9:00 a.m.
The Synod was called to order by the Metropolitan, The Most Rev. John Clarke (Chair).
Appointment of Officers:
a) Secretary:
Rev. Winna Martin
b) Clerical Secretary: Canon Blair Dixon
Lay Secretary:
Ms. Arleen Champion
c) Announcement of Members of the Credentials Committee (members asked to stand):
Mr. Jim Melville (Chair), Rev. Carol Adamson, Rev. Cheryl Johnson, Ms. Shauna Brown
d) Appointment of Scrutineers:
Clergy Voting: Rev. Betty Bradley, Archdeacon Rob Hardwick, Ms. Donna Evans
Lay Voting:
Rev. Cal Macfarlane, Ms. Sheilagh Garrett, Mr. Ron Hilton
Calling of the Roll:
The Clerical Secretary, Canon Blair Dixon, calls the Clergy Roll:
57 clergy are eligible; and of those 46 are present and registered as follows:
(names are read, each member answered when name called)
The Lay Secretary, Ms. Arleen Champion, calls the Lay Roll:
106 lay are eligible; and of those 101 are present and registered as follows:
(names are read, each member answered when name called)
Credentials Committee:
Motion to accept the Rolls.
Jim Melville/Carol Adamson: That the Clergy and Lay Rolls as presented be accepted by Synod.
Carried
Announcement of a Quorum:
A quorum necessary to convene the Synod consists of 60% of the clergy and 60% of the lay.
In the order of Clergy - 57 are eligible and 46 are present
In the order of Lay - 106 are eligible and 101 are present
Procedural Questions:
Discussion on Voting Process:
Mr. Peter Whitmore, Q.C., Chancellor: Voting Procedure Canon IX, Canons of Rupert's Land, 9.22
Each Member of Synod has received a package of Ballot Forms.
Introductions:
Mr. Neil Bradley, Stewardship Officers, Representing our Companion Diocese of Lichfield.
(Letter of Greetings from Jonathan Gledhill, Bishop of Lichfield, was distributed to all delegates)
Report of the Diocesan Search Committee (Canon William Lourens, Chair):
Report was circulated in Registration Packages. There are no further nominations.
William Lourens/Basil Pogue: That the final report of the Search Committee be received.
Carried
William Lourens/Basil Pogue: That the following be nominated for election as Eleventh Bishop of Qu'Appelle: The Venerable Peter Armstrong, The Venerable Helena-Rose Houldcroft, The Very Reverend Gregory Kerr-Wilson, The Very Reverend James Merrett, The Reverend Cheryl Toth, The Very Reverend Robin Walker.
Carried
Eucharist:
Synod adjourns for the celebration of the Eucharist.
Distribution of the Ballots.
Second Report of the Credentials Committee:
(Jim Melville, Chair): Since the Last Roll the following have registered in the Order of Clergy: Rev. James Buenting, Rev. Michael Jackson; and the following have registered in the Order of Lay: Ms. Blanche Johnson, Mr. Paul Hodson
The Chair calls on Members to mark the First Ballot.
The Lay and Clerical Secretaries call the rolls, alphabetically by parish.
The Chair declared voting Closed on the First Ballot.
Synod broke for the report of the Scrutineers on the First Ballot.
Ballot Number One:
Number of Clergy Ballots cast: 46 Number of Clergy Ballots spoiled r unmarked: 0 Number of Clergy Ballots counted: 46 Number of Clergy votes required for an election (50%+1):24 Number of Lay Ballots cast: 101 Number of Lay Ballots spoiled or unmarked: 0 Number of Lay Ballots: 101 Number of Lay votes required for an election (50%+1): 51
Name Clergy Needed to Lay Needed to Aggregate Votes Elect: 24 Votes Elect: 51 ARMSTRONG 3 12 15 HOULDCROFT 6 10 16 KERR-WILSON 16 26 42 MERRETT 14 31 45 TOTH 1 10 11 WALKER 6 12 18Remove Cheryl Toth from the next ballot.
Number of Clergy Ballots cast: 46 Number of Clergy Ballots spoiled r unmarked: 0 Number of Clergy Ballots counted: 46 Number of Clergy votes required for an election (50%+1):24 Number of Lay Ballots cast: 101 Number of Lay Ballots spoiled or unmarked: 1 Number of Lay Ballots: 101 Number of Lay votes required for an election (50%+1): 51
Name Clergy Needed to Lay Needed to Aggregate Votes Elect: 24 Votes Elect: 51 ARMSTRONG 0 3 3 HOULDCROFT 4 13 17 KERR-WILSON 21 42 63 MERRETT 15 35 50 WALKER 6 7 13
Number of Clergy Ballots cast: 46 Number of Clergy Ballots spoiled r unmarked: 0 Number of Clergy Ballots counted: 46 Number of Clergy votes required for an election (50%+1): 24 Number of Lay Ballots cast: 102 Number of Lay Ballots spoiled or unmarked: 0 Number of Lay Ballots: 102 Number of Lay votes required for an election (50%+1): 52
Name Clergy Needed to Lay Needed to Aggregate Votes Elect: 24 Votes Elect: 52 KERR-WILSON 26 61 87 MERRETT 20 39 59 WALKER 0 2 2