16 people want to be Halifax’s next mayor

Sixteen candidates are vying to be the next mayor of Halifax.

The nomination period closed on Tuesday, with some submitting their papers at the last minute.

The list, in alphabetical order, includes:

• Bob Anders
• Alex Andreas
• Dave Boyd
• Sean Dibbin
• Ryan Dodge
• Andy Fillmore
• Greg Frampton
• Andrew Goodsell
• Nolan Greenough
• Jim Hoskins
• Darryl Johnson
• Zoran Jokic
• Pam Lovelace
• Waye Mason
• Riley Murphy
• Ross Rankin

The front runners appear to be Pam Lovelace, Waye Mason, both current city councillors, and Andy Fillmore, who resigned from his position as a federal member of parliament to run for mayor.

Although a recent survey, which polled 500 residents of the Halifax Regional Municipality, found 52 per cent of those people were undecided on who they would vote for.

About six per cent of people surveyed had no preference for a certain candidate.

Andy Fillmore had 23 per cent of support, Waye Mason with 9 per cent, and Pam Lovelace at 4 per cent.

Mason and Lovelace will leave seats open in district 7 and 13 for new candidates.

Candidates running for city council

Residents will have to elect new representatives to replace Lindell Smith, Lisa Blackburn, and Tim Outhit, who represent district 8, 14, and 16.

However, district 9 councillor Shawn Cleary has changed his mind about running again.

Earlier this year he said he would not run but his name is on the list of nominees.

No one is running unopposed for any districts, and the candidates are as follows:

District 1 — Waverley, Fall River, Musquodoboit Valley

• Chris Balcom
• Cathy Deagle Gammon, reoffering
• Angela Dennison

District 2 — Larencetown, The Lakes, Chezzetcook, Eastern Shore

• Will Gilligan
• David Hendsbee, reoffering

District 3 — Dartmouth South, Woodside, Eastern Passage

• Becky Kent, reoffering
• Keith Morrison
• John Paul

District 4 — Cole Harbour, Preston, Westphal, Cherry Brook

• James Aalders
• Joe Colley
• Nicole Johnson
• Trish Purdy, reoffering

District 5 —  Dartmouth Centre

• Sam Austin. reoffering
• Michael McCluskey

District 6 — Dartmouth East, Burnside

• Tony Mancini, reoffering
• Lori Ogden

District 7 — Halifax South Downtown

• William Breckenridge
• Cathy Cervin
• Andrea Hilchie-Pye
• Aodhan P. Murphy
• Peter Sonnichsen
• Laura White

District 8 — Halifax Peninsula North

• Trayvone Clayton
• Evyeneia Dexter
• David Fright
• Jon Frost
• Virginia Hinch
• Stephen MacKay
• Anika Riopel

Current councillor Lindell Smith is not running for the position again.

District 9 — Halifax West, Armdale

• Josh Beitel
• Shawn Cleary, reoffering
• Lara Cusson
• Valar Kaliaperumal
• Tonya Malay
• Carlos Pessoa

District 10 — Halifax, Bedford Basin West

• Debbie MacKinnon
• Kathryn Morse, reoffering

District 11 — Spryfield, Sambro Loop

• Patty Cuttell, reoffering
• Bruce Holland
• Nathan Parker

District 12 — Timberlea, Beechville, Clayton Park, Wedgewood

• Taqiuddin (Taqi) Hashmi
• Julie Scott
• Janet Steele
• Iona Stoddard, reoffering
• Richard Zurawski

Zurawski is running again after he held the position from 2016-2020 but lost it to Stoddard.

District 13 — Prospect Road, St. Margarets

• Markus Critchley
• Nancy Hartling
• Robert Holden
• Michael A. Marriott
• Dustin O’Leary
• Dawn Edith Penney
• John Profit

District 14 — Hammonds Plains, Upper Hammonds Plains, Lucasville, Middle and Upper Sackville

• Edward Giles
• John Martin Walker
• John A. Young

Lisa Blackburn, who currently holds the position, won’t reoffer in the upcoming election.

District 15 — Lower Sackville, Beaver Bank

• Billy Gillis
• Paul Russell, reoffering

District 16 — Bedford, Wentworth

• Mohammed Issa
• Anita Kirkbride
• Scott Maskell
• Prathibha Narasimhan
• Aaron Rice
• Jean St-Amand

Tim Outhit, the current representative for the area, isn’t running again.

The election will happen in October, with advance online and telephone voting between the 8th and the 16th. Advance in-person voting happens on the 12th and 15th.

Election day, where you can vote in-person, is Oct. 19.