Congratulations to Ms. Joanne Pritchard-Sobhani for being elected as a member of Council. Her term begins on the next scheduled regular Council meeting and will expire in December 2020. We welcome Ms. Pritchard-Sobhani's return as a Council member and look forward to working with her again.
Election process
On July 19, 2019, the Registrar and CEO, sent out notices to the members calling a by-election for District 1, to be held on October 29, 2019. The elected member will serve for the remainder of the term for 2019-2020 on the Council of the College of Traditional Chinese Medicine Practitioners and Acupuncturists of Ontario.
Nomination information was sent electronically to the membership in District 1 with a deadline to submit nomination packages by August 20, 2019. Election and nomination information were available on the College website.
In accordance with the By-Laws, one member may be elected from District 1.
Results and Statistics for the 2019 By-Election for District 1 – North East
The Registrar and CEO received 2 nominations for the by-election for District 1. Voting was held electronically, and ballots were sent to 170 members.
| Number of voting packages sent out |
170 |
| Total number of ballots |
110 (64.71%) |
| Number of spoiled ballots |
0 |
| Total number of eligible ballots |
110 |
| Candidates |
Votes |
| Joanne Pritchard-Sobhani (Elected) |
68 (61.82%) |
| Yuqiu Guo |
42 (38.18%) |
