Pam Lovelace, a former Halifax councillor and mayoral candidate, is the Region of Queens’ new municipal clerk. (Facebook)

The Region of Queens has hired a former Halifax councillor and deputy mayor as its new municipal clerk.

Pam Lovelace also ran unsuccessfully for mayor of the Halifax region in October’s municipal elections.

She placed third behind winner Andy Fillmore and runner-up Waye Mason.

“I am honoured to join the incredible team at Region of Queens Municipality and continue working in municipal government in rural Nova Scotia,” Lovelace said in a Region of Queens news release Monday afternoon. 

Originally from Kentville, Lovelace is a former legislative support clerk in Halifax’s clerks office and a former communications and project manager for the Municipality of East Hants. She is also an instructor in local government at Dalhousie University.

She was elected to Halifax regional council in 2020.

Queens has been searching for a municipal clerk for a while. The clerk is essential to the operation of council and its committees. Lovelace will also be the region’s freedom of information officer. And she will be the main researcher in developing policies and bylaws.

Queens CAO Cody Joudry said in the release that Lovelace is a “high-calibre candidate”.

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Region of Queens councillors chose District 2 Coun. Maddie Charlton on Tuesday as the region’s deputy mayor. (Rick Conrad photo)

District 2 Coun. Maddie Charlton is the new deputy mayor for the Region of Queens.

Councillors voted for Charlton, who was the only nominee, at Tuesday’s meeting, the first since the Oct. 19 municipal election.

Charlton’s term as deputy mayor is for two years. She won’t get a raise, though she will be compensated at the mayor’s rate of pay while she acts as mayor.

Scott Christian presided over his first council meeting as the region’s new mayor. Charlton was re-elected to council, as were Jack Fancy and Vicki Amirault. New councillors are Courtney Wentzell, Stewart Jenkins, Wanda Carver and Roberta Roy.

Region of Queens councillors make $20,865 annually, while the mayor makes $41,730.

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