2012 Nova Scotia municipal elections

2012 Nova Scotia municipal elections

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Municipal elections were held across the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on October 20, 2012. ^[1]

Selected mayoral races are as follows. Each town and regional municipality in the province held an election for mayor, while one county (Colchester) and one municipal district (Lunenburg) held races for mayor as well.

Amherst

Candidate	Vote	%
Rob Small (X)	1,589	53.72
Wayne Bishop	1,369	46.28

Bridgewater

Candidate	Vote	%
David Walker	1,079	52.43
Gary Macneil	979	47.57

Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Mayor

Candidate	Vote	%
Cecil Clarke	27,732	58.6
Rankin MacSween	17,847	37.7
Elizabeth Barrie	800	1.7
Glenn Jessome	660	1.4
Wilf Isaac	286	0.6

Council

Candidate	Vote	%
District 1
Clarence Prince (X)	3,344	78.2
Robert Hillman	692	16.2
Paul Power	242	5.7
District 2
Charlie Keagan	1,451	33.0
Lloyd Wilkie	1,276	29.0
Bill MacDonald	914	20.8
Beth Johnston	758	17.2
District 3
Mae Rowe (X)	2,306	63.7
Esmond (Blue) Marshall	1,315	36.3
District 4
Claire Detheridge (X)	2,459	56.0
Kenneth MacQueen	1,561	35.5
John Hashem	374	8.5
District 5
Eldon MacDonald	1,038	27.5
Jim "Rico" MacEachern	729	19.3
Charlie Long	693	18.4
Leah Boyd	347	9.2
Mike Targett	342	9.1
Max MacDonald	256	6.8
Doug Johnston	215	5.7
George Woodberry	151	4.0
District 6
Ray Paruch (X)	2,251	50.4
Tom Wilson (X)	1,915	42.9
Roberta (Robin) Lynch	297	6.7
District 7
Ivan Doncaster	2,282	61.9
Dave LeBlanc (X)	1,402	38.1
District 8
Kevin Saccary (X)	1,740	50.4
Hugh Kennedy	887	25.7
Amanda McDougall	527	15.3
Sandra Clarke	299	8.7
District 9
George MacDonald (X)	Acclaimed
District 10
Darren Bruckschwaiger (X)	3,191	65.5
Lee McNeil (X)	938	19.2
Cecil Saccary	451	9.3
David MacKeigan	295	6.1
District 11
Lowell Cormier	Acclaimed
District 12
Jim MacLeod (X)	1,447	41.7
Jason MacLean	1,063	30.6
Brandon Ellis	816	23.5
Tim Waler	147	4.2

Colchester County

Candidate	Vote	%
Bob Taylor (X)	Acclaimed

Halifax Regional Municipality

Main article: 2012 Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election

Candidate	Vote	%
Mike Savage	63,547	57.7
Tom Martin	21,912	19.9
Fred Connors	20,277	18.4
Aaron Eisses	1,628	1.5
Steve Mackie	1,458	1.3
Robert (Wesley) McCormack	1,218	1.1

Kentville

Candidate	Vote	%
David Corkum (X)	Acclaimed

Lunenburg (Town)

Candidate	Vote	%
Rachel Bailey	851	74.9
Ron Stockton	285	25.1

District of the Municipality of Lunenburg

Candidate	Vote	%
Don Downe (X)	4,620	78.0
Kirk Meisner	1,300	12.0

New Glasgow

Candidate	Vote	%
Barrie MacMillan (X)	1,803	62.3
Mark Firth	625	21.6
Ken Langille	465	16.1

Oxford

Candidate	Vote	%
Trish Stewart	238	43.0
Arnold H. MacDonald	213	38.6
Lloyd D. Jenkins (X)	102	18.4

Region of Queens Municipality

Candidate	Vote	%
Chris Clarke	1,961	47,4
David Dagley	1,414	34.1
Owen Hamlin	384	9.3
Mervin Hartlin	382	9.2

Truro

Candidate	Vote	%
Bill Mills (X)	2,228	53.53
Kelti Jones	1,934	46.47

Yarmouth (Town)

Candidate	Vote	%
Pam Mood	1,791	56.7
Charles A. Crosby	725	23.0
Byron Boudreau	641	20.3

References

1. Municipal Elections Service Nova Scotia