Town Clerk and Returning Officer, Laura Morrison, completed the official addition in Chambers on Tuesday, October 22, at 10am.

The official election results are as follows:

Votes by candidate for Mayor:

• Wendy Donovan 636
• Jodi MacKay 1,247

Votes by candidate for Council:

• Jeremy Banks 767
• Mike Butler 935
• Wendy Elliott 1,081
• Jennifer Ingham 1,188
• Geoff Klein 653
• Ian Palmeter 959
• Jeremy Strong 495
• Kelly van Niekerk 1,080
• Howard Williams 1,065

There are no changes from the announcement made on the evening of Saturday, October 19.

Wolfville’s newly elected Mayor is Jodi MacKay.

Wolfville’s six Councillors are:

• Jennifer Ingham
• Wendy Elliott
• Kelly van Niekerk
• Howard Williams
• Ian Palmeter
• Mike Butler

The Council-elect will be sworn-in on Wednesday, October 30 at 3pm in Chambers. Everyone is welcome to attend.

Main Street will be closed at civic 620 with detours in place on Tuesday, October 22 starting at 6am.

Staff anticipate the road to re-open at 10am.

Traffic control will also be in place throughout Town on the day to provide safety in other locations where paving and patching needs to be addressed.

Motorists are asked to use cation around worksites.

Wolfville, NS – Voters have elected a new Council in the Town of Wolfville, after 49.1 per cent of eligible voters returned ballots in the 2024 Municipal Election. Voting occurred online and by telephone, between October 10 and 19.

Wolfville’s newly elected Mayor is Jodi MacKay

Wolfville’s six Councillors are:

• Jennifer Ingham
• Wendy Elliott
• Kelly van Niekerk
• Howard Williams
• Ian Palmeter
• Mike Butler

Glenn Horne is Wolfville’s CAO. He was at Town Hall for the final count.

“I’d like to thank everyone who put their names forward in this election,” Horne said. “It takes tremendous courage and desire to give back to one’s community to stand for public office. Thank you as well to the staff who made significant efforts to provide an open and fair election. I look forward to working with the newly elected Council as it leads our wonderful, growing Town.”

Council will be sworn-in at a ceremony at Town Hall later this month. One Councillor will be elected by their peers to become Deputy Mayor in November. The Deputy Mayor will serve for one year.

Returning Officer and Town Clerk, Laura Morrison, released the following results after the close of polls on Saturday evening:

Votes by candidate for Mayor:

• Wendy Donovan 636
• Jodi MacKay 1,247

Votes by candidate for Council:

• Jeremy Banks 767
• Mike Butler 935
• Wendy Elliott 1,081
• Jennifer Ingham 1,188
• Geoff Klein 653
• Ian Palmeter 959
• Jeremy Strong 495
• Kelly van Niekerk 1,080
• Howard Williams 1,065

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For Additional Information Contact:

Glenn Horne, CAO

Town of Wolfville

Telephone: (902) 542-5767

Email: ghorne@wolfville.ca

Barb Shaw, Manager of Communications

Town of Wolfville

Telephone: (902) 679-9124

Email: bshaw@wolfville.ca

For candidate contact details and profiles, please visit https://wolfville.ca/municipal-election-2024

Please be advised on October 24, 2024 between the hours of 5:00am and 7:30am Main Street between Elm Avenue and Harbourside Drive will be closed. 

A detour will direct traffic travelling west onto Elm Avenue along Front Street and Harbourside Drive. Traffic travelling  from the east will detour onto Harbourside Drive, along Front Street and Elm Avenue.

The Town of Wolfville is seeking proposals to pre-qualify one (1), and up to four (4), Planning /Urban Design consulting firms (Vendor) for the provision of architectural design, costing, analysis, demographic and population data, projections and analysis, scenario planning, housing needs assessments and projections, infrastructure analysis (social, green, municipal services, transportation and other), community engagement, planning document review and amendments, planning and urban design services (and other related services) to the Municipality. Varied projects that will always involve working very closely with Town Staff. Vendors will be pre-qualified based on the scope of services described in this Request for Proposals (RFP) for a four (4) year period with an option to extend for an additional four-year term if mutually agreeable to the town and the proponents. Firms may be chosen for selective services, or some may be able to offer multiple and/or partner with other firms who do offer required services.