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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑
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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.$ N" ^: d9 C' u! Y" N! t* z
( Q1 \# Y X: }/ y, ]0 P6 IDusseault can forget the links.
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2 N p: l- ?) y8 l C, h( X( K- dThat'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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8 M% M/ E4 d% }0 w7 ~8 K" }7 f; \Dusseault, 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.6 H5 S! c& |! q* _
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Dusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.3 u% R0 t! U: m) j5 x2 q' r# ?8 E- y& \
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Dusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.$ }4 w# F. i2 h9 h3 n
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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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But he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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