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2024 Halifax municipal election

The 2024 Halifax municipal election took place on October 19, 2024 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 were also elected. Elections took place as part of municipal elections held across the province.

Electoral system

Councillors (elected by residents of each of the 16 electoral districts) and the mayor (elected at-large by all voters) are chosen using the first-past-the-post voting system. Each district elects one councillor; the candidate with the most votes wins. There are no political parties at the municipal level in Nova Scotia.

New electoral district boundaries come into effect for the 2024 election, replacing the boundaries that were used for the 2016 and 2020 elections, which first came into effect on November 1, 2016.

Synopsis

On October 19, 2023, Bedford incumbent Tim Outhit (District 16) announced that he would not re-offer. Outhit was first elected in 2008.

Speaking on CityNews 95.7 radio on January 15, 2024, peninsula councillors Waye Mason (District 7) and Lindell Smith (District 8) both stated that they would not re-offer. Smith said he had always intended to serve two terms, while Mason stated that he was considering a mayoral bid should Mayor Savage decide not to reoffer.

On February 13, 2024, Mike Savage announced that he would not run for a fourth term as mayor. Savage was first elected in 2012.

Candidates

Mayor

Incumbent Mike Savage did not run for re-election.

The official candidates for Mayor were:

  • Bob Anders
  • Alex Andreas
  • David Boyd
  • Sean Dibbin, amateur historian
  • Ryan Dodge
  • Andy Fillmore, former MP
  • Greg Frampton, non-profit manager
  • Andrew Goodsell, homeless man
  • Nolan Greenough, mechanic
  • Jim Hoskins, retired police officer
  • Darryl Johnson
  • Zoran Jokic, business owner and activist
  • Pam Lovelace, former Deputy Mayor
  • Waye Mason, entrepreneur and Member of the Halifax Regional Council
  • Riley Murphy
  • Ross Rankin, graduate from Saint Mary's University
Results

District 1: Waverley - Fall River - Musquodoboit Valley

The official candidates for District 1 were:

  • Chris Balcom
  • Cathy Deagle Gammon (Incumbent)
  • Angela Dennison
Results

District 2: Lawrencetown - The Lakes - Chezzetcook - Eastern Shore

The official candidates for District 2 were:

Results

District 3: Dartmouth South - Woodside - Eastern Passage

The official candidates for District 3 were:

Results

District 4: Cole Harbour - Preston - Westphal - Cherry Brook

The official candidates for District 4 were:

  • James Aalders
  • Joe Colley
  • Nicole Johnson
  • Trish Purdy (Incumbent)
Results

District 5: Dartmouth Centre

The official candidates for District 5 were:

  • Sam Austin (Incumbent)
  • Michael McCluskey
Results

District 6: Dartmouth East - Burnside

The official candidates for District 6 were:

  • Tony Mancini (Incumbent)
  • Lori Ogden
Results

District 7: Halifax South Downtown

The official candidates for District 7 were:

  • William Breckenridge
  • Cathy Cervin
  • Andrea Hilchie-Pye
  • Aodhan P. Murphy
  • Peter Sonnichsen
  • Laura White

Incumbent Waye Mason did not seek re-election, but instead ran for Mayor.

Results

District 8: Halifax Peninsula North

The official candidates for District 8 were:

  • Trayvone Clayton
  • Evyeneia Dexter
  • David Fright
  • Jon Frost
  • Virginia Hinch
  • Stephen MacKay
  • Anika Riopel

Incumbent Lindell Smith did not seek re-relection.

Results

District 9: Halifax West - Armdale

The official candidates for District 9 were:

  • Josh Beitel
  • Shawn Cleary (Incumbent)
  • Lara Cusson
  • Valar Kaliaperumal
  • Tonya Malay
  • Carlos Pessoa
Results

District 10: Halifax - Bedford Basin West

The official candidates for District 10 were:

  • Debbie MacKinnon
  • Kathryn Morse (Incumbent)
Results

District 11: Spryfield - Sambro Loop

The official candidates for District 11 were:

Results

District 12: Timberlea - Beechville - Clayton Park - Wedgewood

The official candidates for District 12 were:

  • Taqiuddin (Taqi) Hashmi
  • Julie Scott
  • Janet Steele
  • Iona Stoddard (Incumbent)
  • Richard Zurawski
Results

District 13: Prospect Road - St. Margarets

The official candidates for District 13 were:

  • Markus Critchley
  • Nancy Hartling
  • Robert Holden
  • Michael A. Marriott
  • Dustin O'Leary
  • Dawn Edith Penney
  • John Profit

Incumbent Pam Lovelace did not seek re-relection, but instead ran for Mayor.

Results

District 14: Hammonds Plains - Upper Hammonds Plains - Lucasville - Middle/Upper Sackville

The official candidates for District 14 were:

  • Edward Giles
  • John Martin Walker
  • John A. Young

Incumbent Lisa Blackburn did not seek re-election.

Results

District 15: Lower Sackville - Beaver Bank

The official candidates for District 15 were:

  • Billy Gillis
  • Paul Russell (Incumbent)
Results

District 16: Bedford - Wentworth

The official candidates for District 16 were:

  • Mohammed Issa
  • Anita Kirkbride
  • Scott Maskell
  • Prathibha Narasimhan
  • Aaron Rice
  • Jean St-Amand

Incumbent Tim Outhit did not seek re-election.

Results

Conseil scolaire acadien provincial

Halifax elects two councillors to the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial. The candidates were:

  • Jeff Arsenault
  • Jean-Philippe Bourgeois
  • Katherine Howlett
  • Marc Pinet

Polling

Mayoral race

References

External links