He may not be old enough to vote, but that isn't stopping him from exercising his political interests.

Eight year old Maxwell Oliver hosted a Cast-a-Can charity event throughout the month of September that invited people walking and driving past his Riverview home to drop a non-perishable food item into the bin representing their favourite candidate in the civic election.

The goal was to collect around 200 cans in total for Winnipeg Harvest. With help from Winnipeggers and the candidates supporters they were able to raise 1033 cans.

Maxwell and his family will deliver their Cast-a-Can donations to Winnipeg Harvest later today.