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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑 0 d$ l' J' } Y9 @: [8 F
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% k* M; g. u0 W" M% [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.3 G, F( k( T6 }/ w8 f
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Dusseault can forget the links.
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' u- h/ j. ?( ^% v# D0 W9 X! a, RThat'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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Dusseault, who turns 20 at the end of the month, has just finished his first year at the Universite de Sherbrooke in politics.$ r; [# }7 }4 n9 t. V ^
0 n& D& n9 Q. h# d( }% D; x$ `. ZHe tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.
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1 Y5 V0 x, U" oDusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself." ^8 d) v* k' U7 @$ N% M
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Dusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.
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% `+ ~$ ]2 _# |: q# O" M+ Y1 wLachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.6 C- A( A% C/ ]8 k( a
. X) X6 @* C3 M' x/ lDusseault, 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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But he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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