23-year-old Richard Clark won a three-way nomination fight to represent the South Shore-St. Margaret's riding in the October 19 federal election.
Already a ten-year veteran of political campaigning in the area, Clark names current MP Gerald Keddy as his "political mentor."
Clark eased ahead of political veteran and former Queens County PC MLA Kerry Morash and Chester businessman Rick Perkins in three nomination meetings, where more than 600 ballots were cast.
Riding Association president Donna Malone told SCT that she does not know how many votes each candidate won or whether the vote was settled in the first, second or third ballot.
Clark has served as the PC Party of Canada's national outreach co-ordinator and has worked for the party in Ontario.
The young candidate told SCT he was "very pleased" about the nomination and was taking some time "taking it easy."
Asked what he thought of the nomination process, Clark said, "It shows what politics is about - the grass roots."
"I just tried to give poeple a reason to go out and vote," he added.
Gerald Keddy has held the seat since 1997 and announced earlier he would not re-offer.
Clark will face Liberal candidate Bernadette Jordan and NDP candidate Alex Godbold.
