On May 9, 2017, the Registrar and CEO, Mr. Allan Mak sent out notices to the membership calling a general election to elect professional members to serve on the Council of the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario for districts 1 and 2 to be held on August 14, 2017. Due to an issue with return postage, the election date was moved to August 18, 2017 to allow more time for delivery by Canada Post.
Nomination packages were mailed to the membership of districts 1 and 2 with a deadline to submit their nomination packages by June 28, 2017.
The number of members that shall be elected to each of the districts is set out in section. 30 of the College by-law as follows:
- District 1 – 2 members
- District 2 – 1 member
The tallying of ballots was conducted by the CTCMPAO staff with the assistance of auditors from Clarke Henning LLP.
Electoral District #1 - North East Region (for 2017-2020):
In accordance with the By-laws, two Members may be elected from this District. The Registrar and CEO received four nominations for this district before the June 28th, 2017 deadline.
Results and Statistics of the 2017 Election for District #1 – North East (175 Members)
Jin Qi Zeng and Martin Michel Perras have been elected as members of Council.
| Number of voting packages received | 70 |
| Number of packages missing ballots | 1 |
| Number of packages received after deadline | 2 |
| Total number of ballots | 67 |
| Number of spoiled ballots* | 4 |
| Total number of eligible ballots | 63 |
*Spoiled ballots: multiple ballots in one package, more than 2 votes on a ballot
| Candidates | Votes |
| Jin Qi Zeng (Elected) | 48 |
| Martin Michel Perras (Elected) | 22 |
| Zhihui Hu | 20 |
| YuQiu Guo | 19 |
Electoral District #2 – Central East Region (for 2017-2020):
In accordance with the By-laws, one Member may be elected from this District. The Registrar and CEO received two nominations for this district before the June 28th, 2017 deadline.
Voting packages were mailed to the membership of districts 1 and 2 on July 19, 2017.
Ballots were opened and counted by CTCMPAO staff and auditors of Clarke Henning on July 21, 2017.
Results and Statistics of the 2017 Election for District #2 – Central East (109 Members)
Christine Lang has been re-elected as a member of Council.
| Number of voting packages received | 23 |
| Number of packages missing ballots | 0 |
| Total number of ballots | 23 |
| Number of spoiled ballots* | 1 |
| Total number of eligible ballots | 22 |
*Spoiled ballots: multiple ballots in one package, more than 2 votes on a ballot
| Candidates | Votes |
| Christine Lang (Elected) | 13 |
| Anita Wray | 9 |
