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' , ! o . 1 By JACK RAFTER I79 I l Whig -Standard Staff Writer AMHERST ISLAND ' ' Amherst Island voters decided 1 to injectrsome young blood into 10- ica'lfrp'olitics on Tuesday. Very } young. '1 But it wasn 't something they 1 hadn' t done before' They elected Steven Willard } reeve of the 400-resident township at the tender age of 21 -- the same Steven Willard they had elected as a township councillor at the ageof 18 Reeve elect Willard seems sure ito set some kind of record. He is i almOSt certainly the youngest per- son ever to be elected head of a :municipal council in Ontario. ', Probably in all of Canada. The Whig-Standard has con- } firmed that the self-assured young man has beaten out the reigning champion Retiring mayor Ste- "phen Clark of Brockville held the oungest- in- -Canada distinction ' nce election day, Nov 8 1982 Born on Nov. 7 1960 Mr Clark was 122 years and one day old when 1 elected. Mr. Willard was born on March 2, 1970. He was therefore 21 years. eight months and 10 days old when he won the election for reeve on Tuesday. He also seems in line for a sec- ond exclusive. He was just 18 years, eight m'onths and 12 days old when elected a township coun- cillor in 1988. It is not known whether this lat- . ter accomplishmentranks as an all-time first. . Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs senior adviser Bob Kearns said the Municipal Act requires office-holders to have reached their 18th birthday by election day. It follows that the only persons . eligible to top Mr. Willard in this category would be those who turned 18 between his birthday, March 2, and any given election day. > ' There is another extraordinary twist to the Tuesday election. The winner, whoris a third-year ;eeve 3,3 reeve of Amherst Island 1 1101' becomes Queen's student moves 'up; MICHAEL LEA/The Whlg Standard Twenty-ohe-year'mld Steven Willard ls reeve a: Amherst Island