After winning District 12 in 2016, Richard Zurawski is facing off against two of the runners up from last time and a newcomer in next month’s election. Candidates John Bignell and Iona Stoddard both ran in the district in 2016, and Eric Jury is adding his name to the ballot for the first time. The […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 11 — Spryfield-Sambro Loop-Prospect Road
Halifax’s longest-serving councillor gave plenty of notice that he wouldn’t be running for a ninth term. Coun. Stephen Adams, first elected in 1991, made the announcement a full year before this fall’s election, and 12 candidates have stepped up to take his place in District 11. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 10 — Halifax-Bedford Basin West
With Coun. Russell Walker stepping aside after 27 years, the race for District 10 has attracted eight candidates. Walker only scraped by in 2016, winning the district — including Fairview, Rockingham and part of Clayton Park — with 35 votes. The runner-up, Andrew Curran, is on the ballot again, and so is the third-place finisher, […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 9 — Halifax West-Armdale
Confirmed in a recount, Shawn Cleary beat the former councillor for District 9, Linda Mosher, by little more than 100 votes in 2016. Cleary is hoping to win again, and the district, which includes the west end and crosses the rotary into Armdale, has four other candidates vying for the seat in this election. The […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 8 — Halifax Peninsula North
Lindell Smith won his seat in District 8 in a crowded field of seven candidates in 2016. Four years later, he’s looking for a second term from the voters of the north end of Halifax, and facing two challengers: Virginia Hinch and Dylan Kennedy. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five questions to every candidate […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 7 — Halifax South Downtown
Incumbents aren’t safe in District 7. In 2012, Waye Mason beat four-term councillor Sue Uteck by 114 votes. Uteck challenged in 2016, and Mason won by more than 1,300 votes. This time around, Mason faces three challengers for the district, which includes downtown Halifax and the south end. The Halifax Examiner posed the same five […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 6 — Harbourview-Burnside-Dartmouth East
Tony Mancini first won his seat in a byelection in 2016 after the former councillor became the area’s member of parliament. Mancini had to defend that seat just a few months later in a general election, and beat the only other candidate, Carlos Beals, now his colleague on the board of police commissioners. This time […]
This Cole Harbour council candidate shows why we need a municipal lobbyist registry
Morning File, Friday, September 25, 2020
News 1. Uber “The provincial government is making it easier to be a taxi or Uber driver, loosening the requirements to obtain the licence needed to be a driver for hire,” reports Zane Woodford: The move comes less than 48 hours after Halifax regional council passed bylaw amendments to legalize and regulate ride-hailing. Those amendments […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 5 — Dartmouth Centre
Downtown Dartmouth politics in the post-McCluskey era are becoming increasingly less competitive. In 2012, Sam Austin lost the downtown Dartmouth district to long-time councillor and former mayor Gloria McCluskey in a field of seven candidates. In 2016, after McCluskey retired, he won in a field of eight candidates. This time around, it’s just Austin and […]
Halifax council candidate questionnaires: District 4 — Cole Harbour-Westphal
One of two women on Halifax regional council, the three-term incumbent for District 4, announced this summer that she wouldn’t be running again. Without Lorelei Nicoll in the race, a dozen candidates have stepped up to take her place, representing the district that includes Cole Harbour, Westphal, Cherry Brook and Lake Loon. Of those 12 […]
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