Residents who meet all the following conditions qualify to vote in municipal elections:

• Residency: You have been a resident in Nova Scotia for six (6) months immediately before the first advanced polling day and you have been a resident of the Municipality of East Hants since immediately before the first advanced polling day
• Age: You are 18 years of age or older on the first advanced polling day (on October 10, 2024)
• Citizenship: You are a Canadian citizen on the first advanced polling day

Residents must not otherwise be disqualified to vote in municipal and/or school board elections. You are considered a disqualified person for the purpose of the municipal election if you are:

• The municipal Returning Officer
• A person serving a sentence in a penal or reform institution; and/or
• A person who has been convicted of bribery under the Municipal Elections Act [PDF] in Nova Scotia, in the six (6) years before the ordinary polling day

To vote in school board elections, residents must meet the basic voter qualifications (from above) and be an “Entitled Parent” or “Entitled Person” who meets one of the following conditions:

• Your first language learned and still understood is French
• You received your primary school instruction in Canada, in a French-first-language program
• Any of your children have received, or are receiving, primary or secondary-school instruction in Canada in a French-first-language program (note that a French immersion program is not a French-first-language program)

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• District 1 Map – Enfield Centre
• District 2 Map – Elmsdale
• District 3 Map – Nine Mile River – Belnan
• District 4 Map – Shubenacadie – Indian Brook
• District 5 Map – Maitland – Noel Shore
• District 6 Map – North Lantz – Milford
• District 7 Map – South Lantz
• District 8 Map – Mount Uniacke – South Rawdon
• District 9 Map – South Uniacke
• District 10 Map – Enfield – Grand Lake 
• District 11 Map – Rawdon – Kennetcook
• All Districts

• Be a Canadian Citizen
• Be 18 years old on nomination day (September 10, 2024)
• Be a resident of the municipality for a period of six months preceding Nomination Day (by March 9, 2024)
• Not disqualified under Section 18 of the Municipal Elections Act
• Candidates must have municipal charges such as taxes and liens, fully paid. A certificate from the Municipality stating there are no outstanding charges will be provided and has to be filed with your nomination paper. This applies even if you do not own property or owe taxes.

• Executive Committee meetings that require 1 full day of participation a month
• Monthly Council meetings that take place in the evenings
• Extra budget meetings every new year
• Compensation every 2 weeks

Joining Council is an opportunity to have your say on infrastructure projects, planning strategies and the legacy of our community. You play a vital role in the community by listening to people’s concerns and ideas and bringing them to the rest of your council colleagues. As a part of Council, you get to learn more about the financial health of our municipality, set operating and capital budgets and weigh in on recreation assets and strategies.

The Municipality of East Hants held a Special Election for District 4 – Shubenacadie, on July 23, 2022, to fill a vacant position on Council after the resignation of Councillor Ian Knockwood in April, 2022.

Two candidates ran in this election, with the following results:

CARL MACPHEE – 168,
KENDALENE (BO) WAMBOLT – 129

Carl MacPhee is a lifelong resident of East Hants. He graduated from Acadia University with a Bachelor of Science and had a 44-year career with the Department of Transportation and Infrastructure Renewal.

This election was held electronically by the Municipality of East Hants, offering voting by telephone and internet. Voter turnout for the election was 15.3%. All candidates and voters are thanked for their involvement in this special election.

The official results for the 2021 Special Election for District 7 – Lantz/Milford are listed below.

Voter turnout for the election was 42.1%.

Total – 875

Julie BENOIT – 58

Carrie MACDOUGALL – 249

Glen D. PAUL – 167

Walter J. TINGLEY – 401  

The 2020 East Hants Municipal official election results are listed below.

Overall voter turnout was: 41.6%

District 1 – Enfield

Sam Balcom – 173
Sandra Garden-Cole – 691

District 2 – Elmsdale-Belnan

Stephen King – 318
Norval Mitchell – 420

District 3 – Milford-Nine Mile River

Eldon Hebb – acclaimed

District 4 – Shubenacadie

Ian Knockwood – 326
Carl MacPhee – 183
Paul Preiss – 84
Marianne Stewart – 51
Kim Williams – 82

District 5 – Maitland-MacPhees Corner

Shannon MacWilliam – 217
Keith Rhyno – 514

District 6 – Walton-Noel-Kennetcook

Ron Fortune – 6
Wayne Greene – 373
Angela Sanford – 369

District 7 – Lantz-Milford

Julie Benoit – 209
John A. MacDonald – 379
Jonathan Nieforth – 88
Walter Tingley – 349

District 8 – Mount Uniacke

Brandon Lynch – 201
Michael Perry – 316

District 9 – South-East Uniacke

Elie Moussa – acclaimed

District 10 – Enfield-Grand Lake

John Douglas Boyd – 57
Tom Isenor – 367
Louise Parker – 283

District 11 – Rawdon-Gore

Andrew Cluett – 206
Eleanor Roulston – 318

CSAP Candidate

Alfred M. Benoit – acclaimed

The official 2016 East Hants Municipal election results are listed below. Overall voter turnout was: 25.4%

District 1

Cecil Dixon – (Acclaimed) 

District 2
Stephen King – 269

Norval Mitchell – 210

District 3
Eldon Hebb – 408

Willy Versteeg – 172

District 4
Pam MacInnis – 222

Kim Williams – 115

District 5
Keith Rhyno – (Acclaimed)

District 6
Greg Grant – 257

Wayne Greene – 452

Nancy Pick – 54

District 7
John A. MacDonald – 193

Heather A. Smith – 238

District 8
Cyril McDonald – (Acclaimed)

District 9
John Kingston – 118

Elie (Leo) Moussa – 154

District 10
Jim Smith – (Acclaimed)

District 11
Eleanor Roulston – (Acclaimed)

School Board
District 9 – CCRSB (includes EH Districts 5, 6, 8, 9, 11)

Trudy Thompson – (Acclaimed)

District 10 – CCRSB (includes EH Districts 1, 2, 3, 7, 10)

Wendy Matheson-Withrow (Acclaimed)

District 5 – CCRSB (includes EH District 4)
Reg Pauley (Acclaimed)

CSAP
Alfred M. Benoit-  (Acclaimed)

African Nova Scotia School Board Member
Tamara Tynes Powell (of Truro) – 264
Glenda Talbot-Richards (Truro Heights) (incumbent) – 363