His Career At Queen's Park
Chiarelli ran as a candidate of the Liberal Party of Ontario and was easily elected in Ottawa West, which had previously been regarded as a safe Progressive Conservative seat. He was not included in the cabinet of David Peterson, though he served as the parliamentary assistant to the Chair of the Management Board in 1987-88. Chiarelli was re-elected in the provincial elections of 1990 and 1995, though by narrower margins against his Progressive Conservative opponents. Chiarelli endorsed Dalton McGuinty's bid to lead the Ontario Liberal Party in 1996.
He resigned his seat in 1997, after his wife Carol died of cancer on December 27, 1996, leaving behind three children. His second cousin, Rick Chiarelli, unsuccessfully attempted to succeed him in the 1999 provincial election.
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