2020 Nova Scotia municipal elections

2020 Nova Scotia municipal elections
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Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on October 17, 2020.[1] 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[2] Vote[3] %
David Kogon (X) 2,818 70.80
Vaughn Martin 762 19.15
Ed 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[4] 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.[5]

Mayoral candidate[6] Vote %
Amanda McDougall 24,319 47.67
Cecil Clarke (X) 20,789 40.75
Archie MacKinnon 3,426 6.72
John Strasser 1,379 2.70
Chris Abbass 708 1.39
Kevin MacEachern 397 0.78

Cape Breton Regional Council

Candidate Vote %
District 1 (Sydney Mines)
Gordon MacDonald 1,433 31.81
Danny Laffin 1,142 25.35
Duke Pero 883 19.60
Andrew Doyle 795 17.65
Shara Vickers 252 5.59
District 2 (North Sydney)
Earlene MacMullin (X) 3,086 67.91
Jim Dunphy 1,458 32.09
District 3 (The Lakes)
Cyril MacDonald 2,098 56.28
Blue Marshall (X) 1,221 32.75
Glen Murrant 223 5.98
John Whalley 186 4.99
District 4 (Westmount)
Steve Gillespie (X) 3,246 68.18
Yianni Harbis 1,272 26.72
Donalda Johnson 243 5.10
District 5 (Downtown Sydney)
Eldon MacDonald (X) 1,540 38.55
Shawn Lesnick 746 18.67
Scott MacQuarrie 740 18.52
Nigel Kearns 690 17.27
Christina Joe 279 6.98
District 6 (Sydney Southend)
Glenn Paruch 1,538 33.37
Barbara Beaton 1,351 29.31
Todd Riley 1,277 27.71
Joe Ward 339 7.36
Keith MacDonald 104 2.26
District 7 (Mira River)
Steve Parsons 1,194 29.93
Ivan Doncaster (X) 1,028 25.77
Adam Young 963 24.14
Kevin Hardy 804 20.16
District 8 (Louisbourg)
James Edwards 2,107 57.24
Diana MacKinnon-Furlong 840 22.82
Tracey Hilliard 734 19.94
District 9 (Glace Bay)
Kenny Tracey 2,630 63.19
Steven James MacNeil 1,049 25.20
Clarence Routledge 483 11.60
District 10 (Dominion/Glace Bay North)
Darren Bruckschwaiger (X) 3,535 80.82
Matthew Boyd 839 19.18
District 11 (New Waterford)
Darren O'Quinn 1,357 29.18
Johnny Miles 1,135 24.41
Dale Cadden 796 17.12
Arnie Nason 425 9.14
Jeff McNeil 317 6.82
Jennifer Heffernan 271 5.83
Laura Scheller Stanford 256 5.51
Chuck Ogley 93 2.00
District 12 (Whitney Pier)
Lorne Green 1,274 34.20
Kim Sheppard 1,218 32.70
Trevor Allen 533 14.31
Donald Campbell 361 9.69
Gary Borden 339 9.10

Colchester County

Mayoral candidate[7] 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.[8]

Mayoral candidate[9] Vote[10] %
Murray Scott 6,214 79.12
Jason Blanch 1,640 20.88

District of Chester

Candidate[11] Vote %
District 1
Andre Veinotte 418 47.66
Marshal Hector 337 38.42
Terri Demont 122 13.91
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 Acclaimed 100.0
District 7
Sharon Church 487 79.57
Doug Sharpham 125 20.43

Halifax

Main article: 2020 Halifax municipal election
Mayoral candidate Vote %
Mike Savage (X) 102,690 80.21
Matt Whitman 13,439 10.50
Max Taylor 11,894 9.29

Kentville

Mayoral candidate[12] Vote %
Sandra Snow (X) Acclaimed

Kings County

Mayoral candidate[13] Vote[14] %
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 884 63.19
Denise Bonnell 334 23.87
Darrell Pelton 103 7.36
Doug Ralph 78 5.58
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:[15]

Candidate Vote %
Kevin Davison 301 55.54
Shawn Maxwell 142 26.20
Trina Keddy 99 18.27

District of the Municipality of Lunenburg

Mayoral candidate[16] Vote[17] %
Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (X) 5,437 60.41
Caleb Wheeldon 3,563 39.59

Lunenburg (Town)

Mayoral candidate[18] Vote[19] %
Matt Risser 955 78.08
John McGee 268 21.91

New Glasgow

Mayoral candidate[20] Vote[21] %
Nancy Dicks (X) 3,328 91.63
Mark Firth 304 8.37

Pictou (Town)

Mayoral candidate Vote[22] %
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[23] Vote[24] %
Darlene Norman 1,336 35.60
Susan Macleod 1,106 29.47
David B. Dagley (X) 845 22.52
Brian G. Fralic 466 12.42

Truro

Mayoral candidate[25] Vote[26] %
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[27] Vote %
Abraham Zebian 4,043 65.48
Jennifer Daniels 1,437 23.28
Jim White 694 11.24

Yarmouth (Town)

Mayoral Candidate[28] Vote[29] %
Pam Mood (X) 1,632 54.97
Charles A. Crosby 1,026 34.56
Angie Romard 224 7.54
Gregory Doucette 87 2.93

References

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