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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑
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MONTREAL - If the whole political thing hadn't worked out, NDP candidate Pierre-Luc Dusseault was destined for a summer job at a golf course.- b( ]; ` k9 t9 j
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Dusseault can forget the links.# S }; M) H$ i
( c7 B" M: b1 WThat's because the 19-year-old is headed to Ottawa after becoming Canada's youngest-ever MP with his victory in the Quebec riding of Sherbrooke on Monday night.
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Dusseault, who turns 20 at the end of the month, has just finished his first year at the Universite de Sherbrooke in politics.
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9 B* F; [/ }# b/ jHe tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.
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Dusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.$ E1 f7 B1 @5 }) Z# N4 D
5 O& ~: R" L, x1 lDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.- b% n- | k: b3 K. l2 F; D f/ n6 ]
) b3 t0 j! c% U+ B3 PLachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.
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% W3 {3 r2 y# M7 [0 y$ U8 Q& i/ e- qDusseault, the son of a daycare administrator and a warehouse manager, will earn the basic MP's salary of $157,731 while learning the ropes.6 c- Q' d6 P+ @- k% \) r" B
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But he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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