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Election

The Municipal Election took place on October 19, 2024. The unofficial results are available now. Official results will be posted on Tuesday, October 22, 2024.

Official 2024 Results Past Elections Results

Official 2024 Candidates

The following residents of the Municipality of the District of East Hants have been officially nominated in the 2024 Municipal Election and will appear on the 2024 ballot. Nominations are no longer being accepted for the 2024 Election.

Voting will only take place in Districts 3, 5, 10 and 11. Candidates for all other districts and the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial have been acclaimed and will not require voting.

 

The following districts have been acclaimed and will not require a vote. If you are in any of these districts you will not receive a Voter Information Letters in the mail.

District 1 – Enfield Centre

Sandra Garden-Cole
902-476-0255
sandragardencole@gmail.com

 

District 2 – Elmsdale

Norval Mitchell
902-883-9167
mitchelln@hotmail.com
Facebook

Official Agent: Terry Isenor

 

District 4 – Shubenacadie-Indian Brook

Carl MacPhee
902-758-2824
carlmacphee2@gmail.com

 

District 6 – North Lantz-Milford

Craig Merriam
902-758-2524
craigforcouncil.ca
Instagram: @craigforcouncil
Facebook: Craig for Council

Official Agent: Brenda Merriam

 

District 7 – South Lantz

Walter Tingley
902-497-1332
w.tingley@ns.sympatico.ca

 

District 8 – Mount Uniacke-South Rawdon

Michael Perry
902-701-0633

 

District 9 – South Uniacke

Elie (Leo) Moussa
902-403-4588

 

Conseil scolaire acadien provincial
Jessica Hinton

District Look-up Tool

Every 8 years, a review of municipal electoral districts must be done. East Hants reviewed and established new districts based on geography, community interests and ensuring all districts have a similar number of voters. There are still 11 districts. These new districts will be in place on October 19, 2024.

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Resources for Candidates

Learn more about municipal elections, running a campaign and East Hants Council policies by exploring these links.

Past Election Results

The Municipality of East Hants held a Special Election for District 4 – Shubenacadie, on July 23, 2022, to fill a vacant position on Council after the resignation of Councillor Ian Knockwood in April, 2022.

Two candidates ran in this election, with the following results:

CARL MACPHEE – 168,
KENDALENE (BO) WAMBOLT – 129

Carl MacPhee is a lifelong resident of East Hants. He graduated from Acadia University with a Bachelor of Science and had a 44-year career with the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal.

This election was held electronically by the Municipality of East Hants, offering voting by telephone and internet. Voter turnout for the election was 15.3%. All candidates and voters are thanked for their involvement in this special election.

The official results for the 2021 Special Election for District 7 – Lantz/Milford are listed below.

Voter turnout for the election was 42.1%.

Total – 875

Julie BENOIT – 58

Carrie MACDOUGALL – 249

Glen D. PAUL – 167

Walter J. TINGLEY – 401  

The 2020 East Hants Municipal official election results are listed below.

Overall voter turnout was: 41.6%

Districts Votes Cast % Voted
District 1 867 39.2%
District 2 739 40.5%
District 4 727 38.2%
District 5 734 48.4%
District 6 748 54.4%
District 7 1,028 49.5%
District 8 513 32.4%
District 10 713 42.8%
District 11 525 30.8%

District 1 – Enfield

Sam Balcom – 173
Sandra Garden-Cole – 691

District 2 – Elmsdale-Belnan

Stephen King – 318
Norval Mitchell – 420

District 3 – Milford-Nine Mile River

Eldon Hebb – acclaimed

District 4 – Shubenacadie

Ian Knockwood – 326
Carl MacPhee – 183
Paul Preiss – 84
Marianne Stewart – 51
Kim Williams – 82

District 5 – Maitland-MacPhees Corner

Shannon MacWilliam – 217
Keith Rhyno – 514

District 6 – Walton-Noel-Kennetcook

Ron Fortune – 6
Wayne Greene – 373
Angela Sanford – 369

District 7 – Lantz-Milford

Julie Benoit – 209
John A. MacDonald – 379
Jonathan Nieforth – 88
Walter Tingley – 349

District 8 – Mount Uniacke

Brandon Lynch – 201
Michael Perry – 316

District 9 – South-East Uniacke

Elie Moussa – acclaimed

District 10 – Enfield-Grand Lake

John Douglas Boyd – 57
Tom Isenor – 367
Louise Parker – 283

District 11 – Rawdon-Gore

Andrew Cluett – 206
Eleanor Roulston – 318

CSAP Candidate

Alfred M. Benoit – acclaimed

The official 2016 East Hants Municipal election results are listed below. Overall voter turnout was: 25.4%

District Votes Cast % Voted
District 2 481 22.9
District 3 581 30.0
District 4 334 17.0
District 6 768 48.0
District 7 432 18.5
District 9 272 16

District 1

Cecil Dixon – (Acclaimed) 

District 2
Stephen King – 269

Norval Mitchell – 210

District 3
Eldon Hebb – 408

Willy Versteeg – 172

District 4
Pam MacInnis – 222

Kim Williams – 115

District 5
Keith Rhyno – (Acclaimed)

District 6
Greg Grant – 257

Wayne Greene – 452

Nancy Pick – 54

District 7
John A. MacDonald – 193

Heather A. Smith – 238

District 8
Cyril McDonald – (Acclaimed)

District 9
John Kingston – 118

Elie (Leo) Moussa – 154

District 10
Jim Smith – (Acclaimed)

District 11
Eleanor Roulston – (Acclaimed)

School Board
District 9 – CCRSB (includes EH Districts 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)

Trudy Thompson – (Acclaimed)

District 10 – CCRSB (includes EH Districts 1, 2, 3, 7, 10)

Wendy Matheson-Withrow (Acclaimed)

District 5 – CCRSB (includes EH District 4)
Reg Pauley (Acclaimed)

CSAP
Alfred M. Benoit-  (Acclaimed)

African Nova Scotia School Board Member
Tamara Tynes Powell (of Truro) – 264
Glenda Talbot-Richards (Truro Heights) (incumbent) – 363

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