Nova Scotia municipal elections, 2012

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

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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

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

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References

  1. Municipal Elections Service Nova Scotia