2020 Nova Scotia municipal elections

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2020 Nova Scotia municipal elections
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Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on October 17, 2020. [1] Here is a summary of the mayoral results in the largest municipalities in the province and the council results for Cape Breton and Kings County (for Halifax, see 2020 Halifax municipal election). Elections were also held for the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial school board.

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Amherst

Mayoral candidate [2] Vote [3]  %
David Kogon (X)2,81870.80
Vaughn Martin76219.15
Ed Childs40010.05

Plebiscite

Should the Town of Amherst fluoridate the municipal water supply?
Option%
No2,29660.81
Yes1,48039.19

Bridgewater

Mayoral candidate [4] Vote %
David Mitchell (X)Acclaimed

Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Mayor

Challenging incumbent mayor Cecil Clarke are District 8 councillor Amanda McDougall, businessman Kevin MacEachern, 1990 Sydney mayoral candidate Chris Abbass, former Sydney Steel president John Strasser, and Archie MacKinnon who ran as an Independent candidate in the 2019 Canadian federal election in Sydney—Victoria. [5]

Mayoral candidate [6] Vote %
Amanda McDougall 24,31947.67
Cecil Clarke (X)20,78940.75
Archie MacKinnon3,4266.72
John Strasser1,3792.70
Chris Abbass7081.39
Kevin MacEachern3970.78

Cape Breton Regional Council

CandidateVote %
District 1 (Sydney Mines)
Gordon MacDonald1,43331.81
Danny Laffin1,14225.35
Duke Pero88319.60
Andrew Doyle79517.65
Shara Vickers2525.59
District 2 (North Sydney)
Earlene MacMullin (X)3,08667.91
Jim Dunphy1,45832.09
District 3 (The Lakes)
Cyril MacDonald2,09856.28
Blue Marshall (X)1,22132.75
Glen Murrant2235.98
John Whalley1864.99
District 4 (Westmount)
Steve Gillespie (X)3,24668.18
Yianni Harbis1,27226.72
Donalda Johnson2435.10
District 5 (Downtown Sydney)
Eldon MacDonald (X)1,54038.55
Shawn Lesnick74618.67
Scott MacQuarrie74018.52
Nigel Kearns69017.27
Christina Joe2796.98
District 6 (Sydney Southend)
Glenn Paruch1,53833.37
Barbara Beaton1,35129.31
Todd Riley1,27727.71
Joe Ward3397.36
Keith MacDonald1042.26
District 7 (Mira River)
Steve Parsons1,19429.93
Ivan Doncaster (X)1,02825.77
Adam Young96324.14
Kevin Hardy80420.16
District 8 (Louisbourg)
James Edwards2,10757.24
Diana MacKinnon-Furlong84022.82
Tracey Hilliard73419.94
District 9 (Glace Bay)
Kenny Tracey2,63063.19
Steven James MacNeil1,04925.20
Clarence Routledge48311.60
District 10 (Dominion/Glace Bay North)
Darren Bruckschwaiger (X)3,53580.82
Matthew Boyd83919.18
District 11 (New Waterford)
Darren O'Quinn1,35729.18
Johnny Miles1,13524.41
Dale Cadden79617.12
Arnie Nason4259.14
Jeff McNeil3176.82
Jennifer Heffernan2715.83
Laura Scheller Stanford2565.51
Chuck Ogley932.00
District 12 (Whitney Pier)
Lorne Green1,27434.20
Kim Sheppard1,21832.70
Trevor Allen53314.31
Donald Campbell3619.69
Gary Borden3399.10

Colchester County

Mayoral candidate [7] Vote %
Christine Blair (X)5,73965.14
Bob Taylor3,07134.86

Cumberland County

Cumberland County will be directly electing a mayor for the first time in 2020. [8]

Mayoral candidate [9] Vote [10]  %
Murray Scott6,21479.12
Jason Blanch1,64020.88

District of Chester

Candidate [11] Vote %
District 1
Andre Veinotte41847.66
Marshal Hector33738.42
Terri Demont12213.91
District 2
Floyd ShatfordAcclaimed100.0
District 3
Danielle Barkhouse 62381.65
Kerry Keddy14018.35
District 4
Allen Webber36560.73
Steven Millett23639.26
District 5
Abdella Assaff61672.79
Blake Rafuse22927.21
District 6
Tina ConnorsAcclaimed100.0
District 7
Sharon Church48779.57
Doug Sharpham12520.43

Halifax

Mayoral candidateVote %
Mike Savage (X)102,69080.21
Matt Whitman13,43910.50
Max Taylor11,8949.29

Kentville

Mayoral candidate [12] Vote %
Sandra Snow (X)Acclaimed

Kings County

Mayoral candidate [13] Vote [14]  %
Peter Muttart (X)6,78659.34
Shane Buchan3,22428.19
Jenn Kang1,42612.47

Kings County Municipal Council

CandidateVote %
District 1
June Granger1,02961.91
Dean Tupper63338.09
District 2
Lexie Burgess Misner41041.46
Logan Morse30831.14
Blake Orman27127.40
District 3
Dick Killam68742.67
Wayne Atwater65740.81
Adrian Doherty26616.52
District 4
Martha Armstrong (X)59450.47
Riley Peckford51243.50
D. T. Siddhartha Fraser716.03
District 5
Tim Harding36531.06
Jeff Robar34929.70
Ted Palmer30325.79
Justin Dorey917.74
Glen Harnish675.70
District 6
Joel Hirtle88463.19
Denise Bonnell33423.87
Darrell Pelton1037.36
Doug Ralph785.58
District 7
Emily Lutz (X)1,20968.73
Bob Best (X)55031.27
District 8
Jim Winsor (X)92685.82
Rick Mehta15314.18
District 9
Peter Allen (X)Acclaimed

District of the Municipality of Lunenburg

Mayoral candidate [15] Vote [16]  %
Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (X)5,43760.41
Caleb Wheeldon3,56339.59

Lunenburg (Town)

Mayoral candidate [17] Vote [18]  %
Matt Risser95578.08
John McGee26821.91

New Glasgow

Mayoral candidate [19] Vote [20]  %
Nancy Dicks (X)3,32891.63
Mark Firth3048.37

Pictou (Town)

Mayoral candidateVote [21]  %
Jim Ryan (X)Acclaimed
Councillors
Melinda MacKenzie (X)89016.8
Nadine LeBlanc (X)82015.5
Dan Currie (X)76614.4
Shawn McNamara (X)68512.9
Cam Beaton56410.6
Jerry Cyr54310.2
Eric Daley4608.7
Kenny Paquet3957.5
Kevin Pettipas1743.3

Region of Queens Municipality

Mayoral candidate [22] Vote [23]  %
Darlene Norman1,33635.60
Susan Macleod1,10629.47
David B. Dagley (X)84522.52
Brian G. Fralic46612.42

Truro

Mayoral candidate [24] Vote [25]  %
Bill Mills (X)2,55862.97
Terry Baillie1,50437.03

West Hants Regional Municipality

Prior to the District of West Hant's amalgamation with Windsor on April 1, 2020, the new West Hants Regional Municipality held elections on March 7, 2020. The new municipality will therefore not hold elections in October.

Mayoral results:

Mayoral Candidate [26] Vote %
Abraham Zebian4,04365.48
Jennifer Daniels1,43723.28
Jim White69411.24

Yarmouth (Town)

Mayoral Candidate [27] Vote [28]  %
Pam Mood (X)1,63254.97
Charles A. Crosby 1,02634.56
Angie Romard2247.54
Gregory Doucette872.93

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