2020_Nova_Scotia_municipal_elections
Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on October 17, 2020.[1] Here is a summary of the mayoral results in the largest municipalities in the province and the council results for Cape Breton and Kings County (for Halifax, see 2020 Halifax municipal election). Elections were also held for the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial school board.
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Plebiscite
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| Should the Town of Amherst fluoridate the municipal water supply? | ||
|---|---|---|
| Option | % | |
| No | 2,296 | 60.81 |
| Yes | 1,480 | 39.19 |
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| Mayoral candidate[4] | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| David Mitchell (X) | Acclaimed | |
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Mayor
Challenging incumbent mayor Cecil Clarke are District 8 councillor Amanda McDougall, businessman Kevin MacEachern, 1990 Sydney mayoral candidate Chris Abbass, former Sydney Steel president John Strasser, and Archie MacKinnon who ran as an Independent candidate in the 2019 Canadian federal election in Sydney—Victoria.[5]
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| Mayoral candidate[6] | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| Amanda McDougall | 24,319 | 47.67 |
| Cecil Clarke (X) | 20,789 | 40.75 |
| Archie MacKinnon | 3,426 | 6.72 |
| John Strasser | 1,379 | 2.70 |
| Chris Abbass | 708 | 1.39 |
| Kevin MacEachern | 397 | 0.78 |
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Cape Breton Regional Council
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| Candidate | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| District 1 (Sydney Mines) | ||
| Gordon MacDonald | 1,433 | 31.81 |
| Danny Laffin | 1,142 | 25.35 |
| Duke Pero | 883 | 19.60 |
| Andrew Doyle | 795 | 17.65 |
| Shara Vickers | 252 | 5.59 |
| District 2 (North Sydney) | ||
| Earlene MacMullin (X) | 3,086 | 67.91 |
| Jim Dunphy | 1,458 | 32.09 |
| District 3 (The Lakes) | ||
| Cyril MacDonald | 2,098 | 56.28 |
| Blue Marshall (X) | 1,221 | 32.75 |
| Glen Murrant | 223 | 5.98 |
| John Whalley | 186 | 4.99 |
| District 4 (Westmount) | ||
| Steve Gillespie (X) | 3,246 | 68.18 |
| Yianni Harbis | 1,272 | 26.72 |
| Donalda Johnson | 243 | 5.10 |
| District 5 (Downtown Sydney) | ||
| Eldon MacDonald (X) | 1,540 | 38.55 |
| Shawn Lesnick | 746 | 18.67 |
| Scott MacQuarrie | 740 | 18.52 |
| Nigel Kearns | 690 | 17.27 |
| Christina Joe | 279 | 6.98 |
| District 6 (Sydney Southend) | ||
| Glenn Paruch | 1,538 | 33.37 |
| Barbara Beaton | 1,351 | 29.31 |
| Todd Riley | 1,277 | 27.71 |
| Joe Ward | 339 | 7.36 |
| Keith MacDonald | 104 | 2.26 |
| District 7 (Mira River) | ||
| Steve Parsons | 1,194 | 29.93 |
| Ivan Doncaster (X) | 1,028 | 25.77 |
| Adam Young | 963 | 24.14 |
| Kevin Hardy | 804 | 20.16 |
| District 8 (Louisbourg) | ||
| James Edwards | 2,107 | 57.24 |
| Diana MacKinnon-Furlong | 840 | 22.82 |
| Tracey Hilliard | 734 | 19.94 |
| District 9 (Glace Bay) | ||
| Kenny Tracey | 2,630 | 63.19 |
| Steven James MacNeil | 1,049 | 25.20 |
| Clarence Routledge | 483 | 11.60 |
| District 10 (Dominion/Glace Bay North) | ||
| Darren Bruckschwaiger (X) | 3,535 | 80.82 |
| Matthew Boyd | 839 | 19.18 |
| District 11 (New Waterford) | ||
| Darren O'Quinn | 1,357 | 29.18 |
| Johnny Miles | 1,135 | 24.41 |
| Dale Cadden | 796 | 17.12 |
| Arnie Nason | 425 | 9.14 |
| Jeff McNeil | 317 | 6.82 |
| Jennifer Heffernan | 271 | 5.83 |
| Laura Scheller Stanford | 256 | 5.51 |
| Chuck Ogley | 93 | 2.00 |
| District 12 (Whitney Pier) | ||
| Lorne Green | 1,274 | 34.20 |
| Kim Sheppard | 1,218 | 32.70 |
| Trevor Allen | 533 | 14.31 |
| Donald Campbell | 361 | 9.69 |
| Gary Borden | 339 | 9.10 |
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| Mayoral candidate[7] | Vote | % |
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| Christine Blair (X) | 5,739 | 65.14 |
| Bob Taylor | 3,071 | 34.86 |
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Cumberland County will be directly electing a mayor for the first time in 2020.[8]
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| Candidate[11] | Vote | % |
|---|---|---|
| District 1 | ||
| Andre Veinotte | 418 | 47.66 |
| Marshal Hector | 337 | 38.42 |
| Terri Demont | 122 | 13.91 |
| District 2 | ||
| Floyd Shatford | Acclaimed | 100.0 |
| District 3 | ||
| Danielle Barkhouse | 623 | 81.65 |
| Kerry Keddy | 140 | 18.35 |
| District 4 | ||
| Allen Webber | 365 | 60.73 |
| Steven Millett | 236 | 39.26 |
| District 5 | ||
| Abdella Assaff | 616 | 72.79 |
| Blake Rafuse | 229 | 27.21 |
| District 6 | ||
| Tina Connors | Acclaimed | 100.0 |
| District 7 | ||
| Sharon Church | 487 | 79.57 |
| Doug Sharpham | 125 | 20.43 |
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Main article: 2020 Halifax municipal election
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| Mayoral candidate | Vote | % |
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| Mike Savage (X) | 102,690 | 80.21 |
| Matt Whitman | 13,439 | 10.50 |
| Max Taylor | 11,894 | 9.29 |
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| Mayoral candidate[12] | Vote | % |
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| Sandra Snow (X) | Acclaimed | |
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| Mayoral candidate[13] | Vote[14] | % |
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| Peter Muttart (X) | 6,786 | 59.34 |
| Shane Buchan | 3,224 | 28.19 |
| Jenn Kang | 1,426 | 12.47 |
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Kings County Municipal Council
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| Candidate | Vote | % |
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| District 1 | ||
| June Granger | 1,029 | 61.91 |
| Dean Tupper | 633 | 38.09 |
| District 2 | ||
| Lexie Burgess Misner | 410 | 41.46 |
| Logan Morse | 308 | 31.14 |
| Blake Orman | 271 | 27.40 |
| District 3 | ||
| Dick Killam | 687 | 42.67 |
| Wayne Atwater | 657 | 40.81 |
| Adrian Doherty | 266 | 16.52 |
| District 4 | ||
| Martha Armstrong (X) | 594 | 50.47 |
| Riley Peckford | 512 | 43.50 |
| D. T. Siddhartha Fraser | 71 | 6.03 |
| District 5 | ||
| Tim Harding | 365 | 31.06 |
| Jeff Robar | 349 | 29.70 |
| Ted Palmer | 303 | 25.79 |
| Justin Dorey | 91 | 7.74 |
| Glen Harnish | 67 | 5.70 |
| District 6 | ||
| Joel Hirtle | 884 | 63.19 |
| Denise Bonnell | 334 | 23.87 |
| Darrell Pelton | 103 | 7.36 |
| Doug Ralph | 78 | 5.58 |
| District 7 | ||
| Emily Lutz (X) | 1,209 | 68.73 |
| Bob Best (X) | 550 | 31.27 |
| District 8 | ||
| Jim Winsor (X) | 926 | 85.82 |
| Rick Mehta | 153 | 14.18 |
| District 9 | ||
| Peter Allen (X) | Acclaimed | |
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| Mayoral candidate[15] | Vote[16] | % |
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| Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (X) | 5,437 | 60.41 |
| Caleb Wheeldon | 3,563 | 39.59 |
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Lunenburg (Town)
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| Mayoral candidate | Vote[21] | % |
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| Jim Ryan (X) | Acclaimed | |
| Councillors | ||
| Melinda MacKenzie (X) | 890 | 16.8 |
| Nadine LeBlanc (X) | 820 | 15.5 |
| Dan Currie (X) | 766 | 14.4 |
| Shawn McNamara (X) | 685 | 12.9 |
| Cam Beaton | 564 | 10.6 |
| Jerry Cyr | 543 | 10.2 |
| Eric Daley | 460 | 8.7 |
| Kenny Paquet | 395 | 7.5 |
| Kevin Pettipas | 174 | 3.3 |
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Prior to the District of West Hant's amalgamation with Windsor on April 1, 2020, the new West Hants Regional Municipality held elections on March 7, 2020. The new municipality will therefore not hold elections in October.
Mayoral results:
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| Mayoral Candidate[26] | Vote | % |
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| Abraham Zebian | 4,043 | 65.48 |
| Jennifer Daniels | 1,437 | 23.28 |
| Jim White | 694 | 11.24 |
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| Mayoral Candidate[27] | Vote[28] | % |
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| Pam Mood (X) | 1,632 | 54.97 |
| Charles A. Crosby | 1,026 | 34.56 |
| Angie Romard | 224 | 7.54 |
| Gregory Doucette | 87 | 2.93 |
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- "Town of Amherst Municipal Election - Notice of Poll". Town of Amherst, NS. Retrieved October 16, 2020.
- "Amherst voters return Dave Kogon as mayor, but change the face of council". The Chronicle Herald. Retrieved October 17, 2020.
- "The race is on in Cape Breton municipal elections". The Chronicle Herald.
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