Everything about Bob Chiarelli totally explained
Robert (Bob) Chiarelli (born
September 24,
1941 in
Ottawa, Ontario,
Canada) is a Canadian politician. He served in the Ontario Legislative Assembly from 1987 to 1997, and served as regional chair and then mayor of
Ottawa,
Ontario from 1997-2006.
Early life
Chiarelli was raised in the Little Italy area of Ottawa near
Preston Street. His parents were wealthy entrepreneurs owning a number of stores in the neighbourhood. Robert was the youngest of their seven children. Chiarelli was a
ice hockey player in high school and attended
Clarkson University in
Potsdam,
New York, on a hockey scholarship. He received a
Bachelor of Business Administration degree, and then returned to Ottawa to attend the
University of Ottawa law school. He began his legal practice in
1969, specializing in corporate law.
Prior to entering politics in
1980, Chiarelli was a lawyer and businessman in the Ottawa area. He served for seven years on the
National Capital Commission before running for the
Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the
1987 provincial election.
His career at Queen's Park
Chiarelli ran as a candidate of the
Liberal Party of Ontario and was easily elected in
Ottawa West, which had previously been regarded as a safe
Progressive Conservative seat. He wasn't included in the
cabinet of
David Peterson, though he served as the
parliamentary assistant to the
Chair of the Management Board in
1987-
88. Chiarelli was re-elected in the provincial elections of
1990 and
1995, though by narrower margins against his
Progressive Conservative opponents. Chiarelli endorsed
Dalton McGuinty's bid to lead the Ontario Liberal Party in 1996 {
Canada NewsWire, 19 August 1996).
He resigned his seat in
1997, after his wife Carol died following a long battle with cancer on
December 27,
1996, leaving behind two children. His second cousin,
Rick Chiarelli, unsuccessfully attempted to succeed him in the
1999 provincial election.
Municipal politics
In
1997, Robert Chiarelli was elected as
Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton. For the next three years, he advocated eliminating the region's "two-tiered" government, and amalgamating the regional municipalities into a single city. The provincial government of
Mike Harris did this in
2000, and Chiarelli declared himself a candidate to become the first mayor of the amalgamated city of Ottawa.
Chiarelli was elected as the first mayor of the newly amalgamated city of Ottawa on
November 13,
2000, and was re-elected on
November 10,
2003 (see
2003 Ottawa election for full results).
2006 election
In the
2006 election, he ran for re-election against two main opponents: former Kanata councillor
Alex Munter, and businessman
Larry O'Brien.
Terry Kilrea, runner-up to Chiarelli in 2003, campaigned through the summer but withdrew when it seemed left-wing candidate
Alex Munter had taken the lead
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Chiarelli's main project was the expansion of the city's
light-rail system: a north-south line would run from
Barrhaven to downtown Ottawa starting in
2009. His opponents in the election alleged that the project had been undertaken without sufficient consultation or communication with the public. The project was cancelled shortly after his departure of City Hall.
Chiarelli also had plans to improve the east end of the city. He introduced a 10-point
revitalization plan that would include attracting more jobs and businesses east of the
Rideau River in order to improve its
economic development. He also planned to build new roads to improve connections between
Orleans and the south end of the city.
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Also, he promised to expand the existing bike trail system with additional trails connecting suburban and rural areas of Ottawa.
In a survey conducted by UniMarketing during the week of October 13, 2006, Chiarelli placed second with an 11-point percentage deficit on Munter but had a three-point advantage over O'Brien among the most likely to vote. In the election, he finished in third position with just over 15% of the vote and lost the mayoral position to O'Brien.
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