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 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.
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 were officially nominated on September 11, 2012. [4]
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.
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | ||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Barry Dalrymple (Incumbent) | 3,806 | 57.242 | ||
Steve Streatch (Incumbent) | 2,843 | 42.758 | ||
Turnout | 6,649 | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Bill Karsten (Incumbent) | 3,321 | 41.383 | ||
Jackie Barkhouse (Incumbent) | 3,253 | 40.535 | ||
Jim MacDonald | 1,451 | 18.08 | ||
Turnout | 8,025 | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Lorelei Nicoll (Incumbent) | 4,626 | 62.086 | ||
Angela Jones | 1,905 | 25.567 | ||
Barry Smith | 920 | 12.347 | ||
Turnout | 7,451 | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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:
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 | ||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Russell Walker (Incumbent) | 3,084 | 54.011 | ||
Kurt Bulger | 1,961 | 34.343 | ||
John Thibeau | 665 | 11.646 | ||
Turnout | 5,710 | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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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 | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Matt Whitman | 3,202 | 44.702 | ||
Peter Lund (Incumbent) | 2,897 | 40.444 | ||
Doug Poulton | 1,064 | 14.854 | ||
Turnout | 7,163 | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Brad Johns (Incumbent) | 3,141 | 72.524 | ||
Laurie Sauers | 1,190 | 27.476 | ||
Turnout | 4,331 | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|
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 | |||
Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Tim Outhit (Incumbent) | 5,386 | 83.621 | ||
Mark Ward | 1,055 | 16.379 | ||
Turnout | 6,441 | |||
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