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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.
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Dusseault can forget the links.) Q" t5 w, M3 b9 P
$ g% Y, y% P; RThat'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.1 K6 J" t3 Y4 Z) E" {1 Q
4 H. i$ n# [' yDusseault, 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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6 C7 J& y* o& sHe tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere. Y3 u7 `; `# C. y3 ~: c/ J2 x! x, ~9 E
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Dusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.
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Dusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.
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+ h: L, x# M- O* Y+ t0 o2 ?Lachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.7 @ ?! Q* N( j1 e, k m% U+ v8 l
# n! y+ U2 |; c6 A3 FDusseault, the son of a daycare administrator and a warehouse manager, will earn the basic MP's salary of $157,731 while learning the ropes.
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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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