One of the youngest candidates in Canada will be representing the Kenora Riding.
Eric Melillo of the Conservatives won a three-person race, picking up just over 9,300 votes, or 34.1%.
Melillo says all the hard work by him and his campaign team really paid off.
“I think it helped for sure. I mean we’ve been pounding on doors. I lost track but I think I was nearing 10,000, plus what the campaign team was doing. So we were doing a lot of hard work, we we’re doing it for months.”
Melillo adds “Putting it all out there. We had a great team. We were working hard really since February when the nomination process and we were just spreading our message and ensuring that people know that I’m going to put constituents first. Just ready to get to work here for real.”
Melillo is 22-years-old and recently completed his undergraduate degree in economics.
He took time on Monday to outline some of his priorities.
Melillo says “Infrastructure projects we need to see get moving. Of course the affordability which we touched on. First Nations communities as well, we have a lot of work to do there and I’m looking forward to working on those and as well as many other issues.”
