{"id":17382,"date":"2020-10-18T00:48:46","date_gmt":"2020-10-18T03:48:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=17382"},"modified":"2020-10-18T00:48:46","modified_gmt":"2020-10-18T03:48:46","slug":"historic-first-first-indigenous-representative-elected-to-meh-in-shubenacadie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=17382","title":{"rendered":"Historic first: First Indigenous representative elected to MEH in Shubenacadie"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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ELMSDALE:<\/strong> In what is thought to be a historic-first, the new council at the Municipality of East Hants will see its first Indigenous councillor.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Knockwood defeated four other challengers to win the District 4 (Shubenacadie) council seat, which was wide-open after previous councillor Pam MacInnis announced months back, she was not re-offering.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Knockwood took 326 votes, with Carl MacPhee his closest competitor who finished with 182 votes. Paul Preiss had 84; Kim Williams had 82; and Marianne Stewart had 51 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A former councillor has found himself back in after residents in Elmsdale-Belnan elected Norval Mitchell over incumbent Stephen King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mitchell won by 102 votes (420-318).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In District 7 Lantz-Milford, John A. MacDonald was the choice of 379 electors beating Walter Tingley by 30 votes. Tingley had 349 votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what had to be the closest municipal district in N.S., Wayne Greene was re-elected in Walton-Noel-Kennetcook. He won by the slim margin of four votes over challenger Angela Sanford 373 to 369.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ron Fortune was third with six votes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Here is a look at the rest of the East Hants council election results:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Overall voter turnout was: 41.6% <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Districts<\/strong><\/td>Votes Cast<\/strong><\/td>% Voted<\/strong><\/td><\/tr>
District 1<\/td>867<\/td>39.2%<\/td><\/tr>
District 2<\/td>739<\/td>40.5%<\/td><\/tr>
District 4<\/td>727<\/td>38.2%<\/td><\/tr>
District 5<\/td>734<\/td>48.4%<\/td><\/tr>
District 6<\/td>748<\/td>54.4%<\/td><\/tr>
District 7<\/td>1,028<\/td>49.5%<\/td><\/tr>
District 8<\/td>513<\/td>32.4%<\/td><\/tr>
District 10<\/td>713<\/td>42.8%<\/td><\/tr>
District 11<\/td>525<\/td>30.8%<\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

District 1 \u2013 Enfield<\/a><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sam Balcom \u2013 173
Sandra Garden-Cole \u2013 691<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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District 2 \u2013 Elmsdale-Belnan<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Stephen King \u2013 318
Norval Mitchell \u2013 420<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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District 3 \u2013 Milford-Nine Mile River<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Eldon Hebb \u2013 acclaimed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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District 4 \u2013 Shubenacadie<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ian Knockwood \u2013 326<\/strong>
Carl MacPhee \u2013 182
Paul Preiss \u2013 84
Marianne Stewart \u2013 51
Kim Williams \u2013 82<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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District 5 \u2013 Maitland-MacPhees Corner<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Shannon MacWilliam \u2013 217
Keith Rhyno \u2013 514<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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District 6 \u2013 Walton-Noel-Kennetcook<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ron Fortune \u2013 6
Wayne Greene \u2013 373<\/strong>
Angela Sanford \u2013 369<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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District 7 \u2013 Lantz-Milford<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Julie Benoit \u2013 209
John A. MacDonald \u2013 379<\/strong>
Jonathan Nieforth \u2013 88
Walter Tingley \u2013 349<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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District 8 \u2013 Mount Uniacke<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brandon Lynch \u2013 201
Michael Perry \u2013 316<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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District 9 \u2013 South-East Uniacke<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Elie Moussa \u2013 acclaimed<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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District 10 \u2013 Enfield-Grand Lake<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Douglas Boyd \u2013 57
Tom Isenor \u2013 367
<\/strong>Louise Parker \u2013 283<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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District 11 \u2013 Rawdon-Gore<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Andrew Cluett \u2013 206
Eleanor Roulston \u2013 318<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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