Halifax residents line up to cast their votes on Saturday.
Towns and municipalities across Nova Scotia are beginning to report results of today’s municipal elections, and a number of contests have already been decided.A number of incumbents have gone down to defeat in Nova Scotia's municipal elections, including the mayors of two towns and a 30-year veteran of municipal politics.
The election special is airing on CBC Radio One and on the CBC News and CBC Listen apps. You can also watch on CBC Gem, the CBC News appIn Wolfville, mayor Wendy Donovan has lost to two-term councillor Jodi MacKay. In Amherst, two-term mayor David Kogon has been defeated by Rob Small, who was the town's mayor from 2008 to 2015, when he decided not to reoffer.
Elections are being held in nearly 50 towns and municipalities in Nova Scotia. Mayors have been acclaimed in a number, including Bridgewater, Truro and Digby, but there are mayoral races in towns such as Kentville, Antigonish and Port Hawkesbury.
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