Bob Chiarelli

Bob Chiarelli
Chiarelli in 2022
Member of the Ontario Provincial Parliament
for Ottawa West—Nepean
Ottawa West (1987–1997)
In office
March 4, 2010 – June 7, 2018
Preceded byJim Watson
Succeeded byJeremy Roberts
In office
September 10, 1987 – July 23, 1997
Preceded byReuben Baetz
Succeeded byAlex Cullen
57th Mayor of Ottawa
In office
January 1, 2001 – December 1, 2006
Preceded byAllan Higdon (interim)
Succeeded byLarry O'Brien
Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton
In office
November 10, 1997 – January 1, 2001
Preceded byPeter Clark
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Personal details
Born
Robert Chiarelli

(1941-09-24) September 24, 1941 (age 83)
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Political partyLiberal
Spouses
Susan Orth
(divorced)
Carol Chiarelli
(m. 1985; died 1996)
  • Randi Hansen
ProfessionLawyer

Robert Chiarelli (born September 24, 1941) is a Canadian politician. He was a Liberal member in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario who served from 1987 to 1997 and again from 2010 to 2018 who represented the ridings of Ottawa West and Ottawa West—Nepean. He was the Regional Chair of Ottawa-Carleton from 1997 to 2001 and was mayor of Ottawa from 2001 to 2006. He served in the provincial cabinets of Dalton McGuinty and Kathleen Wynne. Chiarelli was a candidate for Mayor of Ottawa in the 2022 Ottawa municipal election.