Interview with Taylor Gorman and Abbey Mombourquette: Candidates for the Next Pair of Senior Class Presidents

This Wednesday at 8am, students can start voting for the next Senior Class Presidents. Taylor Gorman and Abbey Mombourquette are one of the pairs running! All third-year students, first-year education students, and first- and second-year engineering students can cast a vote.

Taylor Gorman is a proud third generation Xaverian and is a Public Policy and Governance student with a minor in Women and Gender studies. Ms. Gorman is a research assistant for the Brian Mulroney Institute of Government and works as one of the managers for the X-Women Basketball team. In addition, she co-heads the Our House Too society, participates in the Women in Business society, and loves getting involved with intramurals. She says she “loves how StFX is like its own little town inside of Antigonish and how close everyone is.” When asked what Ms. Gorman’s favorite memory was so far, she said there are too many to choose from but that the BurMac hockey finals were one of her favorites as this was one of the first opportunities for residences to come together and have fun! After Ms. Gorman graduates, she hopes to attend law school.

Abbey is taking a BBA in Accounting with a minor in Public Policy and Governance. She is from Sydney, NS, and has wanted to come to StFX since she attended the open house in 2019. The beautiful campus, the small-town feel like Sydney, the offer of a major scholarship, small classes, and great profs all drew Abbey to StFX. Abbey is an executive member of the Schwartz Women in Business society and as an exec, she helps with planning events, community outreach, sponsorship, and running the largest undergraduate conference in the Atlantic provinces. Abbey also is the treasurer of the Our House Too society. Ms. Mombourquette says her favorite StFX memory so far was the night before she had to move out of residence in first year when a large group of students and her rented out the Furnace (RIP) before summer break. After graduation, Abbey plans on pursuing a CPA designation and is then open to seeing where that takes her. She is specifically interested in working as an accountant for a company, in policy, or a bit of both.

The pair met in their first year living in Bishops and are great as a team because of their close relationship. Since they are so close, they are able to speak openly and critically to one another to come up with the best outcomes. The girls believe that their “unique experiences of employment, event planning, and overall involvement in student life at StFX sets us apart. We both have made plenty of connections around campus and gained practices that will give us an upper hand when planning all of the events next year.”

Taylor and Abbey's platform consists of 4 main ideas: Collaboration, Senior-Frosh Week, Prom Night at the Inn, and the Senior Awards night. They say to them “the most important part is definitely the collaboration with students and groups around campus, to make sure that our Senior year can be something everyone has input on, and everyone can enjoy. That being said, we are also SUPER excited about our senior frosh week, to make up for our missed frosh week in first year!”

They concluded by saying “we just want to remind everyone how important it is to vote! Regardless of who you are voting for, everyone should make sure that they are giving their input and voting on Wednesday. Other than that, thanks to everyone for an awesome campaign week, and we know that regardless of the outcome, our Senior year will be the best one yet!”

To find out more information, check out their Instagram page: @voteabbeyandtaylor