| Peter J. Kelly | |
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| 56th Mayor of Halifax | |
| Incumbent | |
| Assumed office 2000 |
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| Preceded by | Walter Fitzgerald |
| 4th Mayor of Bedford | |
| In office 1991–1996 |
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| Preceded by | Peter G. Christie |
| Succeeded by | N/A |
Peter J. Kelly is the current mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. Kelly was elected to Bedford town council in 1985, then became mayor in 1991. In 1995, in the newly amalgamated HRM, he was elected councillor for Bedford, Nova Scotia.
Kelly is the second mayor of HRM, serving in this capacity since defeating the incumbent, Walter Fitzgerald, in 2000.[1] He was re-elected in 2004[2] and 2008.[3]
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He holds a Diploma in Hospitality Management from the Nova Scotia Community College and a Master of Business Administration (MBA) from Saint Mary's University. He has held administrative and managerial positions in private industry and government since 1980.
Kelly has been criticized for the failure of the city's sewage treatment plant,[4] and giving $400,000 of public money as an unauthorized loan for a Black Eyed Peas concert which was never repaid when the promoter went out of business.[5]
Kelly has come under fire about his role in what is referred to the "commons concert scandal"[6] in which Kelly has been accused of violating the city charter, city financial controls and accepted bookkeeping practices surrounding the payments to be made to Power Promotional Events for past concerts from January 2006-March 2011.[7]