Municipal and school board elections were held in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on October 15, 2016. Here is a summary of the mayoral results in the major communities in the province and the council results for the four largest municipalities.
2016 Nova Scotia municipal elections
Mayoral candidate[ 1]
Vote
%
David Kogon
1,630
41.30
George Baker
682
17.28
Wayne Bishop
538
13.63
Dale Fawthrop
416
10.54
Robert Bird
380
9.63
Brian Skabar 301
7.63
Mayoral candidate[ 2]
Vote
%
David Mitchell
1,348
53.28
David Walker (X)
960
37.94
Greg Ritcey
222
8.77
Mayoral candidate[ 3]
Vote
%
Cecil Clarke (X)22,250
51.55
Rankin MacSween
20,911
48.45
Candidate
Vote
%
District 1
Clarence Prince (X)
1,982
49.00
Gordon MacDonald
1,675
41.41
Duke Pero
388
9.59
District 2
Earlene MacMullin
985
23.49
Lloyd Wilkie
980
23.37
Diane Power
966
23.03
Clayton Smith
663
15.81
Bill MacDonald
465
11.09
Wally March
135
3.22
District 3
Blue Marshall
1,189
35.98
Cyril MacDonald
689
20.85
Tom Vickers
584
17.67
Jim Clark
546
16.52
Michael MacNeil
177
5.36
André Desjardins Jr.
120
3.63
District 4
Steve Gillespie
1,325
34.90
Darlene Morrison
745
19.62
Darrell Wilson
702
18.49
Dave LeBlanc
691
18.20
Richard Fogarty
334
8.80
District 5
Eldon MacDonald (X)
1,530
45.63
Tom Wilson
839
25.02
Shawn Lesnick
408
12.17
Nigel Kearns
313
9.33
Nadine Bernard
263
7.84
District 6
Ray Paruch (X)
2,411
66.90
Roberta Lynch
862
23.92
Paul R. Theriault
331
9.18
District 7
Ivan Doncaster (X)
1,767
54.94
Rob MacNeill
924
28.73
Joe Ward
525
16.32
District 8
Amanda McDougall
1,576
50.89
Kevin Saccary (X)
1,521
49.11
District 9
George MacDonald (X)
1,579
45.44
Clarence Routledge
603
17.35
Steven James MacNeil
575
16.55
Seward Bonaparte
515
14.82
Lois MacDougall
203
5.84
District 10
Darren Bruckschwaiger
2,426
55.63
Brian Shaw
1,266
29.03
Dave Wilson 669
15.34
District 11
Kendra Coombes 2,106
55.38
Lowell Cormier (X)
1,697
44.62
District 12
Jim MacLeod (X)
1,460
50.98
Kim Sheppard
1,181
41.24
Tera Camus
223
7.79
Candidate
Vote
%
District 1
Eric Boutlier
Acclaimed
District 2
Bill Masters (X)
567
82.77
Shawn Duffy
118
17.23
District 3
Geoff Stewart (X)
Acclaimed
District 4
Mike Cooper (X)
Acclaimed
District 5
Lloyd Gibbs (X)
Acclaimed
District 6
Karen MacKenzie (X)
Acclaimed
District 7
Michael Gregory (X)
Acclaimed
District 8
Ron Cavanaugh (X)
Acclaimed
District 9
Doug MacInnes (X)
Acclaimed
District 10
Tom Taggart (X)
Acclaimed
District 11
Wade Parker (X)
416
50.79
Tom Burke
403
49.21
District 9 special election
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Held on October 21, 2017.
Council candidate[ 5]
Vote
%
Bob Pash
379
61.23
Bob White
240
38.77
Mayoral candidate
Vote
%
Mike Savage (X)61,875
68.43
Lil MacPherson
28,543
31.57
Mayoral candidate[ 6]
Vote
%
Sandra Snow
1,850
70.18
Dave Corkum (X)
786
29.82
Kings County will be holding mayoral elections for the first time, in addition to elections for municipal council.[ 7]
Mayoral candidate[ 8]
Vote
%
Peter Muttart 5,683
51.09
Dick Killam
3,268
29.38
Rick Ackland
1,133
10.19
Laurie Porter
1,039
9.34
Candidate
Vote
%
District 1
Meg Hodges
1,006
63.43
Michael Embree
580
36.57
District 2
Pauline Raven (X)
833
74.04
Deanna O'Neil
292
25.96
District 3
Brian Hirtle (X)
1,115
72.40
Ray Savage
425
27.60
District 4
Martha Armstrong
603
54.28
Wayne Atwater (X)
508
45.72
District 5
Paul Spicer
395
33.73
Diana Brothers (X)303
25.88
Jeffery Robar
238
20.32
Ted Palmer
235
20.07
District 6
Bob Best (X)
750
55.60
Sandy Buchan
599
44.40
District 7
Emily Lutz
810
72.26
Hugh Curry
220
19.63
Richard Nickerson
91
8.12
District 8
Jim Winsor (X)
890
73.74
Quentin Hill
317
26.26
District 9
Peter Allen
698
66.48
Dan Sparkman
352
33.52
Mayoral candidate[ 10]
Vote
%
Nancy Dicks
1,796
45.42
Henderson Paris
1,693
42.82
Ken Langille
268
6.78
Mark Firth
197
4.98
Mayoral candidate[ 11]
Vote
%
David Dagley
1,573
48.43
Christopher Clarke (X)
1,271
39.13
Scott Costen
404
12.44
Mayoral candidate[ 12]
Vote
%
Bill Mills (X)
1,827
42.72
Keltie Jones
1,782
41.66
Raymond Tynes
428
10.01
Al McNutt
240
5.61
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