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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑 4 R& d; C/ O, ^/ s
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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.9 [ I7 I& M( r& N( u
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Dusseault can forget the links.: I; h) {+ I( C! Q$ j0 M! @
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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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3 t5 e6 k% r6 Y8 N6 g/ ?9 x" gDusseault, who turns 20 at the end of the month, has just finished his first year at the Universite de Sherbrooke in politics.& P$ k# c: H6 }+ a$ Y4 E0 T/ u: \
) J* z4 f6 y6 h2 T! cHe 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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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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; i9 _9 O0 } ~$ T0 x/ A9 D6 V" x; JDusseault, the son of a daycare administrator and a warehouse manager, will earn the basic MP's salary of $157,731 while learning the ropes.; H! ]+ A+ j1 v- S
0 J- ]9 I# k/ G# r/ \But he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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