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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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Dusseault can forget the links.
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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.
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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.7 c# V2 h4 {& r% ^/ q
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Dusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.6 g& y. x$ s* V0 F9 Q) I+ W2 L3 I
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. Q; t2 p, `1 o7 P; xDusseault, the son of a daycare administrator and a warehouse manager, will earn the basic MP's salary of $157,731 while learning the ropes.% _ g# t! U8 W2 U9 i; d
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