Eric Melillo | |
|---|---|
 Melillo in 2019 | |
| Member of Parliament forKenora—Kiiwetinoong Kenora (2019–2025) | |
| Assumed office October 21, 2019 | |
| Preceded by | Bob Nault |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1998-03-27)March 27, 1998 (age 27) Kenora, Ontario, Canada |
| Political party | Conservative Party of Canada |
| Relatives | Natalie Sourisseau (cousin)[1] |
| Residence | Kenora, Ontario |
| Alma mater | Lakehead University (BA, 2019) |
Eric MelilloMP (born March 27, 1998) is a Canadian politician who was elected to represent theriding ofKenora in theHouse of Commons of Canada in the2019 Canadian federal election.[2]
Having been elected to Parliament at age 21, Melillo is the youngest Conservative MP ever elected in Canada, and the youngest of the43rd and44th parliaments.[3] He was the first Gen Z MP to be elected to the House.[4]
Melillo graduated fromBeaver Brae Secondary School where he showed political aspirations as a high-school student.[5] Prior to election, he studied economics atLakehead University, worked for a non-partisan think tank inThunder Bay (Northern Policy Institute) conducting policy analysis, served as an associate for a business consulting firm, and worked as the campaign manager forKenora—Rainy River MPPGreg Rickford.[6]
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.[7]
Prior to the second session of the 43rd Parliament, Melillo was named toErin O'Toole'sShadow Cabinet as the Shadow Minister for Northern Affairs and Economic Development Initiative for Northern Ontario.[8] Melillo served on the Natural Resources and the Indigenous and Northern Affairs standing committees during the 43rd Parliament.[9]
In his first term, he developed a reputation for his attention to constituency work that led to local popularity.[10] He was re-elected at the2021 Canadian federal election.[11]
After the 2021 election, Melillo remained in the Conservative Shadow Cabinet and was appointed to the Natural Resources Committee.[12]
On March 15, 2022 Melillo was listed among 313 Canadians banned from enteringRussia. The announcement came after Ukrainian PresidentVolodymyr Zelenskyy addressed the House of Commons in midst of theRussian invasion of Ukraine.[13]
During the2022 Conservative Party of Canada leadership election, Melilo endorsedScott Aitchison.[14]
After the 2025 general election, Melillo remained in the Conservative Shadow Cabinet as the Shadow Minister for Federal Economic Development Agency for Northern Ontario[15] and was appointed to the Standing Committee on Indigenous and Northern Affairs.[16]
| 2025 Canadian federal election:Kenora—Kiiwetinoong | ||||||||
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| ** Preliminary results — Not yet official ** | ||||||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Eric Melillo | 13,095 | 48.77 | +5.45 | ||||
| Liberal | Charles Fox | 9,447 | 35.18 | +15.33 | ||||
| New Democratic | Tania Cameron | 3,684 | 13.72 | –15.42 | ||||
| Green | Jon Hobbs | 286 | 1.07 | –0.32 | ||||
| People's | Bryce Desjarlais | 204 | 0.76 | –5.55 | ||||
| Independent | Kelvin Boucher-Chicago | 137 | 0.51 | N/A | ||||
| Total valid votes/expense limit | ||||||||
| Total rejected ballots | ||||||||
| Turnout | 26,853 | 60.19 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 44,617 | |||||||
| Conservativenotional hold | Swing | –4.94 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[17][18] | ||||||||
| 2021 Canadian federal election:Kenora | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | Expenditures | |||
| Conservative | Eric Melillo | 11,103 | 42.6 | +8.5 | $76,445.84 | |||
| New Democratic | Janine Seymour | 7,802 | 29.9 | +1.4 | $53,646.32 | |||
| Liberal | David Bruno | 5,190 | 19.9 | -10.1 | $42,652.01 | |||
| People's | Craig Martin | 1,625 | 6.2 | +4.8 | $6,563.10 | |||
| Green | Remi Rheault | 364 | 1.4 | -4.0 | $2,974.40 | |||
| Total valid votes | 26,083 | 99.6 | ||||||
| Total rejected ballots | 118 | 0.4 | ||||||
| Turnout | 26,201 | 57.6 | ||||||
| Eligible voters | 45,500 | |||||||
| Conservativehold | Swing | +3.6 | ||||||
| Source:Elections Canada[19] | ||||||||
| 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 | +0.07 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 27,304 | 100.00 | ||||||
| Conservativegain fromLiberal | Swing | +9.04 | ||||||