page_title: 2008 Halifax municipal election
section_title: District 5:  Dartmouth Centre
hierarchical_section_title: 2008 Halifax municipal election / District 5:  Dartmouth Centre
caption_attribution_description: Alderney Landing theatre, Dartmouth, Nova Scotia
context_page_description: The Halifax Regional Municipality is governed by a mayor and a twenty-three person council, who are elected by geographic district; municipal elections occur every four years. HRM has established community councils where three or more councillors agree to form these councils to deal primarily with local development issues. Most community council decisions are subject to final approval by regional council. The incumbent Mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality was Peter J. Kelly.
  The Halifax Regional Council is responsible for all facets of municipal government, including the Halifax Regional Police, Halifax Public Libraries, Halifax Fire and Emergency, Halifax Regional Water Commission, parks and recreation, civic addressing, public works, waste management, and planning and development.
  The 2008 municipal elections of the Halifax Regional Municipality took place on 18 October 2008 in conjunction with Municipal elections across the province. Elections have been held every four years since the amalgamation of the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, the town of Bedford and Halifax County into the Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996.
context_section_description: 2004 Election - Gloria McCluskey 3,217 (54.13%);  John M. Cunningham 1,546 (26.01%);  Peter Majeau 1,180 (19.86%) - Voter turnout: 50.51%
caption: Alderney Landing
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