1. Roberto Chiarelli was born on September 24,1941 and is a Canadian politician.
24 Facts About Bob Chiarelli
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Bob Chiarelli was the Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton from 1997 to 2001 and was mayor of Ottawa from 2001 to 2006.
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Bob Chiarelli served in the provincial cabinets of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne.
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Bob Chiarelli was a candidate for Mayor of Ottawa in the 2022 Ottawa municipal election.
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The youngest of seven children, Bob Chiarelli is the son of Antonia and Eugenio Bob Chiarelli, an immigrant from Cleto, Calabria, Italy, who owned a grocery store and butcher shop in Little Italy on Rochester Street.
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Bob Chiarelli was an ice hockey player in high school and attended Clarkson University, New York, on a hockey scholarship.
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Bob Chiarelli received a Bachelor of Business Administration degree, and then returned to Ottawa to attend the University of Ottawa law school.
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Bob Chiarelli served for seven years on the National Capital Commission.
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Bob Chiarelli entered politics in 1987, where he ran as a Liberal candidate in the 1987 provincial election in the riding of Ottawa West.
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Bob Chiarelli defeated Progressive Conservative candidate Derek Insley by about 6,000 votes.
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Bob Chiarelli was re-elected in the provincial elections of 1990 and 1995.
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Bob Chiarelli endorsed Dalton McGuinty's bid to lead the Ontario Liberal Party in 1996.
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Bob Chiarelli resigned his seat in 1997 in order to pursue a position in municipal politics.
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On June 7,2018, Bob Chiarelli was defeated in the provincial election.
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Bob Chiarelli placed 3rd, behind the PC and NDP local candidates.
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In November 1997, Bob Chiarelli contested the position of Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton.
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Bob Chiarelli's win was the only Ottawa municipal contest where an incumbent was upset.
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The provincial government of Mike Harris did this in 2000, and Bob Chiarelli declared himself a candidate to become the first mayor of the amalgamated city of Ottawa.
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Bob Chiarelli was elected as the first mayor of the newly amalgamated city of Ottawa on November 13,2000 defeating former mayor of Gloucester, Ontario, Claudette Cain.
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Bob Chiarelli was easily re-elected in the 2003 election beating his closest rival by nearly 40,000 votes.
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Bob Chiarelli had plans to improve the east end of the city.
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Bob Chiarelli 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.
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Bob Chiarelli planned to build new roads to improve connections between Orleans and the south end of the city.
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On December 10,2021, Bob Chiarelli announced his intention to return to municipal politics, declaring himself a candidate for his former job as mayor in the 2022 municipal election.