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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑 * T7 g3 M5 T8 c! ]# c- I* v% [& G- t& q J
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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.* d% `& a5 z4 m/ V5 Z) D! h
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Dusseault can forget the links., a! j. }7 \0 ^1 J, A$ z, n# o; i( Q
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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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# b1 r5 B" G3 t4 y# g `9 ^" VDusseault, 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.
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" r4 ?( `8 ?% i5 @% d" oDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.: u) [* I3 `) F8 @1 B
& u/ E2 r1 H/ uLachance 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 $157,731 while learning the ropes.$ \9 @ D. n+ U& j- v
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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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