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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑 8 t4 M# e8 I- ^: V* f; |! \- @8 _
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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.+ |' V8 h4 m2 A- H
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Dusseault can forget the links.
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8 O. ]1 W9 l0 h0 G9 J$ s7 vThat'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.( D" k4 y4 y- Z4 s
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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. ]8 ^5 P9 S9 K' P2 g T3 ?* T
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He tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere. n# |3 B3 J4 r- v
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Dusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.7 P( C- g- N. ]8 _ |3 ~
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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.) n8 M% ^) Q# Z7 e
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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.: o" o) [, K2 A/ q) u
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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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