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Barnet was elected a municipal councillor for Halifax County, Nova Scotia in 1993, and served on Halifax Regional Council following the formation of the Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996. [2] He entered provincial politics in the 1999 election , defeating New Democrat incumbent Rosemary Godin in the Sackville-Beaver Bank riding. [ 3 ]
Halifax, formally known as the Halifax Regional Municipality, is located in Nova Scotia, Canada.The municipality is governed by a mayor (elected at large) and a sixteen-person Regional Council, who are elected by geographic district; municipal elections occur every leap year.
Halifax's first mayor, Walter Fitzgerald, was elected in 1996 after the municipality was created by amalgamation. The mayor of Halifax holds the highest office in the municipal government of Halifax. The mayor is elected at large during municipal elections, held every four years, and is the head of the Halifax Regional Council.
Halifax City Hall is the home of municipal government in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Designed by architect Edward Elliot, and constructed for the City of Halifax between 1887 and 1890, it is one of the oldest and largest public buildings in Nova Scotia. The property was designated a National Historic Site of Canada in 1997.
Green resigned his post as provincial treasurer in 1768, citing poor health. Benjamin Greene, Old Burying Ground (Halifax, Nova Scotia), only known gravestone of Cornwallis' Nova Scotia Council Governor Green's residence (built 1749). (Located on the site of Province House, which still is furnished with his Nova Scotia Council table)
The Halifax Banking Company was the first bank in Nova Scotia. Established in 1825, it was unable to obtain a charter from the Nova Scotia Legislative Assembly and operated as a private company. It became incorporated as a chartered bank in 1872 and enjoyed a period of rapid growth and prosperity.
Scotiabank Centre (formerly known as Halifax Metro Centre) is the largest multi-purpose facility in Atlantic Canada, located in downtown Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The main entrances to the building are located on Brunswick Street, at the corner of Duke Street and Carmichael Street, at the foot of Citadel Hill .
Born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, he was the only son of Leverett Morris and Catherine Larsen. [1] He attended school at Saint Mary's Boys School. After graduating high school, he pursued an undergraduate and graduate degree in political science from Dalhousie University.