Municipal and school board elections were held in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on October 15, 2016. Here is a summary of the mayoral results in the major communities in the province and the council results for the four largest municipalities.
Amherst Mayoral candidate Vote %David Kogon 1,630 41.30George Baker 682 17.28Wayne Bishop 538 13.63Dale Fawthrop 416 10.54Robert Bird 380 9.63Brian Skabar 301 7.63
Bridgewater Mayoral candidate Vote %David Mitchell 1,348 53.28David Walker (X) 960 37.94Greg Ritcey 222 8.77
Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Mayoral candidateCape Breton Regional Municipality. Official list of candidates Vote %Cecil Clarke (X) 22,250 51.55 Rankin MacSween 20,911 48.45
Cape Breton Regional Council Candidate Vote % District 1Clarence Prince (X) 1,982 49.00Gordon MacDonald 1,675 41.41Duke Pero 388 9.59 District 2Earlene MacMullin 985 23.49Lloyd Wilkie 980 23.37Diane Power 966 23.03Clayton Smith 663 15.81Bill MacDonald 465 11.09Wally March 135 3.22District 3Blue Marshall 1,189 35.98Cyril MacDonald 689 20.85Tom Vickers 584 17.67 Jim Clark 546 16.52Michael MacNeil 177 5.36André Desjardins Jr. 120 3.63 District 4Steve Gillespie 1,325 34.90Darlene Morrison 745 19.62Darrell Wilson 702 18.49Dave LeBlanc 691 18.20 Richard Fogarty 334 8.80 District 5Eldon MacDonald (X) 1,530 45.63Tom Wilson 839 25.02 Shawn Lesnick 408 12.17 Nigel Kearns 313 9.33Nadine Bernard 263 7.84 District 6Ray Paruch (X) 2,411 66.90Roberta Lynch 862 23.92Paul R. Theriault 331 9.18 District 7Ivan Doncaster (X) 1,767 54.94Rob MacNeill 924 28.73Joe Ward 525 16.32 District 8Amanda McDougall 1,576 50.89 Kevin Saccary (X) 1,521 49.11 District 9George MacDonald (X) 1,579 45.44Clarence Routledge 603 17.35 Steven James MacNeil 575 16.55Seward Bonaparte 515 14.82Lois MacDougall 203 5.84 District 10Darren Bruckschwaiger 2,426 55.63 Brian Shaw 1,266 29.03Dave Wilson 669 15.34 District 11Kendra Coombes 2,106 55.38 Lowell Cormier (X) 1,697 44.62 District 12Jim MacLeod (X) 1,460 50.98Kim Sheppard 1,181 41.24 Tera Camus 223 7.79
Colchester County Mayoral candidate Vote %Christine Blair 3,051 53.02 Bob Taylor (X) 2,703 46.98
Colchester County Municipal Council Candidate Vote % District 1 Eric Boutlier Acclaimed District 2 Bill Masters (X) 567 82.77 Shawn Duffy 118 17.23 District 3Geoff Stewart (X) Acclaimed District 4 Mike Cooper (X) Acclaimed District 5 Lloyd Gibbs (X) Acclaimed District 6 Karen MacKenzie (X) Acclaimed District 7Michael Gregory (X) Acclaimed District 8 Ron Cavanaugh (X) Acclaimed District 9Doug MacInnes (X) Acclaimed District 10Tom Taggart (X) Acclaimed District 11 Wade Parker (X) 416 50.79 Tom Burke 403 49.21
District 9 special election Held on October 21, 2017. Council candidate Vote % Bob Pash 379 61.23 Bob White 240 38.77
Halifax Regional Municipality
Mayoral candidate Vote %Mike Savage (X) 61,875 68.43Lil MacPherson 28,543 31.57
Kentville Mayoral candidate Vote % Sandra Snow 1,850 70.18 Dave Corkum (X) 786 29.82
Kings County Kings County will be holding mayoral elections for the first time, in addition to elections for municipal council. Mayoral candidate Vote % Peter Muttart 5,683 51.09 Dick Killam 3,268 29.38 Rick Ackland 1,133 10.19 Laurie Porter 1,039 9.34
Kings County Municipal Council Candidate Vote % District 1 Meg Hodges 1,006 63.43 Michael Embree 580 36.57 District 2 Pauline Raven (X) 833 74.04 Deanna O'Neil 292 25.96 District 3 Brian Hirtle (X) 1,115 72.40 Ray Savage 425 27.60 District 4 Martha Armstrong 603 54.28 Wayne Atwater (X) 508 45.72 District 5 Paul Spicer 395 33.73 Diana Brothers (X) 303 25.88 Jeffery Robar 238 20.32 Ted Palmer 235 20.07 District 6 Bob Best (X) 750 55.60 Sandy Buchan 599 44.40 District 7 Emily Lutz 810 72.26 Hugh Curry 220 19.63 Richard Nickerson 91 8.12 District 8 Jim Winsor (X) 890 73.74 Quentin Hill 317 26.26 District 9 Peter Allen 698 66.48 Dan Sparkman 352 33.52
District of the Municipality of Lunenburg Mayoral candidate Vote % Carolyn Bolivar-Getson 4,256 50.92Tom Lockwood 4,102 49.08
New Glasgow Mayoral candidate Vote % Nancy Dicks 1,796 45.42Henderson Paris 1,693 42.82Ken Langille 268 6.78Mark Firth 197 4.98
Region of Queens Municipality Mayoral candidate Vote %David Dagley 1,573 48.43Christopher Clarke (X) 1,271 39.13Scott Costen 404 12.44
Truro Mayoral candidate Vote %Bill Mills (X) 1,827 42.72Keltie Jones 1,782 41.66Raymond Tynes 428 10.01Al McNutt 240 5.61
Yarmouth (Town) Mayoral Candidate Vote % Pam Mood (X) 2,010 68.44 Charles A. Crosby 753 25.64 Doris Powell 174 5.92
References
External links Government of Nova Scotia: Municipal elections