Two-Man Race For Mayor

by Bobby NockSeptember 14, 2016

The election for Mayor in the Regional Municipality will be a two-man race.

After nominations closed yesterday, incumbent Mayor Cecil Clarke and New Dawn Enterprises President Rankin MacSween will be the only names on the ballot.

In 2012, Clarke took 59 percent of the vote while MacSween got 38 percent in a five-person contest.

Meanwhile, every Council seat will be contested with Districts 2 and 3 seeing six-person races and Districts 3, 4 and 9 each having five candidates to choose from.

The school board election is a different story with five of the ten members acclaimed after facing no challengers.

Municipal and School Board Elections take place on October 15^th.

The first day of advance polling is October 6^th.

Bobby Nock

Bobby grew up in Whycocomagh before moving to Halifax to attend university where he earned a Bachelor of Arts and a Bachelor of Journalism degree. After university, Bobby moved back to Cape Breton where he began working as a freelance journalist and has done work for both print media and as a broadcast journalist. As the News Director, Bobby Nock will get your day started by bringing you information that helps connect you to the community with all the latest in local news.

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