The Municipality of the County of Halifax was created in 1879. It operated from 1880 to 1996 when all municipal units in the county (including the county government) were amalgamated to form the Halifax Regional Municipality.
Wardens were chosen amongst the elected councillors at the beginning of each yearly session of the County Council.
Wardens 1880 – Colonel John Wimburn Laurie 1881-1882 – Donald F. Archibald 1883-1888 – B.W. Chipman 1889-1898 – John E. Shatford 1899-1901 – Benjamin Curry Wilson 1902-1904 – George H. Madill 1905-1907 – Charles E. Smith 1908 – John H. Taylor 1909-1913 – William Bishop 1914-1919 – Charles E. Smith 1920-1925 – Wilson Madill 1926-1930 – R. A. Brenton 1931 – Hector M. Smiley 1932-1933 – John J. Hopkins 1934–1937 – W. W. Peverill 1938–1955 – William James Dowell 1956-1961 - Fred G. Leverman 1961-1964 - George D. Burris 1964-1979 - Ira Settle 1979-1982 - Elizabeth Lawrence Salton 1982-1988 - Arthur C. MacKenzie 1988-1992 - Laszlo S. Lichter
Mayors 1992-1994 - Laszlo S. Lichter 1994-1996 - Randy Ball
See also List of mayors of the Halifax Regional Municipality List of mayors of Halifax, Nova Scotia for a list of mayors for the City of Halifax, from 1841 to 1996. List of mayors of Bedford, Nova Scotia for a list of mayors for the Town of Bedford, from 1979 to 1996. List of mayors of Dartmouth, Nova Scotia 1873 - 1996
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