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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑 1 H0 o3 r3 L" M% D, B
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; \ V8 B9 a9 t8 V* ^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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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.! \, @! M( n8 E% q2 d Z7 [: t }4 E
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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.
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He 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.$ c& V6 d5 d0 V
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Dusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.
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9 K' A7 x, h; D" g* Z A4 f# G3 z& b' |Lachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.
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& l' r% i* K* K& x1 o+ K& \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.
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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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