2012 Halifax municipal election

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

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]

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

District 1: Waverley - Fall River - Musquodoboit Valley

Total Population, 2011 Census:
Candidate	Votes	%
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:
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

District 3: Dartmouth South - Eastern Passage

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

District 4: Cole Harbour - Westphal

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

District 5: Dartmouth Centre

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	1.863
Turnout	9,036

District 6: Harbourview - Burnside - Dartmouth East


Candidate	Votes	%
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	%
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


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

District 8: Peninsula North


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

District 9: Peninsula West - Armdale


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

District 10: Birch Cove - Rockingham - Fairview


Candidate	Votes	%
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


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

District 12: Timberlea - Beechville - Clayton Park West


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

District 13: Hammonds Plains - St. Margarets


Candidate	Votes	%
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


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

District 15: Lower Sackville


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

District 16: Bedford - Wentworth


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

References

^ "2012 Municipal Elections". Halifax Regional Municipality. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
^ "HRM electoral districts redrawn". CBC. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
^ "Boundary changes mean tough decisions for councillors". CBC. Retrieved July 26, 2012.
^ "Candidate Information". 2012 Municipal Election. Halifax Regional Municipality. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.
^ "Mayor Kelly not seeking re-election". CBC. Retrieved July 26, 2012.

External links

HRM Elections

[1] "2012 Municipal Elections". Halifax Regional Municipality. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.

[2] "HRM electoral districts redrawn". CBC. Retrieved July 26, 2012.

[3] "Boundary changes mean tough decisions for councillors". CBC. Retrieved July 26, 2012.

[4] "Candidate Information". 2012 Municipal Election. Halifax Regional Municipality. Archived from the original on 22 May 2012. Retrieved 26 July 2012.

[5] "Mayor Kelly not seeking re-election". CBC. Retrieved July 26, 2012.

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