Voting

Vote online

Eligible students will receive an email notification advising that voting is open. This notification will contain a link to the electronic voting system. You will need to log in using your Murdoch username and password.

The ballots for which you are eligible to vote will be listed on the voting page. This is based on the information contained in the voter roll for this election, compiled in the same manner as for paper-based ballots and used only for the purpose of this election.

Please note that only eligible students will be able to use the link to sign in and cast their vote.  If you have any queries regarding your eligibility to vote in these elections, please email elections@murdoch.edu.au.  

2025 Student Elections

Candidates

Click on the link above for the list of candidates for each required ballot. 

Vote by post

If you are unable to access the online voting for reasons such as being in remote locations without network access, or due to disability, you can apply for a postal vote.

We will send you a voting pack which includes:

• reply paid envelope
• ballot papers
• instructions
• election broadsheet with candidate statements and photos.

Application for postal vote closes in line with the close of nominations. Votes must be received by close of voting.

Voter roll applications

Entitlement to vote for the following ballots is not strictly specified within the information available for the electronic voting system:

• the Queer Representative and
• Indigenous Representative.

To be entitled to vote on the Queer Representative ballot, you must fill out the appropriate section on the Voter Application Form and return it to the Returning Officer before the deadline stated on the form.

If you have registered your status with the University as a student of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, you will be automatically included as an eligible voter within the system for the Indigenous Representative ballot. However, if you have not registered as a student of Aboriginal or Torres Strait Islander descent, and are entitled to vote in the Indigenous Representative ballot, you must also fill out the appropriate section on the Voter Roll Application Form and return it to the Returning Officer before the deadline stated on the form.

Please be assured that this information is strictly confidential and will not be entered into your student record. Once the voting process has been completed, this information will be removed from the voting system and deleted.

Counting of votes

For more information, see Counting of votes.

Election Results

Voting in the Student Elections was held from Friday 24 October to Friday 31 October 2025.  10,714 votes were cast across 17 ballots. All positions are for a one-year term with:

• the Senate position commencing 2 November 2025 and expiring on
  1 November 2026;
• the Academic Council, Academic Courses and Admissions Committee, Quality and Standards Committee and Student Experience Committee positions commencing on 1 January and expiring on 31 December 2026; and
• the Guild positions commencing on 1 December 2025 and expiring on
  30 November 2026. 

Please note that no nominations were received for the following positions:

• External Representative
• Postgraduate Student on Quality and Standards Committee

These positions will be filled in accordance with applicable regulations.

As per the University regulations, any student may appeal or complain to the Election Tribunal with respect to the conduct or outcome of an election for any position. Appeals and complaints may be submitted up to five (5) days after the declaration of the result for that position, which is 4.30pm on Friday 7 November 2025. The Tribunal shall make its determination on the outcome of the elections within fourteen (14) days of the deadline for the lodging of appeals and complaints.

Your elected student representatives are as follows:

Guild Positions

University Committees    

Trudi McGlade
Returning Officer