Municipal elections were held in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia on October 17, 2020.[1] Here is a summary of the mayoral results in the largest municipalities in the province and the council results for Cape Breton and Kings County (for Halifax, see 2020 Halifax municipal election). Elections were also held for the Conseil scolaire acadien provincial school board.
Challenging incumbent mayor Cecil Clarke are District 8 councillor Amanda McDougall, businessman Kevin MacEachern, 1990 Sydney mayoral candidate Chris Abbass, former Sydney Steel president John Strasser, and Archie MacKinnon who ran as an Independent candidate in the 2019 Canadian federal election in Sydney—Victoria.[5]
Prior to the District of West Hant's amalgamation with Windsor on April 1, 2020, the new West Hants Regional Municipality held elections on March 7, 2020. The new municipality will therefore not hold elections in October.
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