Peter A. Clavelle (born May 10, 1949) is an American politician who served as the 38th and 40th mayor of Burlington, Vermont, and was the first member of a third party to hold the office since James Edmund Burke in 1935.

He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in urban studies from Saint Anselm College and a Master of Public Administration from the Maxwell School of Citizenship and Public Affairs at Syracuse University.

[8] He received the endorsement of five-term former Democratic Governor Howard Dean, but was defeated, 38% to 59%.

[9] After Burlington's switch to instant-runoff voting in 2005, Clavelle decided not to run in the 2006 election.

In 2012, Clavelle moved to Albania as a staff member on a USAID-funded local governance Non Governmental Organization called TetraTech.