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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 z0 `. S6 J$ ^7 d2 f. q2 EDusseault 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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2 _' M9 |- s* b; x1 TDusseault, 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.0 a( ]6 ], Z" Q2 ]% R
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Dusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.2 ?) ~( N) I/ `+ x1 \
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Lachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.
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Dusseault, the son of a daycare administrator and a warehouse manager, will earn the basic MP's salary of $157,731 while learning the ropes.$ N9 J0 Z0 J3 S! h' W9 n
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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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