Candidate: Number of Votes

Alice Burdick: 377

Penny Carver: 459

Aaron M. Collery: 157

Joseph Maxwell Feeney: 384

Francis Kangata: 482

Richard Nowe: 352

Kelly Wilson: 439

Spoiled: 1

Declined: 21

Total: 2672

Voter Participation: 70.3%

Congratulations to Councillors, Burdick, Carver, Feeney, Kangata, Nowe, and Wilson. Thank you to all of our candidates for a great campaign and a very special thank you to the voters of Mahone Bay who participated in record numbers. Well done, Mahone Bay! 

You can still cast your vote by phone or internet until 7pm this evening, and we are at the Legion (21 Pond Street) today for anyone who would like to vote at our kiosk (tablet). We have staff available to assist if you have any questions. Please bring your voter information letter and wear your mask.

If you have lost your Voter Information Letter, or if you need any other assistance to cast your vote, please feel free to visit us at the Legion or call the Election helpline at 902-523-1356. 

The Water Utility will be conducting routine water main flushing throughout the Town of Mahone Bay as follows:

What to expect:

• Reduced Water Pressure
• Discoloured Water
• Intermittent Service Disruption

 What to Do:

• We recommend closing the main shut-off valve and water supply valve to hot water heaters; this will help avoid having discoloured water enter the hot water heater and help avoid having heating elements burn out.
• Consider turning off booster pumps during flushing to avoid equipment damage.
• Check for discoloured water prior to doing laundry or running the dishwasher.  Suspended material causing the discolouration can permanently stain fabrics.  To check, run a cold-water faucet, if discoloured water is present, flush your system by continuing to run a cold-water faucet until the water runs clear.

The Town of Mahone Bay regrets any inconvenience created during water main flushing.  Water main flushing is a semi-annual maintenance procedure used to clean our water mains.

Please direct any questions or comments to the Town Office:
902 - 624 - 8327

Advance Polls will be Saturday, October 10th and Tuesday, October 13th at Town Hall from 12noon until 8pm. 

​Regular Poll will be Saturday, October 17th from 8am until 7pm at the Mahone Bay Legion. 

If you haven't had a chance to watch the Candidate Forum, you can watch it online here. 

​Dial 1-888-356-4178 (the phone number will be on the Election Page of our website)

• A voice prompt will welcome you
• Enter your date of birth followed by # (example: March 9, 1952 = 03091952#)
• Enter your unique PIN, which you received by mail, followed by # (example: 12345678#)
• A voice will tell you that you are voting for Councillors because the position for Mayor and Conseil Scolaire Acadien Provincial have been won by acclamation
• You will be given instructions on how to vote for each candidate - each candidate has a number based on alphabetical order and you will press the number corresponding to your first selection and then be prompted to make your next selection, until you have voted for six councillors.
• Press # to confirm your selection or 0 (zero) to change your selections
• You'll hear a voice repeat back your selections and then you're done.

We will have tablets available for you to vote using the online voting method described above. Tablets will be sanitized between voters. 

Mayor David Devenne and Fire Chief Richard Nowe each removed a ceremonial shovel full of earth on September 29, 2020 as the official start of the construction of Mahone Bay’s new fire station.

The $3.4 million, five-bay, fire station will serve the 3500 – 4000 residents in and around Mahone Bay who receive fire protection from the Mahone Bay and District Volunteer Fire Department. The new fire station will improve safety conditions for the volunteer fire fighters, provide a comfort centre for Mahone Bay and area residents during emergencies, and provide a more economical and environmental conscious building for fire services.
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“The job that a firefighter does today is far more complex than it was 62 years ago when the current fire station was built,” said Mayor Devenne. “Firefighters need the right facility to do the job. I believe that Council has made the right decision and that the time is right for this project.”
 
The target opening for the new station is November 2021, which will coincide with the Mahone Bay and District Volunteer Fire Department centennial celebrations. 

For more information on the Fire Station Build, see the special Fire Station newsletter. 

Municipal Elections are different than federal and provincial elections because they are run by employees of the municipality - even election staff are technically employed by the municipality. This is why municipalities do not provide biographies nor a platform for candidates. 

You will have noticed that Candidate Forums are provided by third-party, arm's length, organizations, such as Chambers of Commerce. 

This year the Mahone Bay and Area Chamber of Commerce found a way to still provide a platform for Candidates and published Candidate biographies in their recent newsletter. 

If there is a candidate that you have not yet heard from, you are welcome to contact the Election Team at 902-523-1356 or election@townofmahonebay.ca and we can share their contact information. 

You should have received your Voter Information Letter in your mail by now. 

Your Voter Information Letter will contain the instructions for how to vote, by phone, internet, or in person at one of our voting kiosks. This letter will also contain the unique PIN that you will use to cast your vote. 
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If you have not received your Voter Information Letter, please contact Town Hall at 902-624-8327 or election@townofmahonebay.ca and we will make sure that you receive everything you need. 

For those who prefer to go to a polling station, we will have three opportunities to do so. While we will not have paper ballots, we will have a voting kiosk (a tablet) ready for you to vote online. 

The Tablets give us the opportunity to sanitize thoroughly between voters to ensure that we make this as safe of an election as possible, despite the ongoing pandemic. 

Check your mail for the Fire Station newsletter for all the details.
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The sod-turning will take place at 12 noon on Tuesday, September 29th behind the current fire station!