2018 Voters = 131,443 Unhappy with Gender Studies Curriculum

The School Trustee election results from 2018 have been analyzed to show how many votes were earned by trustee candidates who publicly took a stand against the use of gender studies teaching materials in the classrooms of the K-12 schools in their district.

In British Columbia 726 people put their name forward as a trustee candidate in the 2018 election and 45 of them were critical of the gender studies curriculum. These 45 trustee candidates earned 131,422 votes of votes cast in the 14 Trustee Electoral Areas where they ran.

The analysis is summarized by area, region and school board. We have permission from the Social Mavrik Federation to share the results of their analysis, details of which can be seen here.

Quick summary of 2018 results:

Trustee Electoral Area
Votes
Unhappy Voters
Campbell River
2,036
28%
Comox Valley - Area C
268
16%
Nanaimo Ladysmith
6,003
19%
Vancouver
21,675
13%
Burnaby
15,622
31%
New Westminster
2,928
20%
Coquitlam
4,792
20%
Richmond
12,266
26%
Surrey
19,793
18%
Abbotsford
12,388
38%
Langley Township
9,379
37%
Langley City
1,962
41%
Chilliwack
9,226
39%
Central Okanagan - Kelowna
11,542
36%
Central Okanagan - Area 3
1,472
53%
Gold Trail - Area 7
Acclaimed
Total
131,442