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$ C* h- T' n, V! j6 VMONTREAL - If the whole political thing hadn't worked out, NDP candidate Pierre-Luc Dusseault was destined for a summer job at a golf course.5 i- R- F( w& c% `" o
! e; M/ U) M/ n: `! ODusseault can forget the links.
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/ h6 {& m7 B* |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.& M3 `% J3 y6 ^/ m" [& Q% ?0 f
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He tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.) Z$ g, a6 O" _- u6 |; K9 K
; p! ~0 V# t# t2 ]Dusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.1 X& j6 E% L+ q( k
8 ]" N: i2 i; GDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.
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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.
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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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