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# [. `) h h% _* P- W2 Y3 ~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.3 ~, t9 e+ t4 w4 w" V
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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.2 x7 y+ G2 P* A8 C
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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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He 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.+ U/ }. L5 w M: l0 @5 }
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Dusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP." U0 u5 K) e) ]/ u3 \: H# \- @" h
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Lachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.+ F' p J# X0 U- Q5 s4 t
3 I. H! y, K9 EDusseault, 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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