The MONSU Peninsula 2026 Annual Elections will be held from 9:00 am Monday 28 September to 5:00 pm Wednesday 30 September for the following positions:
- President - Vice President - Education Officer - Welfare Officer - International Officer - Social Officer - Volunteer Officer - Women’s Officer - Queer Officer - First Year Officer - General Officer - Indigenous Officer - Clubs & Societies Officer
Student Representative Expectations, Roles & Responsibilities
Nominations Nominations will open at 9am Wednesday 26 August and close 5pm on Friday 4 September.
All Monash Peninsula students may stand for each position (except International Officer, Women’s Officer, Queer Officer, Indigenous Officer and First Year Officer where additional eligibility criteria apply. You can find these within the Office Bearer Regulations on the MONSU Peninsula website www.monsupeninsula.org.au) if they are not employed by MONSU Peninsula or Monash University.
Candidates can nominate via the Google Form or soft copy nomination form available by request to the Returning Officer.
Candidates should use a separate nomination form for each position they are contesting. Candidates who are nominating for multiple positions must lodge a list showing the order of priority in which they would wish to be elected in the event that they may be successful in more than one position.
Voting If required, polling will be conducted online via the Electify secure online voting platform between 9am on Monday 28 September and 5pm Wednesday 30 September. Students will receive a voting link to their Monash University issued email address at the commencement of polling.
Further details of polling will be made available following the close of nominations, should the number of nominations exceed the number of positions available.
Tickets Any group of students may register a ticket to support a complete list of candidates in the election by filling in the appropriate form. Group names shall be no longer than three words, must not include the word “independent” or similar, and must not be misleading, deceptive, offensive, libellous or slanderous.
Applications to Re-Register a ticket from the previous election open 9am Monday 10 August and close 5pm Friday 14 August.
Applications to Register a new ticket name open 9am Tuesday 18 August and close 5pm Monday 24 August.
A Ticket Registrant must also fill out an ‘application to be set out as a ticket’ specifying the candidates grouped on a particular ticket. This must be submitted via email to the returning officer by the close of nominations on 5pm Friday 4 September.
Partial tickets that do not run candidates for all contested positions are permitted.
Statements of Distribution of Preferences will be made available to ticket registrants and candidates after the close of nominations.
Please contact the Returning Officer, whose details are below, if you have any questions that are not covered by the information on this page.
The contact details for the Returning Officer are: Name: Owen Wrangle Email: monsu.returningofficer@gmail.com
Election Documents - 2026
Notices
Forms
Election Rules
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