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The 2000 municipal elections of the Halifax Regional Municipality in Nova Scotia, Canada, took place on 21 October 2000. 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, so all candidates run as independents.

Halifax Regional Municipality Mayor

HRM Total Population, 2000 Census: 390,096
Candidate Votes  % ±
Walter R. Fitzgerald 000 000
Peter J. Kelly 00 00
Ken Ozmon 00 00
Araron Peters 00 009
Turnout 00 00

District 1: Eastern Shore - Musquodoboit Valley

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
Randy Carter 586 15.80%
Darryl Faulkner 762 20.54%
Steve Streatch 2343 63.17%

District 2: Waverley - Dutch Settlement

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
Stephen Boyce 1865 44.60%
Gary Hines 2257 53.97%

District 3: Preston - Porter's Lake

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
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Turnout 00 00

District 4: Cole Harbour North - Cherry Brook

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
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Turnout 00 00

District 5: Eastern Passage - Cole Harbour South

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
Les MacKinnon 1467 33.57%
Harry Mcinroy 2845 65.10%

District 6: Westphal - Waverley Road

Total Population, 2000 Census:
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District 7: Woodlawn

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
Emmet Austin 1584 36.66%
Conde Sarto 2711 62.74%

District 8: Woodside

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
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District 9: Albro Lake - Harbourview

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
Clint Schofield 1085 47.46%
Jim Smith 1179 51.57%

District 10: Dartmouth Centre

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
Bernard C. Anderson 158 3.24%
Chris Baker 979 20.07%
Don Chard 1283 26.30%
John Cunningham 2110 43.26%
Carolyn Ann Vaughan 2900 5.95%

District 11: Halifax North End

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
Jerry Blumenthal 3745 83.15%
Patrick Murphy 727 16.14%

District 12: Halifax Downtown

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
Arthur (Art) Canning 109 4.39%
Mark Daye 349 14.06%
Graham L. Downey 708 28.51%
Alex MacDonald 251 10.11%
Daniel Roukema 254 10.23%

District 13: Northwest Arm - South End

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
Hugh Pullen 1532 35.39%
Sue Uteck 2751 63.55%

District 14: Connaught - Quinpool

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
Shelia Fougere 3471 89.14
Daniel Williams 381 9.78%

District 15: Fairview - Clayton Park

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
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Turnout 00 00

District 16: Prince's Lodge - Clayton Park West

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
Diana Whalen 1812 34.94%
Bill Stone 1745 33.65%
Debbie Hum 1607 30.99%

District 17: Purcell's Cove - Armdale

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
Jon C. Coates 348 8.01%
Linda Mosher 2098 48.27%
Graham Read 1858 42.75%

District 18: Spryfield - Herring Cove

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
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District 19: Upper Sackville - Beaverbank

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
David F. Boyd 425 9.67%
Brad "BJ" Johns 2032 46.21%
David E. Merrigan 1894 43.07%

District 20: Lower Sackville

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
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Turnout 00 00

District 21: Bedford

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
Diana Fiske 1565 31.50%
Len Goucher 2203 44.33%
Marvin Silver 1113 22.40%

District 22: Hammonds Plains - Timberlea

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
Shawn Lahey 1064 21.38%
Reg Rankin 2533 50.90%
Bob Russell 1347 27.07%

District 23: Prospect- St. Margaret's Bay

Total Population, 2000 Census:
Candidate Votes  % ±
Ken Fralick 310 6.00%
Gary G. Meade 2049 39.68%
Jack Mitchell 1665 32.24%
Mary Lyn Saturley 1129 21.86%
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