecutive years or part thereof.

Nominations Close: Friday, 16th May 2025 at 4pm >> NOMINATE HERE

Got questions about the ECU Guild Elections or nominations process?

Returning Officer Determinations >> AVAILABLE HERE

Supplementary Election Determinations >> AVAILABLE HERE

Or, please email the Guild President By-Election Returning Officer, Mr. Peter Zaikos at ro.ecu@bigpond.com.

Guild Senate Election Timetable

Date	Event	Time (if specified)
Thur 24th April	NOTICE OF ELECTIONS
Friday 25th April	NOMINATIONS OPEN	7.00am
Friday 25th April	Begin to approve election materials for distribution
Friday 2nd May	ECU emails 2nd Notice of Elections to all students
Tuesday 13th May	Draft Election Management Plan
Tuesday 13th May	Election Officer Selection
	CLOSE OF NOMINATIONS
Friday 16th May	Close of Nominations
	Close receipt of Election Statements & Candidate photos	4:00pm
	Close receipt of Group Registration forms	4:00pm
	Close Roll of Electors
	ECU provides RO with Final Roll of Electors
Monday 19th May	RO confirms validity of all nominations with ECU
	BP position draw by RO	10.00am
	Successful Nominations & BP positions made public
	Election Meeting – All Candidates with RO	1.00pm
Tuesday 20th May	Publication of Election Braodsheet
Thursday 22nd May	Load Election Data in Vero in prep for online voting
	POLLING DAYS – ALL CAMPUSES
Tuesday 27th May	Online voting open	0:00hrs
Wednesday 28th May	Online voting continues
Thursday 29th May	Online voting continues	to 24:00hrs
Friday 30th May	Official count – RO runs Vero software for all elections	11:00am
	Result of Counts determined
	RO prepares notice – “Declaration of Poll”
	Poll results published on website	3:00pm
Friday 6th June	Deadline for submission of complaints	15:00hrs
Friday 16th July	Deadline for submission of RO’s Election Report