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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.; W! n$ r0 d7 U, H& c
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That'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.; L- T8 A! t2 P6 \$ C4 U3 I4 j
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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.$ S" u4 e( H# N4 p
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He tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere. F/ j& R7 A2 @
$ x( h6 n# H$ j5 x, vDusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.
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7 {. P/ S7 H; g8 GDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.+ R- M: P8 |- Y3 P% {
1 H+ U+ R$ \1 Q4 q* |Lachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.; t, T1 G. f0 v5 D0 ]
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Dusseault, the son of a daycare administrator and a warehouse manager, will earn the basic MP's salary of $157,731 while learning the ropes.$ P1 F7 v, i% B7 Y' a
6 j0 _, {7 [. DBut he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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