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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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# h/ \& v! ~7 H" }# x3 q4 Z& VDusseault 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.! Z" A. n i: Y$ c8 `
5 l/ I K P+ l) G3 Q( z% ADusseault, 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. K) b" ^; P6 H4 {
7 q: s" L, Q2 e% b. ]Dusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.6 a$ n) ]' @6 B8 b/ d
7 _ L3 ^% J1 J8 v6 |) UDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.2 F' v, d$ U9 Q) p9 Z* E W6 _6 K
8 F5 o; r2 m5 A& i! L5 U7 N4 d8 SLachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.
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) r4 T, {& q+ M2 L$ {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.
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* }9 A& o! k8 a! l( c& }' b5 A( dBut he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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