2012 Halifax municipal election Turnout 37.07% Candidate Mike Savage Tom Martin Fred Connors Popular vote 63,547 21,912 20,277 Percentage 57.75% 19.91% 18.43% Candidate Aaron Eisses Steve Mackie Wesley McCormack Popular vote 1,628 1,458 1,218 Percentage 1.48% 1.33% 1.11%
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] HRM to be redrawn.[ 2] [ 3]
Candidates and results 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
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