With election defeat, veteran Bob Chiarelli exits political stage

“If you’re not prepared to lose, don’t run,” Bob Chiarelli told his supporters Thursday night, announcing he was done with politics after a nearly unbroken 31-year run in public office.
Looking tanned and fit, the silver-haired 76-year-old political veteran gave a thank you to his family and supporters, a gracious congratulations to his opponents — the Ottawa West-Nepean contest wouldn’t be decided until, literally, the final polls came in — and exited t