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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑 - ?5 u7 n* c4 ~$ ^
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! A7 b' f; B; v$ Y- y; n2 `1 }% D- LMONTREAL - 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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1 V! K0 e0 @9 EDusseault 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.! x* d. {" r; |; H& z& a5 w( |
8 Z4 _4 ?$ B* P& `3 A7 u+ eDusseault, who turns 20 at the end of the month, has just finished his first year at the Universite de Sherbrooke in politics.1 h+ N9 k' K0 n' k2 c
+ T( H9 `" Y2 @% M9 ~% FHe 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.1 u: T' B; K# I
0 |2 g+ L$ C }; hDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP./ f- H2 j+ [1 K; g. m. G, r$ g! ?
# S: M* c" p+ h7 b# ?Lachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.
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' a3 L) ?% L. J. g2 _' O4 NDusseault, 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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; F9 U! W# P% qBut he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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