The votes are in from more than 18,000 Nova Scotia public school students who voted in a mock election today, and they've decided to hand Jamie Baillie's Progressive Conservatives a minority government. Students decided PCs should form a minority government with 25 seats and 36.4 per cent of the vote. Alivia Driscoll, an eight-year-old at John W. MacLeod school in Purcells Cove, voted for Liberal incumbent Lena Diab in her riding. In the lead up to the mock election, students learned about the electoral process, researched parties and platforms, and held debates about the future of the province. The Student Vote program was put on by CIVIX, which according to its website is a non-partisan national charity.

Source: CBC News May 31, 2017 05:26 UTC