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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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3 q5 ~; W8 g# f' u9 s0 P9 MThat'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.' `6 ?6 q4 M8 {7 C% n
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He tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.1 o7 f! V, c: W& g k- o+ z- X
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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.: r* I% [: u# G/ D2 v c5 E& H7 q
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Lachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.* N+ ~5 X4 q1 ?
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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.
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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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