The Alberta Teachers’ Association

The Green Party of Canada was the clear favourite of students participating in Grande Prairie’s Student Vote 2008. Grande Prairie Composite High School’s social studies department conducted Student Vote 2008 on October 9. Thirty-seven per cent of the student body cast ballots for Peace River riding candidates. Student Vote, sponsored by Elections Canada and the CBC, featured replicas of cardboard polling stations, ballot forms and posters advertising candidates. The simulated vote provided students with an opportunity to experience voting first-hand.

Grande Prairie Student Vote 2008 results
1st place: Green Party of Canada
2nd place: Conservative Party of Canada
3rd place: New Democratic Party of Canada
4th place: Liberal Party of Canada
—Courtesy of Dennis Whitling, Maureen Reid and Susan Mills

Student Vote 2008— National results

Approximately 420,000 students from Grades 5–12 in every province and territory participated in Student Vote 2008. In total, 404,848 valid ballots were cast. Students elected a Conservative minority government.

Nationwide Student Vote 2008 results

Conservative Party of Canada: 100 seats
New Democratic Party of Canada: 66 seats
Liberal Party of Canada: 54 seats
Green Party of Canada: 44 seats
Bloc Québécois: 24 seats
Independent: 1 seat


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