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) j5 W! d0 e3 n$ ?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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Dusseault can forget the links. k# R( h( K% I" t5 r6 |
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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./ t" \. N! }1 B% w" U' f
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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.6 i% F0 J- H1 P$ A6 X, e7 j. b
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He tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.* ~9 d4 |7 m5 c+ w1 ~. `
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Dusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.# f5 g+ I1 ~3 N. \( w# ?; d
- ^7 A% m! W1 p% |. |9 ?Dusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.
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0 k5 l8 ~: C3 j( {" TLachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.2 D9 G E3 C: W( x* l$ x. k
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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.7 u: l2 B: Q- O1 `
' O4 r) s' l% }, {8 H# o3 ZBut he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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