The 2012 Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election was held on October 20, 2012 to elect councillors and a mayor to a four-year term on the Halifax Regional Council, the governing body of the Halifax Regional Municipality. This election was one of many across Nova Scotia as part of the 2012 Nova Scotia municipal elections.
In December 2011, it was decided by the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board that the Halifax Regional Council be reduced in size from 23 districts to 16 districts, consequently forcing almost every district boundary in the HRM to be redrawn. Some incumbent councillors were forced to run against each other because of the redrawn districts.
Candidates and results Candidates were officially nominated on September 11, 2012.
Halifax Regional Municipality Mayor On February 22, 2012 incumbent Mayor Peter J. Kelly announced that he would not be running again for mayor in 2012, opting to finish his term because being mayor had taken a negative toll on his personal life.
District 1: Waverley - Fall River - Musquodoboit Valley
District 2: Preston - Porters Lake - Eastern Shore
District 3: Dartmouth South - Eastern Passage
District 4: Cole Harbour - Westphal
District 5: Dartmouth Centre
District 6: Harbourview - Burnside - Dartmouth East
By-election held January 23, 2016 to replace Fisher, who was elected to the House of Commons:
District 7: Peninsula South - Downtown
District 8: Peninsula North
District 9: Peninsula West - Armdale
District 10: Birch Cove - Rockingham - Fairview
District 11: Spryfield - Sambro - Prospect Road
District 12: Timberlea - Beechville - Clayton Park West
District 13: Hammonds Plains - St. Margarets
District 14: Upper/Middle Sackville - Beaver Bank
District 15: Lower Sackville
District 16: Bedford - Wentworth
References
External links HRM Elections