Race for PC nominations heats up in Northumberland

An international businessman and technology expert plans to enter the Progressive Conservative nomination race shortly.
Cobourg-born David St. Charles confirmed Thursday he is seeking to represent Northumberland-Quinte West for the Tories in next year#039s provincial election.
A respected academic and businessman, St. Charles is spearheading a major new initiative for the University of Ontario Institute of Technology with a possible spin-off for Northumberland. He is looking to establish strategic partnerships with international and Canadian business leaders to further the university#039s research and development. The university hopes to become a "MIT of the North", modeling itself after the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
There are unconfirmed suggestions West Northumberland may become home to one of the university#039s campuses, something that has many community leaders very excited, despite no official announcements.
St. Charles is an adjunct full professor and an executive-i-residence at the Faculty of Business and Information Technology. Over the past 30 years he created or managed a number of leading corporations focused on real-time software systems and is well-known for his innovations in technology. He was named one of the top high-tech CEO#039s in California. He was CEO of Integrated Systems Inc. a leading worldwide provider of embedded technology, which was founded in 1981
He joined Jan Spragge, Cathy Galt and Carl Eggimann in the contest for the nomination.