Peter J. Kelly
56th Mayor of Halifax
Incumbent
Assumed office  2000
Preceded by	Walter Ronald Fitzgerald

Peter J. This is a list of mayors of the Halifax Regional Municipality. Walter Ronald Fitzgerald is a retired Canadian politician He served as mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia from 1971 to 1974 and again from 1994 to 1996 and Kelly is the current mayor of the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia. This is a list of mayors of the city Halifax Nova Scotia. The City of Halifax is a former municipality in Nova Scotia which was amalgamated with the City of See also Halifax Nova Scotia See also Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election 2008 Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital Kelly is the second mayor of HRM, serving in this capacity since beating the incumbent Walter Fitzgerald in 2000. Walter Ronald Fitzgerald is a retired Canadian politician He served as mayor of Halifax, Nova Scotia from 1971 to 1974 and again from 1994 to 1996 and 2000 ( MM) was a Leap year that started on Saturday of the Common Era, in accordance with the Gregorian calendar. He was re-elected by a massive majority in 2004. "MMIV" redirects here For the Modest Mouse album see " Baron von Bullshit Rides Again "

Peter Kelly was active in the municipal politics of Bedford, Nova Scotia and served as that town's last mayor prior to the amalgamation of Halifax Regional Municipality in 1996. Bedford (2006 pop 16780 is a community in the Halifax Regional Municipality, Nova Scotia, Canada. See also Halifax Nova Scotia See also Halifax Regional Municipality municipal election 2008 Halifax Regional Municipality is the capital Year 1996 ( MCMXCVI) was a Leap year starting on Monday (link will display full 1996 Gregorian calendar) From 1996-2000 he served as a municipal councillor on the Halifax Regional Council.

A proponent of public transportation in the growing metro area, he is an advocate of commuter rail on existing and abandoned railway corridors in the area. Commuter rail, regional rail or suburban rail is a Passenger rail transport service between a city center and outer suburbs and Commuter towns "Railroad" and "Railway" both redirect here For other uses see Railroad (disambiguation. He is also in favour of high speed ferry links between various locations on Halifax Harbour with the downtown central business district.

Kelly has been deeply involved in the process that saw the beginning of the Halifax harbour cleanup process, set to see sewage treatment facilities open in 2006 after 250 years of treatment-free sewage in the harbour. Year 2006 ( MMVI) was a Common year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar.

Some critics, such as his challenger in the 2004 election, have charged that he has ignored downtown Halifax, to the detriment of the entire region's economic growth and has taken to micro-managing the city rather than providing a broad strategic view. Kelly responds that he has attempted to balance his attention between all areas of HRM as is his mandate.

Kelly won 100,625 votes in the 2004 election. His closest rival, Victor Syperek, a local businessman vowing to focus on the downtown core, won 12,448. Mike Flemming, a school board trustee, and Ernie Brennan, a city planner, finished with 6,994 and 2,254 votes respectively. Together, the three challengers received just 20 percent of the vote.

In the inaugural season of CTV's Canadian Idol, Halifax's Gary Beals squared off with Kingston's Ryan Malcolm for the Idol crown. CTV is a Canadian English language Television network. It is Canada's largest privately owned network the main television asset of CTVglobemedia Canadian Idol is a Reality television show on the Canadian television network CTV, based on the popular British show Gary Beals (born 22 October 1982 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada) is a Canadian singer who is best known for being the Kingston Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St Ryan Michael Malcolm (born October 13, 1979 in Kingston Ontario) is a Canadian singer best known as winner of the first Canadian Idol Kelly and Kingston's mayor made a bet, where the city of the Idol-runner up would have to sing O'Canada on Canada AM. Canada AM is a Canadian Breakfast television news show which has aired on the CTV Television Network since 1972 Beals lost.

Kelly also has a history of making, and winning, bets with CBRM Mayor John W. Morgan regarding the ongoing hockey rivalry between the Halifax Mooseheads and the Cape Breton Screaming Eagles. John W Morgan, BSc, LLB, MBA (born May 7, 1964) is a Canadian Lawyer, Politician, and The Halifax Mooseheads are a Junior ice hockey team in the Eastern Division of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League. The Cape Breton Screaming Eagles are a Junior ice hockey team in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League.

Kelly is approachable in personality, and dislikes formalized protocol.