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

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, the governing body of the

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. 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

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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

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Mayor

District 1: Waverley - Fall River -
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The incumbent Barry Dalrymple did not re-offer.

District 2: Preston - Porters Lake - Eastern Shore

District 3:
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- Eastern Passage

http://www.halifax.ca/election/documents/2016CandidateList.pdf

District 4: Cole Harbour -
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District 5: Dartmouth Centre

The incumbent Gloria McCluskey did not reoffer.

District 6: Harbourview - Burnside -
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District 7: Peninsula South -
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District 8: Peninsula North

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

District 9: Peninsula West - Armdale

District 10:
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- Rockingham - Fairview

District 11:
Spryfield Spryfield is a community within the urban area of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. History The land now known as Spryfield was first occupied by the Miꞌkmaq people, who hunted and fished at Beaver Lake (now called Long Lake Provincial Park (Nov ...
- Sambro -
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District 12: Timberlea - Beechville - Clayton Park West- Wedgewood

The incumbent Reg Rankin did not re-offer. wrong math

District 13: Hammonds Plains - St. Margarets

District 14: Upper/ Middle Sackville - Beaver Bank

District 15:
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District 16:
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- Wentworth

References

External links

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