# 2012 Halifax municipal election

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.
HRM Total Population, 2011 Census: 390,096 :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Mike Savage | Mike Savage | 63,547 | 57.749 |
| Tom Martin | Tom Martin | 21,912 | 19.913 |
| Fred Connors | Fred Connors | 20,277 | 18.427 |
| Aaron Eisses | Aaron Eisses | 1,628 | 1.479 |
| Steve Mackie | Steve Mackie | 1,458 | 1.325 |
| Robert (Wesley) McCormack | Robert (Wesley) McCormack | 1,218 | 1.107 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 110,040 | 37.07 |

### District 1: Waverley - Fall River - Musquodoboit Valley

Total Population, 2011 Census: :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Barry Dalrymple (Incumbent) | Barry Dalrymple (Incumbent) | 3,806 | 57.242 |
| Steve Streatch (Incumbent) | Steve Streatch (Incumbent) | 2,843 | 42.758 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 6,649 | |

### District 2: Preston - Porters Lake - Eastern Shore

Total Population, 2011 Census: :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| David Hendsbee (Incumbent) | David Hendsbee (Incumbent) | 3,118 | 40.721 |
| Gail McQuarrie | Gail McQuarrie | 1,175 | 15.345 |
| Laurie Cook | Laurie Cook | 1,116 | 14.575 |
| Keith Leahy | Keith Leahy | 1,080 | 14.105 |
| Jason Josey | Jason Josey | 798 | 10.422 |
| Will Gilligan | Will Gilligan | 370 | 4.832 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 7,657 | |

### District 3: Dartmouth South - Eastern Passage

Total Population, 2011 Census: :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Bill Karsten (Incumbent) | Bill Karsten (Incumbent) | 3,321 | 41.383 |
| Jackie Barkhouse (Incumbent) | Jackie Barkhouse (Incumbent) | 3,253 | 40.535 |
| Jim MacDonald | Jim MacDonald | 1,451 | 18.08 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 8,025 | |

### District 4: Cole Harbour - Westphal

Total Population, 2011 Census: :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Lorelei Nicoll (Incumbent) | Lorelei Nicoll (Incumbent) | 4,626 | 62.086 |
| Angela Jones | Angela Jones | 1,905 | 25.567 |
| Barry Smith | Barry Smith | 920 | 12.347 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 7,451 | |

### District 5: Dartmouth Centre

Total Population, 2011 Census: :
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Gloria McCluskey (Incumbent) | Gloria McCluskey (Incumbent) | 4,760 | 52.678 |
| Sam Austin | Sam Austin | 1,758 | 19.456 |
| Sonya Dudka | Sonya Dudka | 1,195 | 13.225 |
| Kate Watson | Kate Watson | 562 | 6.220 |
| Bill Zebedee | Bill Zebedee | 460 | 5.091 |
| Ken Bowman | Ken Bowman | 157 | 1.737 |
| Bryn Jones-Vaillancourt | Bryn Jones-Vaillancourt | 144 | 1.594 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 9,036 | |

### District 6: Harbourview - Burnside - Dartmouth East

| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Darren Fisher (Incumbent) | Darren Fisher (Incumbent) | 4,518 | 69.497 |
| Jerry Pye | Jerry Pye | 1,983 | 30.503 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 6,501 | |
By-election held January 23, 2016 to replace Fisher, who was elected to the House of Commons:
| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Tony Mancini | Tony Mancini | 1,475 | 45.1 |
| Matt Spurway | Matt Spurway | 1,199 | 36.7 |
| Don Smeltzer | Don Smeltzer | 541 | 16.5 |
| P. D. F. Boyd III | P. D. F. Boyd III | 56 | 1.7 |

### District 7: Peninsula South - Downtown

| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Waye Mason | Waye Mason | 1,949 | 32.188 |
| Sue Uteck (Incumbent) | Sue Uteck (Incumbent) | 1,855 | 30.636 |
| Gerry Walsh | Gerry Walsh | 1,796 | 29.661 |
| Dawgfather PHD | Dawgfather PHD | 357 | 5.896 |
| Mike MacDonell | Mike MacDonell | 98 | 1.618 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 6,055 | |

### District 8: Peninsula North

| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Jennifer Watts (Incumbent) | Jennifer Watts (Incumbent) | 3,906 | 52.360 |
| Doug MacDonald | Doug MacDonald | 1,638 | 21.957 |
| Dawn Marie Sloane (Incumbent) | Dawn Marie Sloane (Incumbent) | 1,558 | 20.885 |
| Karen Dempsey | Karen Dempsey | 263 | 3.525 |
| James McKay | James McKay | 95 | 1.273 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 7,460 | |

### District 9: Peninsula West - Armdale

| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Linda Mosher (Incumbent) | Linda Mosher (Incumbent) | 4,900 | 56.693 |
| Richard MacLean | Richard MacLean | 2,649 | 30.649 |
| John Wimberly | John Wimberly | 699 | 8.087 |
| Giovanni (John) Abati | Giovanni (John) Abati | 395 | 4.570 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 8,643 | |

### District 10: Birch Cove - Rockingham - Fairview

| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Russell Walker (Incumbent) | Russell Walker (Incumbent) | 3,084 | 54.011 |
| Kurt Bulger | Kurt Bulger | 1,961 | 34.343 |
| John Thibeau | John Thibeau | 665 | 11.646 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 5,710 | |

### District 11: Spryfield - Sambro - Prospect Road

| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Steve Adams (Incumbent) | Steve Adams (Incumbent) | 3,005 | 48.759 |
| Tom Lavers | Tom Lavers | 1,409 | 22.862 |
| Jim Hoskins | Jim Hoskins | 1,073 | 17.410 |
| Peter Grabosky | Peter Grabosky | 676 | 10.969 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 6,163 | |

### District 12: Timberlea - Beechville - Clayton Park West

| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Reg Rankin (Incumbent) | Reg Rankin (Incumbent) | 2,831 | 43.454 |
| Mary Wile (Incumbent) | Mary Wile (Incumbent) | 1,904 | 29.225 |
| Bruce E. Smith | Bruce E. Smith | 1,536 | 23.576 |
| P. Rano Khokhar | P. Rano Khokhar | 244 | 3.745 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 6,515 | |

### District 13: Hammonds Plains - St. Margarets

| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Matt Whitman | Matt Whitman | 3,202 | 44.702 |
| Peter Lund (Incumbent) | Peter Lund (Incumbent) | 2,897 | 40.444 |
| Doug Poulton | Doug Poulton | 1,064 | 14.854 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 7,163 | |

### District 14: Upper/Middle Sackville - Beaver Bank

| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Brad Johns (Incumbent) | Brad Johns (Incumbent) | 3,141 | 72.524 |
| Laurie Sauers | Laurie Sauers | 1,190 | 27.476 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 4,331 | |

### District 15: Lower Sackville

| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Steve Craig | Steve Craig | 2,524 | 41.181 |
| Stephen Taylor | Stephen Taylor | 1,852 | 30.217 |
| Curt Wentzell | Curt Wentzell | 755 | 12.318 |
| Janet Langille | Janet Langille | 698 | 11.388 |
| Ian Wilson | Ian Wilson | 300 | 4.895 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 6,129 | |

### District 16: Bedford - Wentworth

| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| Tim Outhit (Incumbent) | Tim Outhit (Incumbent) | 5,386 | 83.621 |
| Mark Ward | Mark Ward | 1,055 | 16.379 |
| Turnout | Turnout | 6,441 | |