Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on October 17, 2020. Here is a summary of the mayoral results in the largest municipalities in the province and the council results for Cape Breton and Kings County (for Halifax, see 2020 Halifax municipal election). Elections were also held for the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial school board.
Amherst Mayoral candidate Vote %David Kogon (X) 2,818 70.80Vaughn Martin 762 19.15Ed Childs 400 10.05
Plebiscite Should the Town of Amherst fluoridate the municipal water supply? Option% No 2,296 60.81 Yes 1,480 39.19
Bridgewater Mayoral candidate Vote %David Mitchell (X) Acclaimed
Cape Breton Regional Municipality Mayor Challenging incumbent mayor Cecil Clarke are District 8 councillor Amanda McDougall, businessman Kevin MacEachern, 1990 Sydney mayoral candidate Chris Abbass, former Sydney Steel president John Strasser, and Archie MacKinnon who ran as an Independent candidate in the 2019 Canadian federal election in Sydney—Victoria.
Mayoral candidate Vote %Amanda McDougall 24,319 47.67Cecil Clarke (X) 20,789 40.75Archie MacKinnon 3,426 6.72John Strasser 1,379 2.70Chris Abbass 708 1.39Kevin MacEachern 397 0.78
Cape Breton Regional Council Candidate Vote % District 1 (Sydney Mines)Gordon MacDonald 1,433 31.81Danny Laffin 1,142 25.35 Duke Pero 883 19.60Andrew Doyle 795 17.65Shara Vickers 252 5.59 District 2 (North Sydney) Earlene MacMullin (X) 3,086 67.91Jim Dunphy 1,458 32.09 District 3 (The Lakes)Cyril MacDonald 2,098 56.28Blue Marshall (X) 1,221 32.75Glen Murrant 223 5.98John Whalley 186 4.99 District 4 (Westmount)Steve Gillespie (X) 3,246 68.18Yianni Harbis 1,272 26.72Donalda Johnson 243 5.10 District 5 (Downtown Sydney) Eldon MacDonald (X) 1,540 38.55Shawn Lesnick 746 18.67Scott MacQuarrie 740 18.52Nigel Kearns 690 17.27Christina Joe 279 6.98 District 6 (Sydney Southend)Glenn Paruch 1,538 33.37 Barbara Beaton 1,351 29.31Todd Riley 1,277 27.71Joe Ward 339 7.36Keith MacDonald 104 2.26 District 7 (Mira River)Steve Parsons 1,194 29.93 Ivan Doncaster (X) 1,028 25.77Adam Young 963 24.14Kevin Hardy 804 20.16 District 8 (Louisbourg) James Edwards 2,107 57.24Diana MacKinnon-Furlong 840 22.82 Tracey Hilliard 734 19.94 District 9 (Glace Bay)Kenny Tracey 2,630 63.19Steven James MacNeil 1,049 25.20 Clarence Routledge 483 11.60 District 10 (Dominion/Glace Bay North)Darren Bruckschwaiger (X) 3,535 80.82Matthew Boyd 839 19.18 District 11 (New Waterford)Darren O'Quinn 1,357 29.18Johnny Miles 1,135 24.41Dale Cadden 796 17.12Arnie Nason 425 9.14Jeff McNeil 317 6.82Jennifer Heffernan 271 5.83Laura Scheller Stanford 256 5.51 Chuck Ogley 93 2.00 District 12 (Whitney Pier)Lorne Green 1,274 34.20Kim Sheppard 1,218 32.70 Trevor Allen 533 14.31Donald Campbell 361 9.69Gary Borden 339 9.10
Colchester County Mayoral candidate Vote %Christine Blair (X) 5,739 65.14 Bob Taylor 3,071 34.86
Cumberland County Cumberland County will be directly electing a mayor for the first time in 2020. Mayoral candidate Vote %Murray Scott 6,214 79.12Jason Blanch 1,640 20.88
District of Chester Candidate Vote % District 1 Andre Veinotte 418 47.66 Marshal Hector 337 38.42Terri Demont12213.91 District 2 Floyd Shatford Acclaimed 100.0 District 3 Danielle Barkhouse 623 81.65 Kerry Keddy 140 18.35 District 4 Allen Webber 365 60.73 Steven Millett 236 39.26 District 5 Abdella Assaff 616 72.79 Blake Rafuse 229 27.21 District 6 Tina Connors Acclaimed100.0 District 7 Sharon Church 487 79.57 Doug Sharpham 125 20.43
Halifax
Mayoral candidate Vote %Mike Savage (X) 102,690 80.21Matt Whitman 13,439 10.50 Max Taylor 11,894 9.29
Kentville Mayoral candidate Vote % Sandra Snow (X) Acclaimed
Kings County Mayoral candidate Vote % Peter Muttart (X) 6,786 59.34 Shane Buchan 3,224 28.19 Jenn Kang 1,426 12.47
Kings County Municipal Council Candidate Vote % District 1 June Granger 1,029 61.91 Dean Tupper 633 38.09 District 2 Lexie Burgess Misner 410 41.46 Logan Morse 308 31.14 Blake Orman 271 27.40 District 3 Dick Killam 687 42.67 Wayne Atwater 657 40.81 Adrian Doherty 266 16.52 District 4 Martha Armstrong (X) 594 50.47 Riley Peckford 512 43.50 D. T. Siddhartha Fraser 71 6.03 District 5 Tim Harding 365 31.06 Jeff Robar 349 29.70 Ted Palmer 303 25.79 Justin Dorey 91 7.74 Glen Harnish 67 5.70 District 6 Joel Hirtle 88463.19 Denise Bonnell 334 23.87 Darrell Pelton 1037.36 Doug Ralph 785.58 District 7 Emily Lutz (X) 1,209 68.73 Bob Best (X) 550 31.27 District 8 Jim Winsor (X) 926 85.82 Rick Mehta 153 14.18 District 9 Peter Allen (X) Acclaimed
By-election A by-election was held June 17–24, 2023 in District 8. Results:
Candidate Vote % Kevin Davison 301 55.54 Shawn Maxwell 142 26.20Trina Keddy 99 18.27
District of the Municipality of Lunenburg Mayoral candidate Votehttps://www.modl.ca/index.php?option=com_docman&view=download&alias=6661-2020-election-results&category_slug=election-results&Itemid=102 % Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (X) 5,437 60.41 Caleb Wheeldon 3,563 39.59
Lunenburg (Town) Mayoral candidate Vote %Matt Risser 955 78.08John McGee 268 21.91
New Glasgow Mayoral candidate Vote % Nancy Dicks (X) 3,328 91.63Mark Firth 304 8.37
Pictou (Town) Mayoral candidate Vote % Jim Ryan (X) Acclaimed Councillors Melinda MacKenzie (X) 890 16.8 Nadine LeBlanc (X) 820 15.5 Dan Currie (X) 766 14.4 Shawn McNamara (X) 685 12.9 Cam Beaton 564 10.6 Jerry Cyr 543 10.2 Eric Daley 460 8.7 Kenny Paquet 395 7.5 Kevin Pettipas 174 3.3
Region of Queens Municipality Mayoral candidate Vote %Darlene Norman 1,336 35.60 Susan Macleod 1,106 29.47 David B. Dagley (X) 845 22.52Brian G. Fralic 466 12.42
Truro Mayoral candidate Vote %Bill Mills (X) 2,558 62.97 Terry Baillie 1,504 37.03
West Hants Regional Municipality Prior to the District of West Hant's amalgamation with Windsor on April 1, 2020, the new West Hants Regional Municipality held elections on March 7, 2020. The new municipality will therefore not hold elections in October.
Mayoral results:
Mayoral Candidate Vote %Abraham Zebian 4,043 65.48Jennifer Daniels 1,437 23.28Jim White 694 11.24
Yarmouth (Town) Mayoral Candidate Vote % Pam Mood (X) 1,632 54.97 Charles A. Crosby 1,026 34.56 Angie Romard 224 7.54Gregory Doucette 87 2.93
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