2000 Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election

The 2000 municipal elections of the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada, took place on 21 October 2000.^[1] Elections have been held every four years since the amalgamation of the cities of Halifax and Dartmouth, the town of Bedford and Halifax County into the Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996. The regional council is made up of twenty three councillors and one mayor, all positions were up for election.

There are no political parties at the municipal level in Nova Scotia, so all candidates run as independents.^[2]

Halifax Regional Municipality Mayor

HRM Total Population, 2000 Census: 390,096
Candidate	Votes	%
Walter R. Fitzgerald	000	000
Peter J. Kelly	00	00
Ken Ozmon	00	00
Araron Peters	00	009
Turnout	00	00

District 1: Eastern Shore - Musquodoboit Valley

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate	Votes	%
Randy Carter	586	15.80%
Darryl Faulkner	762	20.54%
Steve Streatch	2343	63.17%

District 2: Waverley - Dutch Settlement

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate		Votes	%	±
Stephen Boyce		1865	44.60%
Gary Hines		2257	53.97%

District 3: Preston - Porter's Lake

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate		Votes	%	±
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
Turnout		00	00

District 4: Cole Harbour North - Cherry Brook

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate		Votes	%	±
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
Turnout		00	00

District 5: Eastern Passage - Cole Harbour South

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate		Votes	%	±
Les MacKinnon		1467	33.57%
Harry Mcinroy		2845	65.10%

District 6: Westphal - Waverley Road

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate		Votes	%	±
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
Turnout		00	00

District 7: Woodlawn

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate		Votes	%	±
Emmet Austin		1584	36.66%
Conde Sarto		2711	62.74%

District 8: Woodside

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate		Votes	%	±
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
Turnout		00	00

District 9: Albro Lake - Harbourview

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate		Votes	%	±
Clint Schofield		1085	47.46%
Jim Smith		1179	51.57%

District 10: Dartmouth Centre

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate	Votes	%
Bernard C. Anderson	158	3.24%
Chris Baker	979	20.07%
Don Chard	1283	26.30%
John Cunningham	2110	43.26%
Carolyn Ann Vaughan	2900	5.95%

District 11: Halifax North End

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate		Votes	%	±
Jerry Blumenthal		3745	83.15%
Patrick Murphy		727	16.14%

District 12: Halifax Downtown

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate	Votes	%
Arthur (Art) Canning	109	4.39%
Mark Daye	349	14.06%
Graham L. Downey	708	28.51%
Alex MacDonald	251	10.11%
Daniel Roukema	254	10.23%

District 13: Northwest Arm - South End

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate		Votes	%	±
Hugh Pullen		1532	35.39%
Sue Uteck		2751	63.55%

District 14: Connaught - Quinpool

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate		Votes	%	±
Shelia Fougere		3471	89.14
Daniel Williams		381	9.78%

District 15: Fairview - Clayton Park

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate		Votes	%	±
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
Turnout		00	00

District 16: Prince's Lodge - Clayton Park West

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate	Votes	%
Diana Whalen	1812	34.94%
Bill Stone	1745	33.65%
Debbie Hum	1607	30.99%

District 17: Purcell's Cove - Armdale

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate	Votes	%
Jon C. Coates	348	8.01%
Linda Mosher	2098	48.27%
Graham Read	1858	42.75%

District 18: Spryfield - Herring Cove

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate		Votes	%	±
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
Turnout		00	00

District 19: Upper Sackville - Beaverbank

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate	Votes	%
David F. Boyd	425	9.67%
Brad "BJ" Johns	2032	46.21%
David E. Merrigan	1894	43.07%

District 20: Lower Sackville

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate		Votes	%	±
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
00		00	00
Turnout		00	00

District 21: Bedford

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate	Votes	%
Diana Fiske	1565	31.50%
Len Goucher	2203	44.33%
Marvin Silver	1113	22.40%

District 22: Hammonds Plains - Timberlea

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate	Votes	%
Shawn Lahey	1064	21.38%
Reg Rankin	2533	50.90%
Bob Russell	1347	27.07%

District 23: Prospect- St. Margaret's Bay

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate	Votes	%
Ken Fralick	310	6.00%
Gary G. Meade	2049	39.68%
Jack Mitchell	1665	32.24%
Mary Lyn Saturley	1129	21.86%

References

^ "X marks the spot: Nova Scotians go to municipal polls". The Chronicle Herald. October 21, 2000. Archived from the original on December 6, 2000. Retrieved February 24, 2017.
^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 1, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

[1] "X marks the spot: Nova Scotians go to municipal polls". The Chronicle Herald. October 21, 2000. Archived from the original on December 6, 2000. Retrieved February 24, 2017.

[2] "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on March 1, 2017. Retrieved February 28, 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)

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