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& `- r5 W" v# I# R- hMONTREAL - If the whole political thing hadn't worked out, NDP candidate Pierre-Luc Dusseault was destined for a summer job at a golf course.1 ?/ |- `0 ?9 X( c
, V5 L' J6 `' ]7 L0 DDusseault 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.$ G, O u% D2 ]
( B! C; Z/ w$ w* `Dusseault, who turns 20 at the end of the month, has just finished his first year at the Universite de Sherbrooke in politics.) \$ n$ K8 c1 F, T" H2 u
% `% `% h; L r: V9 |He tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.
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4 Q3 V# `& |. R7 W* f% y6 n4 b: QDusseault 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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# _* B( [, A( q/ n2 @. }! A2 z$ u2 u. PLachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.5 h: ~% ~* k8 R6 k* f
# w- S: x" J1 M; V0 Z" s; gDusseault, the son of a daycare administrator and a warehouse manager, will earn the basic MP's salary of $157,731 while learning the ropes.
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) Y# U3 X. t$ B) {" c4 fBut he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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