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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑 / [! y' `- N/ [) d4 e
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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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; u% D$ D) ^0 m+ kDusseault can forget the links.
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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.7 F Q l7 j6 D0 R
" i* {6 c& C: V' J7 Q0 VDusseault, 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 i4 O+ |/ cHe tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.
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+ L3 Q0 `( I1 b. T/ g9 f; LDusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.( c" n2 i# S/ S) t0 Z0 S* P
# b& O! i' s% H" K GDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.% x% W) ?% A4 G( m# q
' b: h$ U% O J# ZLachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.
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& D) h! F9 Y1 h8 lDusseault, 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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/ O5 V) A' V/ c# H0 R. rBut he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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