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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑 & d1 |) _/ {) A+ Q' {: m& Q" K! e) H
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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.8 e$ ?& h0 t1 G
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Dusseault can forget the links.
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6 R8 N8 |: A4 z! K" ~" W- MThat'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.& T* d9 B# K% j
' k5 y* {* `; a$ B0 u! JHe tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.' ]/ d' d; Y/ C6 Z* E W
+ h! H8 U2 [! P/ j9 w/ @Dusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.8 q! s! Q l/ a+ |- R
" N7 M W# ]3 W7 ] z( I$ u" IDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.# w7 L5 O5 [- a) ?4 \- C& O) P0 g
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Lachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20." M" f' v8 A! E6 R; J
5 e3 y6 o: {, _* ]7 R r* CDusseault, the son of a daycare administrator and a warehouse manager, will earn the basic MP's salary of $157,731 while learning the ropes./ a2 Q. f6 d& [/ 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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