MUNSU 2025 General Elections
Packet submission, either physical or electronic,
opens February 17th at 9 am
and must be submitted by March 4th at noon.
Any undergraduate student interested in running in the upcoming election can get a nomination form from our elections webpage: munsu.ca/elections, or by emailing Riley Tucker, the MUNSU Chief Returning Officer who will be overseeing the election, at cro@munsu.ca
Nomination papers must follow these guidelines:
Signatures can be collected online on an individual basis, but no social media posts can be made until the campaign period, under our policies.
Executive nomination forms must be signed by at least 80 union members and no more than 100.
Non-Executive Board forms must be signed by at least 20 union members and no more than 40,
Resource Center forms must be coordinated between the Resource Center in question and the CRO.
Only Undergraduate students of the MUN St. John’s Campuses are Union Members.
For purposes of validation, each signatory nominator must also include their student number.
For specific faculty / school representatives, valid nominators must be declared in a program of the appropriate faculty/school
If you have any questions or concerns regarding the election please reach out to cro@munsu.ca
Voting Will Take Place:
March 17 at 9 am to March 18 at 9 pm.
Candidate Debates
The following event spaces will allow for voters to interface with candidates and candidates to meet their constituents. Executives are to be required to attend as many as possible, with special attention and care paid to the Executive Forum on Voting Day. Some events may be broadcasted through MUNSU socials, and through those of candidates.
March 11th – Noon – All Candidates, UC Loft
March 13th – Noon – Clubs and Societies, UC Loft
March 16th - 11 AM– Residence Outreach, D-Hall 2002
March 14th – Noon – Executive, Breezeway (mandatory for executive)
March 18th – 7-10pm – Campaign Closer, Breezeway (optional)
Elections Regulations
Policy Manual Section 4
Bylaws Sections 4, 5, 6, 7
Executive Directors
Members of the Executive are responsible for overseeing the day-to-day activities of the Union, including operating its services and implementing its campaigns strategy. By working with the committees of the Board, and through regular reporting to the Board, the Executive is responsible for maintaining open and transparent processes while engaging members and the BoD to play an active role in Union business.
Executives will work from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026 at 35 hours per week, with 15 paid vacation days.
Our services include the Breezeway, our on campus bar, the Attic, our on campus print service and convenience store, CHMR, our campus radio station, and The MUSE, our student newspaper. We also oversee such services as our Campus Grocery Shuttles and Ride Safe, in addition to providing students with Greenshield Health Insurance and an hour of free legal counsel.
Executives also help oversee the working committees of the Union, overseeing its funding allocations, its policy and directives, and the operation of 7 Resource Centers, in addition to over 200 clubs and societies.
Advocacy
Student Life
Finance and Services
Campaigns
External Affairs, Communications, and Research
Faculty Representative
Faculty Representatives shall be given a stipend every two weeks for attending both committee meetings and general meetings of the Union.
They are expected to interface with their faculty’s students, and will be given support and training in working with administration and faculty.
Nursing
Center for Nursing Studies
Pharmacy
Medicine
Human Kinetics and Recreation
Music
Education Social Work
Engineering (2)
Business (2)
Science (3)
Humanities and Social Sciences (3)
Constituency and Ward Representatives
Constituency Representatives shall be given a stipend every two weeks for attending both committee meetings and general meetings of the Union.
They are expected to interface with students in their own groups, be they resource centers or residence councils, and will be given support and training in working with administration and faculty.
Macpherson College
Burton’s Pond Apartments
Paton College
Women and Marginalized Genders
International Students
Trans* Students
Queer Students
Students with Disabilities
Indigenous Students
Undeclared Students
Students of Colour
Student Parents
First Year Students
Sustainability Representative
Part-Time Students
Resource Centers
MUNSU currently operates seven resource centres. Our resource centres are safe meeting spaces, information and knowledge hubs, and peer support networks within the greater MUN community. Each resource centre was established in recognition of the needs of communities of students who are historically oppressed and marginalized and operate under a mandate challenging oppression and discrimination on campus.
Contact cro@munsu.ca for any resource center specific questions.