Peter J. Kelly is the former 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. He was re-elected in 2004 and 2008.
Read more about Peter J. Kelly: Background, Career As Mayor of Halifax Regional Municipality, Personal Life, Criticisms