2012 Halifax Regional Municipality 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.

District 1: Waverley">Waverley, Nova Scotia">Waverley - Fall River">Fall River, Nova Scotia">Fall River - [Musquodoboit Valley]

District 2: Preston">Preston, Nova Scotia">Preston - Porters Lake">Porters Lake, Nova Scotia">Porters Lake - Eastern Shore">Eastern Shore (Nova Scotia)">Eastern Shore

District 3: Dartmouth South">Dartmouth, Nova Scotia">Dartmouth South - Eastern Passage">Eastern Passage, Nova Scotia">Eastern Passage

District 4: Cole Harbour">Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia">Cole Harbour - Westphal">Westphal, Nova Scotia">Westphal

District 5: Dartmouth Centre">Downtown Dartmouth">Dartmouth Centre

District 6: Harbourview">Harbourview, Nova Scotia">Harbourview - Burnside">Burnside, Nova Scotia">Burnside - Dartmouth East">Dartmouth, Nova Scotia">Dartmouth East

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

District 7: Peninsula South">South End, Halifax">Peninsula South - Downtown">Downtown Halifax">Downtown

District 8: Peninsula North">North End, Halifax">Peninsula North

District 9: Peninsula West">West End, Halifax">Peninsula West - Armdale">Armdale, Nova Scotia">Armdale

District 10: Birch Cove">Birch Cove, Nova Scotia">Birch Cove - Rockingham">Rockingham, Nova Scotia">Rockingham - Fairview">Fairview, Nova Scotia">Fairview

District 11: Spryfield">Spryfield, Nova Scotia">Spryfield - Sambro">Sambro, Nova Scotia">Sambro - Prospect Road">Prospect, Nova Scotia">Prospect Road

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

District 13: Hammonds Plains">Hammonds Plains, Nova Scotia">Hammonds Plains - St. Margarets">St. Margarets Bay, Nova Scotia">St. Margarets

District 14: Upper">Upper Sackville, Nova Scotia">Upper/Middle Sackville">Middle Sackville, Nova Scotia">Middle Sackville - Beaver Bank">Beaver Bank, Nova Scotia">Beaver Bank

District 15: Lower Sackville">Lower Sackville, Nova Scotia">Lower Sackville

District 16: Bedford">Bedford, Nova Scotia">Bedford - Wentworth