List of wardens of Halifax County, Nova Scotia
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The Municipality of the County of Halifax was created in 1879. It operated from 1880-1996 when all municipal units in the county (including the county government) were amalgamated to form the Halifax Regional Municipality
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Wardens were chosen amongst the elected councillors at the beginning of each yearly session of the County Council.
Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia
Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital of the province of Nova Scotia, Canada. The Regional Municipality had a 2006 census population of 372,679, while the metropolitan area had a 2010 estimated population of 403,188, and the urban area of Halifax had a population of 282,924...
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Wardens were chosen amongst the elected councillors at the beginning of each yearly session of the County Council.
Wardens
- 1880 – Colonel John Wimburn LaurieJohn Wimburn LaurieJohn Wimburn Laurie was a soldier and political figure in Nova Scotia, Canada and England. He represented Shelburne in the Canadian House of Commons from 1887 to 1891 as a Conservative member and was a member of the British House of Commons representing Pembroke and Haverfordwest from 1895 to...
- 1881-1882 – Donald F. Archibald
- 1883-1888 – B.W. Chipman
- 1889-1898 – John E. Shatford
- 1899-1901 – Benjamin Curry Wilson
- 1902-1904 – George H. Madill
- 1905-1907 – Charles E. Smith
- 1908 – John H. Taylor
- 1909-1913 – William Bishop
- 1914-1919 – Charles E. Smith
- 1920-1925 – Wilson Madill
- 1926-1930 – R. A. Brenton
- 1931 – Hector M. Smiley
- 1932-1933 – John J. Hopkins
- 1934–1937 – W. W. Peverill
- 1938–1955 – William James Dowell
- 1956-1961 - Fred G. Leverman
- 1961-1964 - George D. Burris
- 1964-1979 - Ira Settle
- 1979-1982 - Elizabeth Lawrence Salton
- 1982-1988 - Arthur C. MacKenzie
- 1988-1992 - Laszlo S. Lichter
Mayors
- 1992-1994 - Laszlo S. Lichter
- 1994-1996 - Randy Ball