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He was first elected to office at age 19 when he won a seat on the Carleton Separate School Board in 1980's. At the time, he was the youngest elected official in the province. He ran for a seat on the council of the Regional Municipality of Ottawa Carleton in 1985, but lost.
In 1988, he was elected to the Nepean City Council for the Borden ward. He was re-elected to Nepean council in 1994 in the newly created Nepean Centre Ward.
The 2000 municipal election was the first for the newly amalgamated City of Ottawa. Rick Chiarelli, who had been a leading opponent of amalgamation, faced long-time Councillor Al Loney in what was thought would be one of the tightest election battles of the year. Ultimately Chiarelli prevailed in a landslide and became Councillor for Baseline Ward. In 2003 Chiarelli was re-elected by acclamation. In 2006, after ward boundary changes, Chiarelli faced a challenge from cycling activist Brett Delmage in the race for Councillor of College Ward. Chiarelli won by a wide majority, securing 73% of the votes.
Rick Chiarelli is a second cousin of former Mayor Bob Chiarelli but the two often disagreed on matters of policy despite both being members of the Ontario Liberal Party.
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