Supreme Court justice Kevin Coady yesterday ordered a recount in the District 3: Dartmouth South-Eastern Passage council election. The race was contentious and tight throughout the campaign, with results coming in slowly election night, October 20. The next morning, Sunday, October 21, at 3:30am, the elections office areported that Jackie Barkhouse had defeated Bill Karsten […]
HRM Elections 2016
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Update: Justice Arthur LeBlanc rules for Angela Jones
Angela Jones will be adding her name to the ballot for city council for District 4: Cole Harbour – Westphal. Justice Arthur LeBlanc declared Jones an eligible candidate today after a fairly lengthy emergency judicial review. Jones is a lawyer for the city, but she’s on parental leave until November. Typically, city employees are required […]
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Five candidates vie for District 15 council seat
With the retirement of long-serving councillor Bob Harvey, the Lower Sackville council election promises to be a must-watch. All five candidates cite their long association with Sackville and collectively they have an impressive charitable record, working with non-profits and community organizations. I talked to four of the five Friday (Curt Wentzell didn’t return my call, […]
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All four District 12 candidates want to raise most residents’ taxes
The four candidates for the District 12 Timberlea – Beechville – Clayton Park West council seat went head-to-head last night at the Keshen Goodman Library. But they didn’t talk much about the issues that matter to most of the people who live in the district. The new District 12 is an awkward, sprawling affair cobbled […]
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David Hendsbee
Cell: 483-0705 Grade this year: C Grade last year: D+ Last year, I gave David Hendsbee a D+, then, a few weeks later, the Mineville community in his district burned up in a forest fire. “Not a D councillor anymore,” Hendsbee joked afterwards, referring to all the work he had to do connecting residents to […]