/EINPresswire.com/ -- TORONTO, ONTARIO -- (Marketwired) -- 05/25/16 -- Canadian Apartment Properties Real Estate Investment Trust (TSX: CAR.UN) ("CAPREIT") announced today that, at its Annual and Special Meeting of Unitholders held today, all of the nominees for election as trustees of CAPREIT referred to in its management information circular dated March 31, 2016 were elected as trustees by a vote by show of hands. Had a ballot vote been undertaken, based solely upon the proxies received by CAPREIT, the voting results for the election of the trustees would have been as follows:

                              Votes      % Votes        Votes      % Votes
Nominee                         For          For     Withheld     Withheld
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Harold Burke             79,185,030       99.62%      229,616        0.38%
David Ehrlich            72,403,220       91.09%    7,080,026        8.91%
Paul Harris              76,103,689       95.75%    3,379,557        4.25%
Edwin Hawken             78,612,142       98.90%      871,104        1.10%
Thomas Schwartz          77,027,248       96.91%    2,455,998        3.09%
David Sloan              79,346,853       99.83%      137,893        0.17%
Michael Stein            73,598,783       92.60%    5,884,462        7.40%
Stanley Swartzman        75,825,208       95.40%    3,658,037        4.60%
Elaine Todres            78,839,359       99.19%      643,887        0.81%
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About CAPREIT

As one of Canada's largest residential landlords, CAPREIT is a growth-oriented investment trust owning interests in 47,758 residential units, comprised of 41,315 residential suites and 31 manufactured home communities comprising 6,443 land lease sites located in and near major urban centres across Canada. For more information about CAPREIT, its business and its investment highlights, please refer to our website at www.caprent.com or www.capreit.net and our public disclosure, which can be found under our profile at www.sedar.com.

Contacts:
CAPREIT
Mr. Michael Stein
Chairman
(416) 861-5788

CAPREIT
Mr. Thomas Schwartz
President & CEO
(416) 861-9404

CAPREIT
Mr. Scott Cryer
Chief Financial Officer
(416) 861-5771

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