2016 Nova Scotia municipal elections

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.

2016 Nova Scotia municipal elections
October 15, 2016

Amherst
Mayoral candidate[1] Vote %
David Kogon1,63041.30
George Baker68217.28
Wayne Bishop53813.63
Dale Fawthrop41610.54
Robert Bird3809.63
Brian Skabar3017.63

Bridgewater
Mayoral candidate[2] Vote %
David Mitchell1,34853.28
David Walker (X)96037.94
Greg Ritcey2228.77

Cape Breton Regional Municipality
Mayoral candidate[3] Vote %
Cecil Clarke (X)22,25051.55
Rankin MacSween20,91148.45

Cape Breton Regional Council
Candidate Vote %
District 1
Clarence Prince (X)1,98249.00
Gordon MacDonald1,67541.41
Duke Pero3889.59
District 2
Earlene MacMullin98523.49
Lloyd Wilkie98023.37
Diane Power96623.03
Clayton Smith66315.81
Bill MacDonald46511.09
Wally March1353.22
District 3
Blue Marshall1,18935.98
Cyril MacDonald68920.85
Tom Vickers58417.67
Jim Clark54616.52
Michael MacNeil1775.36
André Desjardins Jr.1203.63
District 4
Steve Gillespie1,32534.90
Darlene Morrison74519.62
Darrell Wilson70218.49
Dave LeBlanc69118.20
Richard Fogarty3348.80
District 5
Eldon MacDonald (X)1,53045.63
Tom Wilson83925.02
Shawn Lesnick40812.17
Nigel Kearns3139.33
Nadine Bernard2637.84
District 6
Ray Paruch (X)2,41166.90
Roberta Lynch86223.92
Paul R. Theriault3319.18
District 7
Ivan Doncaster (X)1,76754.94
Rob MacNeill92428.73
Joe Ward52516.32
District 8
Amanda McDougall1,57650.89
Kevin Saccary (X)1,52149.11
District 9
George MacDonald (X)1,57945.44
Clarence Routledge60317.35
Steven James MacNeil57516.55
Seward Bonaparte51514.82
Lois MacDougall2035.84
District 10
Darren Bruckschwaiger2,42655.63
Brian Shaw1,26629.03
Dave Wilson66915.34
District 11
Kendra Coombes2,10655.38
Lowell Cormier (X)1,69744.62
District 12
Jim MacLeod (X)1,46050.98
Kim Sheppard1,18141.24
Tera Camus2237.79

Colchester County
Mayoral candidate[4] Vote %
Christine Blair3,05153.02
Bob Taylor (X)2,70346.98

Colchester County Municipal Council
Candidate Vote %
District 1
Eric Boutlier Acclaimed
District 2
Bill Masters (X)56782.77
Shawn Duffy11817.23
District 3
Geoff Stewart (X) Acclaimed
District 4
Mike Cooper (X) Acclaimed
District 5
Lloyd Gibbs (X) Acclaimed
District 6
Karen MacKenzie (X) Acclaimed
District 7
Michael Gregory (X) Acclaimed
District 8
Ron Cavanaugh (X) Acclaimed
District 9
Doug MacInnes (X) Acclaimed
District 10
Tom Taggart (X) Acclaimed
District 11
Wade Parker (X)41650.79
Tom Burke40349.21

District 9 special election

Held on October 21, 2017.

Council candidate[5] Vote %
Bob Pash37961.23
Bob White24038.77

Halifax Regional Municipality
Main article: 2016 Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election
Mayoral candidate Vote %
Mike Savage (X)61,87568.43
Lil MacPherson28,54331.57

Kentville
Mayoral candidate[6] Vote %
Sandra Snow1,85070.18
Dave Corkum (X)78629.82

Kings County

Kings County will be holding mayoral elections for the first time, in addition to elections for municipal council.[7]

Mayoral candidate[8] Vote %
Peter Muttart5,68351.09
Dick Killam3,26829.38
Rick Ackland1,13310.19
Laurie Porter1,0399.34

Kings County Municipal Council
Candidate Vote %
District 1
Meg Hodges1,00663.43
Michael Embree58036.57
District 2
Pauline Raven (X)83374.04
Deanna O'Neil29225.96
District 3
Brian Hirtle (X)1,11572.40
Ray Savage42527.60
District 4
Martha Armstrong60354.28
Wayne Atwater (X)50845.72
District 5
Paul Spicer39533.73
Diana Brothers (X)30325.88
Jeffery Robar23820.32
Ted Palmer23520.07
District 6
Bob Best (X)75055.60
Sandy Buchan59944.40
District 7
Emily Lutz81072.26
Hugh Curry22019.63
Richard Nickerson918.12
District 8
Jim Winsor (X)89073.74
Quentin Hill31726.26
District 9
Peter Allen69866.48
Dan Sparkman35233.52

District of the Municipality of Lunenburg
Mayoral candidate[9] Vote %
Carolyn Bolivar-Getson4,25650.92
Tom Lockwood4,10249.08

New Glasgow
Mayoral candidate[10] Vote %
Nancy Dicks1,79645.42
Henderson Paris1,69342.82
Ken Langille2686.78
Mark Firth1974.98

Region of Queens Municipality
Mayoral candidate[11] Vote %
David Dagley1,57348.43
Christopher Clarke (X)1,27139.13
Scott Costen40412.44

Truro
Mayoral candidate[12] Vote %
Bill Mills (X)1,82742.72
Keltie Jones1,78241.66
Raymond Tynes42810.01
Al McNutt2405.61

Yarmouth (Town)
Mayoral Candidate[13] Vote %
Pam Mood (X)2,01068.44
Charles A. Crosby75325.64
Doris Powell1745.92
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