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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.# {% d# O' B* c" E* `$ s) ?1 F; e
: J7 S3 ?# a9 e. e- M4 qDusseault can forget the links.
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2 R; t: H- r0 R- `6 e( V! wThat'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.
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7 f' f! B* l2 x2 s# c# pDusseault, who turns 20 at the end of the month, has just finished his first year at the Universite de Sherbrooke in politics.3 b( v! W( b' s: j7 V1 M' r
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He tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.4 M" e2 q6 j; d1 u
w8 M/ w/ j2 h0 M! v6 `4 u$ \Dusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.
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Dusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.8 D" k6 k" C" E6 Z( m% U! m
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Lachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.
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Dusseault, the son of a daycare administrator and a warehouse manager, will earn the basic MP's salary of $157,731 while learning the ropes.$ ]) n, ]; {7 U$ {: q8 u& T3 h
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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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