2016 Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election


The 2016 Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election was held on October 15, 2016 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 2016 Nova Scotia municipal elections. School board elections were also on the ballot.
There are 16 districts in the large municipality. On June 8, 2015, the Nova Scotia Utility and Review Board approved new boundaries for four of the districts. Districts 9 and 11 swap an area of new development along Northwest Arm Drive called Long Lake Village. This neighbourhood moves from District 11 to District 9. Similarly, there is an exchange between Districts 13 and 14. A number of properties on Hammonds Plains Road in Lucasville move from District 14 to District 13.
In 2015, two councillors, Barry Dalrymple and Jennifer Watts, announced they would not be re-offering in 2016. Longtime councillor Gloria McCluskey followed suit in February 2016, and in May another long-serving councillor, Reg Rankin said his current term would be his last.

Candidates and results

[Halifax Regional Municipality] Mayor

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

The incumbent Barry Dalrymple did not re-offer.

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

The incumbent Gloria McCluskey did not reoffer.

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

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

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

The incumbent, Jennifer Watts did not re-offer in 2016.

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]-[Wedgewood]

The incumbent Reg Rankin did not re-offer.
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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