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
None as of August 2020.[3]
District 3: Dartmouth South - Eastern Passage
Incumbent Bill Karsten will not reoffer.[4]
District 4: Cole Harbour - Westphal
Incumbent Lorelei Nicoll will not reoffer.[5]
District 6: Harbourview - Burnside - Dartmouth East
District 9: Halifax West Armdale
- Shaun Clark[3]
- Shawn Cleary (incumbent)[3]
District 10: Halifax - Bedford Basin West
Incumbent Russell Walker will not reoffer.[6]
District 11: Spryfield - Sambro Loop - Prospect Road
Incumbent Steve Adams will not reoffer.[7]
District 12: Timberlea - Beechville - Clayton Park - Wedgewood
District 13: Hammonds Plains - St. Margarets
District 14: Middle/Upper Sackville - Beaver Bank - Lucasville
- Lisa Blackburn (incumbent)[3]
District 16: Bedford - Wentworth
None as of August 2020.[3]
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.
- "Declared Candidates - 2020 Municipal and CSAP Elections". Halifax Regional Municipality. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
- 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.
External links
- Municipal elections – Halifax government website
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