2020 Halifax municipal election
The 2020 Halifax municipal election will be held on 17 October 2020 to elect councillors and a mayor to a four-year term on the Halifax Regional Council, the governing body of the Halifax Regional Municipality. Members of the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial will also be elected.[1]
Declared candidates
Mayor
- Mike Savage (incumbent)[2]
- Matt Whitman[3]
District 1: Waverley - Fall River - Musquodoboit Valley
District 2: Preston - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore
District 3: Dartmouth South - Eastern Passage
Incumbent Bill Karsten will not re-offer.[4]
District 4: Cole Harbour - Westphal
Incumbent Lorelei Nicoll will not re-offer.[5]
- Ryan Burris[3]
- Marisa DeMarco[3]
- Kevin Foran[3]
- Darryl Johnson[3]
- Jerome Lagmay[3]
- Jamie MacNeil[3]
- Tania Meloni[3]
- Chris Mont[3]
- Trish Purdy[3]
- Jessica Quillan[3]
- John Stewart[3]
- Caroline Williston[3]
District 5: Dartmouth Centre
District 6: Harbourview - Burnside - Dartmouth East
District 7: Halifax South Downtown
District 8: Halifax Peninsula North
District 9: Halifax West Armdale
- Bill Carr[3]
- Shaun Clark[3]
- Shawn Cleary (incumbent)[3]
- Stephen Foster[3]
District 10: Halifax - Bedford Basin West
Incumbent Russell Walker will not re-offer.[6]
- Andrew Curran[3]
- Mohammad Ehsan[3]
- Renee Field[3]
- Sherry Hassanali[3]
- Debbie MacKinnon[3]
- Kathryn Morse[3]
- Kyle Morton[3]
District 11: Spryfield - Sambro Loop - Prospect Road
Incumbent Steve Adams will not re-offer.[7]
- Stephen Chafe[3]
- Matthew Conrad[3]
- Bruce Cooke[3]
- Patty Cuttell[3]
- Bruce Holland[3]
- Kristen Hollery[3]
- Jim Hoskins[3]
- Ambroise Matwawana[3]
- Hannah Munday[3]
- Lisa Mullin[3]
- Dawn Edith Penney[3]
- Pete Rose[3]
District 12: Timberlea - Beechville - Clayton Park - Wedgewood
District 13: Hammonds Plains - St. Margarets
Incumbent councillor Matt Whitman will not re-offer as he is running for mayor. Candidates are not allowed to run for mayor and councillor at the same time.[8]
- Tom Arnold[3]
- Derek Bellemore[3]
- Tim Elms[3]
- Steven Foster[3]
- Robert Holden[3]
- Nick Horne[3]
- Darrell Jessome[3]
- Pam Lovelace[3]
- Iain Taylor[3]
- Harry Ward[3]
District 14: Middle/Upper Sackville - Beaver Bank - Lucasville
- Lisa Blackburn (incumbent)[3]
District 15: Lower Sackville
District 16: Bedford - Wentworth
- Tim Outhit (incumbent)[9]
References
- ^ "Municipal elections". Halifax Regional Municipality. Retrieved 29 June 2020.
- ^ Benjamin, Graeme (11 March 2020). "Halifax Mayor Mike Savage announces he'll run for third term". Global News.
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- ^ Quon, Alexander (25 May 2020). "Halifax Coun. Bill Karsten will not run for re-election in upcoming municipal vote". Global News.
- ^ Woodford, Zane (6 July 2020). "Halifax regional councillor Lorelei Nicoll announces she won't run again". Halifax Examiner.
- ^ Quon, Alexander (22 July 2020). "Russell Walker to retire from Halifax municipal council after 27 years". Global News.
- ^ Campbell, Frances (12 June 2020). "Eleven candidates challenging for HRM district seat held by Adams". Halifax Chronicle-Herald.
- ^ Quon, Alexander (30 October 2019). "'Halifax's worst-kept secret': Matt Whitman announces he's running for mayor". Global News.
- ^ Quon, Alexander (12 August 2020). "Tim Outhit to re-offer as Halifax councillor in October election". Global News.
External links
- Municipal elections – Halifax government website