50-50 chance: After tie vote, Cape Breton-area councillor to be chosen by random draw

It volition beryllium the luck of the gully that chooses the adjacent councillor for a territory successful bluish Cape Breton aft 2 candidates earned the aforesaid fig of votes successful a caller municipal election.

Amy MacKinnon and Wanda Hennick some received 145 votes connected Oct. 19 successful the territory that includes the Victoria County communities of Dingwall, Aspy Bay and Bay St. Lawrence.

To interruption the tie, the victor volition beryllium chosen successful a random gully — a enactment process stipulated successful the Nova Scotia Municipal Elections Act.

Hennick says electors person told her they consciousness that choosing the victor by a gully makes them consciousness similar their votes don’t count, adding that she would similar the victor beryllium determined successful a byelection.

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Blair Gallop, Victoria County’s returning officer, says the Oct. 19 predetermination isn’t the lone clip a necktie has been recorded successful Nova Scotia municipal politics.

He says that successful 1979 Harvey Lewis became politician of Louisbourg aft his sanction was picked from a hat.

This study by The Canadian Press was archetypal published Nov. 21, 2024.