2012 Halifax municipal election

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2012 Halifax municipal election
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Turnout37.07%
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Candidate Mike Savage Tom MartinFred Connors
Popular vote63,54721,91220,277
Percentage57.75%19.91%18.43%
CandidateAaron EissesSteve MackieWesley McCormack
Popular vote1,6281,4581,218
Percentage1.48%1.33%1.11%
Mayor before election

Peter J. Kelly

Elected mayor

Mike Savage

Downtown Halifax Town Clock, Halifax, NS, May 2012.jpg
Downtown Halifax

The 2012 Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election was held on October 20, 2012 to elect councillors and a mayor to a four-year term on the Halifax Regional Council, the governing body of the Halifax Regional Municipality. This election was one of many across Nova Scotia as part of the 2012 Nova Scotia municipal elections.

Contents

In December 2011, it was decided by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board that the Halifax Regional Council be reduced in size from 23 districts to 16 districts, [1] consequently forcing almost every district boundary in the HRM to be redrawn. [2] Some incumbent councillors were forced to run against each other because of the redrawn districts. [3]

Candidates and results

Candidates were officially nominated on September 11, 2012. [4]

Halifax Regional Municipality Mayor

On February 22, 2012 incumbent Mayor Peter J. Kelly announced that he would not be running again for mayor in 2012, opting to finish his term because being mayor had taken a negative toll on his personal life. [5]

HRM Total Population, 2011 Census: 390,096
CandidateVotes %±
Mike Savage 63,54757.749
Tom Martin21,91219.913
Fred Connors20,27718.427
Aaron Eisses1,6281.479
Steve Mackie1,4581.325
Robert (Wesley) McCormack1,2181.107
Turnout 110,04037.07

District 1: Waverley - Fall River - Musquodoboit Valley

Total Population, 2011 Census:
CandidateVotes %±
Barry Dalrymple (Incumbent)3,80657.242
Steve Streatch (Incumbent)2,84342.758
Turnout 6,649

District 2: Preston - Porters Lake - Eastern Shore

Total Population, 2011 Census:
CandidateVotes %±
David Hendsbee (Incumbent)3,11840.721
Gail McQuarrie1,17515.345
Laurie Cook1,11614.575
Keith Leahy1,08014.105
Jason Josey79810.422
Will Gilligan3704.832
Turnout 7,657

District 3: Dartmouth South - Eastern Passage

Total Population, 2011 Census:
CandidateVotes %±
Bill Karsten (Incumbent)3,32141.383
Jackie Barkhouse (Incumbent)3,25340.535
Jim MacDonald1,45118.08
Turnout 8,025

District 4: Cole Harbour - Westphal

Total Population, 2011 Census:
CandidateVotes %±
Lorelei Nicoll (Incumbent)4,62662.086
Angela Jones1,90525.567
Barry Smith92012.347
Turnout 7,451

District 5: Dartmouth Centre

Total Population, 2011 Census:
CandidateVotes %±
Gloria McCluskey (Incumbent)4,76052.678
Sam Austin1,75819.456
Sonya Dudka1,19513.225
Kate Watson5626.220
Bill Zebedee4605.091
Ken Bowman1571.737
Bryn Jones-Vaillancourt1441.594
Turnout 9,036

District 6: Harbourview - Burnside - Dartmouth East

CandidateVotes %±
Darren Fisher (Incumbent)4,51869.497
Jerry Pye 1,98330.503
Turnout 6,501

By-election held January 23, 2016 to replace Fisher, who was elected to the House of Commons:

CandidateVotes %±
Tony Mancini1,47545.1
Matt Spurway1,19936.7
Don Smeltzer54116.5
P. D. F. Boyd III561.7

District 7: Peninsula South - Downtown

CandidateVotes %±
Waye Mason 1,94932.188
Sue Uteck (Incumbent)1,85530.636
Gerry Walsh1,79629.661
Dawgfather PHD3575.896
Mike MacDonell981.618
Turnout 6,055

District 8: Peninsula North

CandidateVotes %±
Jennifer Watts (Incumbent)3,90652.360
Doug MacDonald1,63821.957
Dawn Marie Sloane (Incumbent)1,55820.885
Karen Dempsey2633.525
James McKay951.273
Turnout 7,460

District 9: Peninsula West - Armdale

CandidateVotes %±
Linda Mosher (Incumbent)4,90056.693
Richard MacLean2,64930.649
John Wimberly6998.087
Giovanni (John) Abati3954.570
Turnout 8,643

District 10: Birch Cove - Rockingham - Fairview

CandidateVotes %±
Russell Walker (Incumbent)3,08454.011
Kurt Bulger1,96134.343
John Thibeau66511.646
Turnout 5,710

District 11: Spryfield - Sambro - Prospect Road

CandidateVotes %±
Steve Adams (Incumbent)3,00548.759
Tom Lavers1,40922.862
Jim Hoskins1,07317.410
Peter Grabosky67610.969
Turnout 6,163

District 12: Timberlea - Beechville - Clayton Park West

CandidateVotes %±
Reg Rankin (Incumbent)2,83143.454
Mary Wile (Incumbent)1,90429.225
Bruce E. Smith1,53623.576
P. Rano Khokhar2443.745
Turnout 6,515

District 13: Hammonds Plains - St. Margarets

CandidateVotes %±
Matt Whitman3,20244.702
Peter Lund (Incumbent)2,89740.444
Doug Poulton1,06414.854
Turnout 7,163

District 14: Upper/Middle Sackville - Beaver Bank

CandidateVotes %±
Brad Johns (Incumbent)3,14172.524
Laurie Sauers1,19027.476
Turnout 4,331

District 15: Lower Sackville

CandidateVotes %±
Steve Craig 2,52441.181
Stephen Taylor1,85230.217
Curt Wentzell75512.318
Janet Langille69811.388
Ian Wilson3004.895
Turnout 6,129

District 16: Bedford - Wentworth

CandidateVotes %±
Tim Outhit (Incumbent)5,38683.621
Mark Ward1,05516.379
Turnout 6,441

References

  1. ↑ "2012 Municipal Elections". Halifax Regional Municipality. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  2. ↑ "HRM electoral districts redrawn". CBC. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  3. ↑ "Boundary changes mean tough decisions for councillors". CBC. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
  4. ↑ "Candidate Information". 2012 Municipal Election. Halifax Regional Municipality. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
  5. ↑ "Mayor Kelly not seeking re-election". CBC. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
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