2024 Nova Scotia municipal elections explained

The 2024 Nova Scotia municipal elections were held on October 19, 2024.^[1]

Amherst

Mayoral candidate[2]	Vote	%
Rob Small	2,359	61.27
David Kogon (X)	1,491	38.73

Cape Breton Regional Municipality

Mayor

Mayoral candidate[4]	Vote	%
Cecil Clarke	13,130	33.69
Joe Ward	9,370	24.04
Rankin MacSween	8,971	23.02
James Edwards	4,901	12.57
Archie MacKinnon	1,637	4.20
Carla George	337	0.86
Kevin MacEachern	239	0.61
Donnie Bacich	204	0.52
Vince Hall	188	0.48

Cape Breton Regional Council

Candidate	Vote	%
District 1
Gordon MacDonald (X)	Acclaimed
District 2
Earlene MacMullin (X)	Acclaimed
District 3
Blue Marshall	922	35.90
Michael Vickers	762	29.67
Glen Murrant	488	19.00
Tom Vickers	396	15.42
District 4
Steve Gillespie (X)	Acclaimed
District 5
Eldon MacDonald (X)	2,007	66.88
Bennett MacIntyre	994	33.12
District 6
Glenn Paruch (X)	Acclaimed
District 7
Steve Parsons (X)	Acclaimed
District 8
Steven MacNeil	1,443	40.92
Derrick Kennedy	1,418	40.22
Shawn Lesnick	665	18.86
District 9
Dave MacKeigan	1,539	49.44
Ken Tracey (X)	1,310	42.08
Kyron Coombes	264	8.48
District 10
Paul Nickituk	2,405	75.20
William Martin	456	14.26
Matthew Boyd	337	10.54
District 11
Darren O'Quinn (X)	1,190	50.55
Louie Piovesan	1,164	49.45
District 12
Kim Sheppard	1,594	48.70
Lorne Green (X)	1,429	43.66
Gary B. Borden	179	5.47
Krys Maher	71	2.17

Colchester County

Mayoral candidate[5]	Vote	%
Christine Blair (X)	5,784	51.53
Geoff Stewart	5,440	48.47

Cumberland County

Mayoral candidate[6]	Vote	%
Rod Gilroy	3,739	76.82
Stan Blenkhorn	1,128	23.18

Halifax

See main article: 2024 Halifax municipal election.

Councillors standing down

Four councillors are retiring:^[7]

• District 14, Lisa Blackburn
• District 9, Shawn Cleary
• District 16, Tim Outhit
• District 13, Pam Lovelace

Mayor

• Mayor Michael Savage (retiring)^[8]

Kentville

Mayoral candidate[9]	Vote	%
Andrew Zebian	1,222	47.68
Brent Platt	820	31.99
Paula Huntley	521	20.33

Kings County

Mayoral candidate[10]	Vote	%
Dave Corkum	5,259	41.63
Pauline Raven	3,134	24.81
Martha Armstrong	2,390	18.92
Madonna Spinazola	1,849	14.64

Kings County Municipal Council

Candidate	Vote	%
District 1
Everett MacPherson	Acclaimed
District 2
Doug Gates	954	63.68
Lexie Burgess (X)	544	36.32
District 3
Robbie Hiltz	1,182	66.37
Wayne Atwater	599	33.63
District 4
Riley Peckford	Acclaimed
District 5
Tim Harding (X)	547	42.27
Ted Palmer	410	31.68
Mary Ritchie	209	16.15
Shannon Parker	128	9.89
District 6
Bob Best	779	46.15
Paul Dixon	376	22.27
Oonagh Proudfoot	284	16.82
Rob Buchan	249	14.75
District 7
Emily Lutz (X)	1,014	74.50
Shawn Buchan	347	25.50
District 8
Christina Sappington	683	54.12
Kevin Davison (X)	448	35.50
Shawn Maxwell	131	10.38
District 9
Peter Allen (X)	589	45.10
Denise Bonnell	504	38.59
Ryan Levy	213	16.31

District of the Municipality of Lunenburg

Mayoral candidate[11]	Vote	%
Elspeth McLean-Wile	6,240	62.45
Carolyn Bolivar-Getson (X)	3,752	37.55

New Glasgow

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Region of Queens Municipality

Mayoral candidate[14]	Vote	%
Scott Christian	2,462	52.07
Terry Doucette	2,266	47.93

West Hants Regional Municipality

Mayoral Candidate[16]	Vote	%
Abraham Zebian (X)	3,711	45.32
Chuck Porter	2,174	26.55
Jeff Hartt	1,993	24.34
KJ Mizpah Conyers-Steede	311	3.80

Wolfville

Mayoral Candidate[17]	Vote	%
Jodi MacKay	1,247	66.22
Wendy Donovan (X)	636	33.78

Yarmouth (Town)

Mayoral Candidate[18]	Vote	%
Pam Mood (X)	1,255	52.20
Gurdeep Brar	1,149	47.80

Notes and References

1. Web site: Information for candidates . 2024-03-14 . www.halifax.ca . en.
2. Web site: Town of Amherst Municipal Election - Notice of Poll. Town of Amherst, NS. October 10, 2024.
3. Web site: Candidates for 2024 in Bridgewater.
4. Web site: List of 2024 candidates .
5. Web site: Municipal Election 2024 . 2024-10-10.
6. Web site: Municipal Election 2024 .
7. Web site: 4 Halifax councillors say they won't be re-offering in the 2024 municipal election - Halifax Globalnews.ca . 2024-03-14 . Global News . en-US.
8. Web site: Halifax Mayor Mike Savage won't seek re-election . 2024-03-14 . halifax.citynews.ca. February 13, 2024 .
9. Web site: Municipal Elections 2020.
10. Web site: Candidates for Town Council 2024-2028 . 2024-10-10 .
11. Web site: 2024 Municipal Elections . 2024-10-10.
12. https://www.newglasgow.ca/nomination-open-municipal-elections-2024.html
13. Web site: Town of New Glasgow 2024 Election Vote County Summary.
14. Web site: Contact Information for Official candidates.
15. Web site: 2024 Municipal Election Candidate List . September 24, 2024 .
16. Web site: 2024 West Hants Regional Municipality Election. October 10, 2024.
17. Web site: Municipal Election 2024. October 10, 2024.
18. Web site: 2024 Election: Meet the Candidates .