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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑 0 j6 O/ M4 O* j' r8 w3 U& L
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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.& B7 L- c6 r7 c k
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Dusseault can forget the links.
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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.3 X, d2 }% N6 t0 g8 K |
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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.
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1 i5 i/ Y0 ~& L) a2 z5 BHe tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.% r/ x9 n+ `: B( z& s
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Dusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself., K* t* `% P/ e/ N" p9 d2 R4 ^" e
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Dusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.
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9 h2 A, }* d0 @$ a4 }7 PLachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.( J7 M7 H8 e) h1 S% \
3 p% U! @* S) i5 w2 n' n+ b4 _Dusseault, the son of a daycare administrator and a warehouse manager, will earn the basic MP's salary of $157,731 while learning the ropes./ R) P& A8 E, K$ r! _
. _! f/ ^6 Z6 o+ jBut he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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