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% D0 P3 s W6 [. F7 i- ~! o7 QMONTREAL - 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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8 R F: c$ l& d7 ?) ZDusseault can forget the links.' `# r O0 `% D. ~
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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. R( I- R" e- s* z( A# j
- B& j# W( {# h9 U& g4 @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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5 n4 s+ {3 X8 v2 x$ pHe 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.
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; t( p5 c7 J# ^! dDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.
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! o+ |; Y7 }: `+ v8 vLachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.
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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.9 H8 ^' ]' x Z
4 S- e" y2 @/ l% g. ^ \0 h2 sBut he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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