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Downtown Halifax
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 2012 Nova Scotia municipal elections .
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]
Candidates and results [ edit ]
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]
HRM Total Population, 2011 Census: 390,096
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
Total Population, 2011 Census:
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Barry Dalrymple (Incumbent )
3,806
57.242
Steve Streatch (Incumbent )
2,843
42.758
Turnout
6,649
Total Population, 2011 Census:
Candidate
Votes
%
±
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
Total Population, 2011 Census:
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
Total Population, 2011 Census:
Candidate
Votes
%
±
Lorelei Nicoll (Incumbent )
4,626
62.086
Angela Jones
1,905
25.567
Barry Smith
920
12.347
Turnout
7,451
Total Population, 2011 Census:
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
By-election held January 23, 2016 to replace Fisher, who was elected to the House of Commons:
Candidate
Votes
%
±
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
%
±
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
%
±
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
%
±
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
%
±
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