2004 Halifax municipal election

September 2023 The 2004 municipal elections of the Halifax Regional Municipality took place on October 16, 2004. 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,Sancton, Andrew & Young, Robert Andrew, Eds. Foundations of Governance: Municipal Government in Canada's Provinces. University of Toronto Press, 2009, p. 172. so all candidates run as independents. Voter turnout in the mayoral election was 48.39%.Municipal Elections Result Recap https://web.archive.org/web/20110603232157/http://www.halifax.ca/election/ElectionArchives/documents/OfficialMayorResults.pdf 2011-06-03 Halifax Regional Municipality Results Mayor CandidateVotes%Peter J. Kelly102,86582.3%Mike Flemming7,1142.7%Victor Syperek12,7464.9%Ernie Brennan2,3100.9%Total125,035100%Source: Halifax Regional Municipality Councillors District 1: Eastern Shore - Musquodoboit Valley Randy Carter 600 11.83 Martin Singh 740 14.59 Steve Streatch 2,366 46.64 Laurie Taylor 1,367 26.95 5,097 54.58 References External links Councillor election results Halifax Regional Municipality 2004 Category:2004 elections in Canada