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2012 Halifax municipal election

Canadian election

Summary

Canadian election

Field	Value
election_name	2012 Halifax municipal election
election_date
previous_election	2008 Halifax municipal election
next_election	2016 Halifax municipal election
previous_year	2008
next_year	2016
before_election	Peter J. Kelly
after_election	Mike Savage
title	Mayor
candidate1	Mike Savage
popular_vote1	63,547
percentage1	57.75%
turnout	37.07%
image1	Michael Savage at 2016 Halifax International Security Forum (cropped).jpg
image1_size	x100px
candidate2	Tom Martin
candidate3	Fred Connors
candidate4	Aaron Eisses
candidate5	Steve Mackie
candidate6	Wesley McCormack
popular_vote2	21,912
percentage2	19.91%
popular_vote3	20,277
percentage3	18.43%
popular_vote4	1,628
percentage4	1.48%
popular_vote5	1,458
percentage5	1.33%
popular_vote6	1,218
percentage6	1.11%

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, Nova Scotia|Waverley]] - [[Fall River, Nova Scotia|Fall River]] - [[Musquodoboit Valley]]

District 2: [[Preston, Nova Scotia|Preston]] - [[Porters Lake, Nova Scotia|Porters Lake]] - [[Eastern Shore (Nova Scotia)|Eastern Shore]]

District 3: [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia|Dartmouth South]] - [[Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia|Eastern Passage]]

District 4: [[Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia|Cole Harbour]] - [[Westphal, Nova Scotia|Westphal]]

District 5: [[Downtown Dartmouth|Dartmouth Centre]]

District 6: [[Harbourview, Nova Scotia|Harbourview]] - [[Burnside, Nova Scotia|Burnside]] - [[Dartmouth, Nova Scotia|Dartmouth East]]

By-election held January 23, 2016 to replace Fisher, who was elected to the House of Commons:

District 7: [[South End, Halifax|Peninsula South]] - [[Downtown Halifax|Downtown]]

District 8: [[North End, Halifax|Peninsula North]]

District 9: [[West End, Halifax|Peninsula West]] - [[Armdale, Nova Scotia|Armdale]]

District 10: [[Birch Cove, Nova Scotia|Birch Cove]] - [[Rockingham, Nova Scotia|Rockingham]] - [[Fairview, Nova Scotia|Fairview]]

District 11: [[Spryfield, Nova Scotia|Spryfield]] - [[Sambro, Nova Scotia|Sambro]] - [[Prospect, Nova Scotia|Prospect Road]]

District 12: [[Timberlea, Nova Scotia|Timberlea]] - [[Beechville, Nova Scotia|Beechville]] - [[Clayton Park West]]

District 13: [[Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia|Hammonds Plains]] - [[St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia|St. Margarets]]

District 14: [[Upper Sackville, Nova Scotia|Upper]]/[[Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia|Middle Sackville]] - [[Beaver Bank, Nova Scotia|Beaver Bank]]

District 15: [[Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia|Lower Sackville]]

District 16: [[Bedford, Nova Scotia|Bedford]] - Wentworth

References

"2012 Municipal Elections". Halifax Regional Municipality.
"HRM electoral districts redrawn". CBC.
"Boundary changes mean tough decisions for councillors". CBC.
"Candidate Information". Halifax Regional Municipality.
"Mayor Kelly not seeking re-election". CBC.

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