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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑 2 Q9 j! I2 H9 X4 c' t, I" _# ?, Z' ^
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3 |% l9 T' o, u1 l( }8 ]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.4 F; P) q4 w) W2 _9 _/ y# f
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# B* B0 a% g7 @2 a: g: z2 I( a) lThat'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.# d6 F- \& Y" U9 z: w+ q
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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.) ?% u. R5 V o$ k' O8 G! i- K
/ \. D$ x4 m5 E' H' o% m# rHe 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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, [; r% G0 e0 w# s* CDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.1 X4 `* m9 x E+ j8 B7 f, v
. J3 }; V9 N* \9 bLachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20." M5 [0 ], E. F! c- G5 W6 S
8 U6 I6 X; ~6 [3 X( E3 C! `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.# m+ w( P* ^" Y2 k' D
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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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