List of mayors of the Halifax Regional Municipality

This is a list of mayors of the Halifax Regional Municipality. 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.

Mayor of
Halifax
Incumbent
Mike Savage
since November 6, 2012
StyleYour Worship
Member ofHalifax Regional Council
Reports toHalifax Regional Council
SeatHalifax City Hall
(Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada)
AppointerDirect election by residents of Halifax
Term length4 years
Inaugural holderWalter Fitzgerald
FormationApril 1, 2016
Salary$176,034
Websitewww.halifax.ca/mayor

List

#ImageMayorTerm startTerm endNotes
1Walter Fitzgerald
(1936–2014)
1 April 199620 October 2000Previously mayor of the City of Halifax
2Peter Kelly
(born 1956)
20 October 20006 November 2012Previously mayor of the Town of Bedford
3 Mike Savage
(born 1960)
6 November 2012IncumbentPreviously MP for Dartmouth-Cole Harbour

See also