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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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# t5 m$ E, z" R3 Y H) yDusseault can forget the links.
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: K+ z( k& ]4 m6 [6 PThat'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.% @6 p( k5 M" A( Z* r
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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." M' I; Z9 W7 }4 @6 F
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He tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.( D5 S' R9 X# G; R& E: E/ V
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Dusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.) g8 o M) J" a7 `% ^& q
1 p1 P9 O" y: ^9 j9 X0 x$ G" dDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.
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" H. j, ^# t" l# G3 \- f6 M7 kLachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.
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% ]6 i3 e W' y; p4 w" L) UDusseault, the son of a daycare administrator and a warehouse manager, will earn the basic MP's salary of $157,731 while learning the ropes.! T+ x6 ^! |* @: l& Z
& ^( c3 Y, S- q8 i/ q0 cBut he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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