Introduction
Eric Melillo MP (born March 27, 1998) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent the riding of Kenora in the House of Commons of Canada in the 2019 Canadian federal election.
Prior to election, he studied economics at Lakehead University, worked for a non-partisan think tank in Thunder Bay (Northern Policy Institute) conducting policy analysis, served as an Associate for a Business Consulting firm, and worked as the campaign manager for Kenora—Rainy River MPP Greg Rickford.
Melillo is the youngest Conservative MP ever elected in Canada and the youngest in the 43rd Canadian Parliament.
In December 2019, Melillo was appointed the Conservative Party's Deputy Shadow Minister for Diversity and Inclusion and Youth, and Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario.
Election results
| 2019 Canadian federal election: Kenora | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | ||||
| Conservative | Eric Melillo | 9,313 | 34.1 | +5.64 | ||||
| Liberal | Bob Nault | 8,188 | 30.0 | -5.50 | ||||
| New Democratic | Rudy Turtle | 7,781 | 28.5 | -5.38 | ||||
| Green | Kirsi Ralko | 1,475 | 5.4 | +3.77 | ||||
| People's | Michael Di Pasquale | 382 | 1.4 | - | ||||
| Independent | Kelvin Boucher-Chicago | 165 | 0.6 | - | ||||
| Total valid votes | 27,304 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +9.04 | ||||||