Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election, 2012

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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 Nova Scotia municipal elections, 2012.

Halifax Regional Council

Halifax Regional Council is the governing body of Halifax, formally known as the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM). Halifax is governed by a mayor-council system, where councillors are elected from sixteen geographic districts though a first past the post system and the Mayor is elected via a municipality wide first past the post vote. Halifax Regional Council was formed in 1996 and consisted of twenty-three councillors and one mayor. It was reduced in size to sixteen councillors and the mayor in 2012. The council meets at Halifax City Hall.

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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]

The Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board or NSUARB is the independent tribunal and regulating arm of the Government of Nova Scotia.

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]

Peter J. Kelly is a municipal civil servant, businessman and former politician. Kelly currently serves as Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) for Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, Canada. He is a former mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality (HRM), Nova Scotia. Kelly was elected to Bedford town council in 1985, then became mayor in 1991. In 1995, in the newly amalgamated HRM, he was elected councillor for Bedford, Nova Scotia. In 2000, he was elected Mayor of the HRM. Under scrutiny for his role in the HRM concert scandal and as executor for the will of Mary Thibeault, Kelly left politics in 2012 citing personal reasons.

HRM Total Population, 2011 Census: 390,096
CandidateVotes%±
Mike Savage 63,547 57.749
Tom Martin 21,912 19.913
Fred Connors 20,277 18.427
Aaron Eisses 1,628 1.479
Steve Mackie 1,458 1.325
Robert (Wesley) McCormack 1,218 1.107
Turnout 110,040 37.07

District 1: Waverley - Fall River - Musquodoboit Valley

Total Population, 2011 Census:
CandidateVotes%±
Barry Dalrymple (Incumbent) 3,806 57.242
Steve Streatch (Incumbent) 2,843 42.758
Turnout 6,649

District 2: Preston - Porters Lake - Eastern Shore

Total Population, 2011 Census:
CandidateVotes%±
David Hendsbee (Incumbent) 3,118 40.721
Gail McQuarrie 1,175 15.345
Laurie Cook 1,116 14.575
Keith Leahy 1,080 14.105
Jason Josey 798 10.422
Will Gilligan 370 4.832
Turnout 7,657

District 3: Dartmouth South - Eastern Passage

Total Population, 2011 Census:
CandidateVotes%±
Bill Karsten (Incumbent) 3,321 41.383
Jackie Barkhouse (Incumbent) 3,253 40.535
Jim MacDonald 1,451 18.08
Turnout 8,025

District 4: Cole Harbour - Westphal

Total Population, 2011 Census:
CandidateVotes%±
Lorelei Nicoll (Incumbent) 4,626 62.086
Angela Jones 1,905 25.567
Barry Smith 920 12.347
Turnout 7,451

District 5: Dartmouth Centre

Total Population, 2011 Census:
CandidateVotes%±
Gloria McCluskey (Incumbent) 4,760 52.678
Sam Austin 1,758 19.456
Sonya Dudka 1,195 13.225
Kate Watson 562 6.220
Bill Zebedee 460 5.091
Ken Bowman 157 1.737
Bryn Jones-Vaillancourt 144 1.594
Turnout 9,036

District 6: Harbourview - Burnside - Dartmouth East

CandidateVotes%±
Darren Fisher (Incumbent) 4,518 69.497
Jerry Pye 1,983 30.503
Turnout 6,501

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

CandidateVotes%±
Tony Mancini 1,475 45.1
Matt Spurway 1,199 36.7
Don Smeltzer 541 16.5
P. D. F. Boyd III 56 1.7

District 7: Peninsula South - Downtown

CandidateVotes%±
Waye Mason 1,949 32.188
Sue Uteck (Incumbent) 1,855 30.636
Gerry Walsh 1,796 29.661
Dawgfather PHD 357 5.896
Mike MacDonell 98 1.618
Turnout 6,055

District 8: Peninsula North

CandidateVotes%±
Jennifer Watts (Incumbent) 3,906 52.360
Doug MacDonald 1,638 21.957
Dawn Marie Sloane (Incumbent) 1,558 20.885
Karen Dempsey 263 3.525
James McKay 95 1.273
Turnout 7,460

District 9: Peninsula West - Armdale

CandidateVotes%±
Linda Mosher (Incumbent) 4,900 56.693
Richard MacLean 2,649 30.649
John Wimberly 699 8.087
Giovanni (John) Abati 395 4.570
Turnout 8,643

District 10: Birch Cove - Rockingham - Fairview

CandidateVotes%±
Russell Walker (Incumbent) 3,084 54.011
Kurt Bulger 1,961 34.343
John Thibeau 665 11.646
Turnout 5,710

District 11: Spryfield - Sambro - Prospect Road

CandidateVotes%±
Steve Adams (Incumbent) 3,005 48.759
Tom Lavers 1,409 22.862
Jim Hoskins 1,073 17.410
Peter Grabosky 676 10.969
Turnout 6,163

District 12: Timberlea - Beechville - Clayton Park West

CandidateVotes%±
Reg Rankin (Incumbent) 2,831 43.454
Mary Wile (Incumbent) 1,904 29.225
Bruce E. Smith 1,536 23.576
P. Rano Khokhar 244 3.745
Turnout 6,515

District 13: Hammonds Plains - St. Margarets

CandidateVotes%±
Matt Whitman 3,202 44.702
Peter Lund (Incumbent) 2,897 40.444
Doug Poulton 1,064 14.854
Turnout 7,163

District 14: Upper/Middle Sackville - Beaver Bank

CandidateVotes%±
Brad Johns (Incumbent) 3,141 72.524
Laurie Sauers 1,190 27.476
Turnout 4,331

District 15: Lower Sackville

CandidateVotes%±
Steve Craig 2,524 41.181
Stephen Taylor 1,852 30.217
Curt Wentzell 755 12.318
Janet Langille 698 11.388
Ian Wilson 300 4.895
Turnout 6,129

District 16: Bedford - Wentworth

CandidateVotes%±
Tim Outhit (Incumbent) 5,386 83.621
Mark Ward 1,055 16.379
Turnout 6,441

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References

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