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8 g+ u+ r& Y" qMONTREAL - 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. e8 r9 N0 a* g: O& Z2 ~# m
* j" I: U5 s y6 j* tThat'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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4 v1 U0 w+ n* W5 W! cDusseault, 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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# G0 [. S, H( e' b, e& FDusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.
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9 W- Y" V8 K( z# n% |Dusseault 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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. d0 Z( s5 v7 `3 s- p7 {But he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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