Robert Sidney (Bob) Bentley (1928 – November 18, 2013) was a Canadian politician, who served as mayor of Barrie, Ontario in 1968 and 1969.
[1] Born in Toronto in 1928, Bentley worked in insurance before moving to Barrie to take an executive job with the local Formosa Springs brewery.
[1] He ran for mayor, against incumbent Lester Cooke, in the 1967 election, and won.
[1] Defeated by Cooke in 1969,[3] he later rejoined Formosa Springs[4] and was reelected to Barrie City Council as a councillor.
[1] In 2013, he was seriously injured in a vehicle accident there, and was taken back to Barrie's Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre,[1] where he died on November 18 at age 84.