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Meet the candidates for District 1 Waverley–Fall River–Musquodoboit Valley
On the phone with candidates Cathy Deagle-Gammon, Stephen Kamperman, Arthur Wamback and Steve Streatch
Meet the candidates for District 2 Preston–Chezzetcook–Eastern Shore
On the Phone with candidates David Boyd, David Hendsbee and Nicole Johnson
Meet the candidates for District 3 Dartmouth South-Eastern Passage
On the phone with candidates Vishal Bhardwaj, Clinton Desveaux, Lloyd Jackson, Becky Kent and George Mbamalu
Meet the candidates for District 4 Cole Harbour–Westphal
On the phone with Ryan Burris, Marisa DeMarco, Kevin Foran, Darryl Johnson, Jerome Lagmay, Jamie MacNeil, Chris Mont, Trish Purdy, Jessica Quillan, John Stewart and Caroline Williston
Meet the candidates for District 6 Harbourview–Burnside–Dartmouth East
On the phone with candidates Douglas Day, Tony Mancini and Ibrahim Manna
Meet the candidates for District 7 Halifax South Downtown
On the Phone with Waye Mason, Jen Powley and Craig Roy
Meet the candidates for District 9 Halifax West Armdale
On the Phone with two Sha(w/u)ns a Bill and a Stephen—with no word from Gerry in the race for District 9.
Meet the candidates for District 10 Halifax–Bedford Basin West
On the Phone with all eight candidates vying for the empty District 10 seat.
Meet the candidates for District 11 Spryfield–Sambro Loop–Prospect Road
On the Phone with Stephen Chafe, Matt Conrad, Bruce Cook, Patty Cuttell, Kristen Hollery, Ambroise Matwawana, Lisa Mullin, Hannah Munday, Dawn Edith Penney and Pete Rose.
Meet the candidates for District 12 Timberlea–Beechville–Clayton Park–Wedgewood
On the Phone with John Bignell, Iona Stoddard and Richard Zurawski
Meet the candidates for District 13 Hammonds Plains–St. Margarets
On the Phone with Derek Bellemore, Tim Elms, Robert Holden, Darrell Jessome, Nick Horne, Pam Lovelace and Iain Taylor
District 14 Middle/Upper Sackville–Beaver Bank–Lucasville
On the Phone with Lisa Blackburn, who’s up for her seat against Greg Frampton, but nobody could get a hold of Frampton, so it’s just Blackburn for now.
Meet the candidates for District 15 Lower Sackville
On the Phone with Jay Aaron Roy, Mary Lou LeRoy, Anthony Mrkonjic, Paul Russell and David Schofield
District 16 Bedford–Wentworth
We guarantee Tim Outhit will be returning to his council seat.
Meet the candidates for District 8 Halifax Peninsula North
On the Phone with Virginia Hinch, Dylan Kennedy and Lindell Smith
This article appears in Oct 1-31, 2020.