Halifax mayor poll shows Andy Fillmore in lead [Video]

With less than a month until Halifax Regional Municipality residents head to the polls, former MP Andy Fillmore appears to be in the lead among the 16 mayoral candidates, according to one poll.

The Halifax Chamber of Commerce’s municipal online poll, conducted by Narrative Research, found 29 per cent of respondents prefer Fillmore as mayor. A poll conducted last month showed 23 per cent of respondents preferred Fillmore.

Four-hundred-eighty-two people responded to this month’s poll and 493 responded to the poll in August.

These are the latest results:

• Coun. Waye Mason – 13 per cent (up from nine per cent)
• Coun. Pam Lovelace – 12 per cent (up from four cent)
• Retired Staff Sgt. Jim Hoskins – three per cent (he was not an announced candidate when the previous poll was conducted)
• Candidates Greg Frampton, Darryl Johnson, and Zoran Jokic are all at one per cent. The poll says all other candidates are below one per cent.

The poll …