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2 r6 n1 G3 U' x5 WMONTREAL - If the whole political thing hadn't worked out, NDP candidate Pierre-Luc Dusseault was destined for a summer job at a golf course.
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% o/ k" ^7 D$ I6 R) Q qDusseault 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.
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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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He tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.0 w/ i" u0 W, ^" s1 D- T, [
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Dusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.
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8 D' a' }- c; i; |6 YDusseault 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.) Q$ U6 A! c: w' m& _: p
6 x# `1 `% N9 p) ]3 PDusseault, 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+ Q1 w4 @- q9 O
; {4 x1 }4 S% L0 C1 h, @5 KBut he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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