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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑 " e. D) X0 h9 i/ O$ @$ D! _: \
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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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0 q- H) R, x7 B( ]Dusseault can forget the links.
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- ]+ \+ H4 B( l1 k+ {3 zThat'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./ {, C. m4 X# [6 m+ R V f
, y% N+ z6 }! I+ \Dusseault, 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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7 u1 }- O2 ?# W, W/ ZHe 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.
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Dusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.$ m$ `) a) A7 x- o8 v
2 n! }1 P" ?6 y$ n$ xLachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.) e5 Z! o6 u' b/ y$ A9 a
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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.. y I7 C. E3 V. Z5 [8 \: o" Y" C5 j
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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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