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' Q- y6 K. S5 |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.
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0 O, g# Q# ]9 w3 Y4 H2 yDusseault can forget the links." S! m: H$ s. R7 Q" Q" G
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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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% O7 c+ q1 a+ G# N' e+ ~$ G* k7 v* |/ `He 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.6 z/ D0 [7 N( R' l+ D) z% l
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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. k4 v4 {: ?* C% q9 T9 q9 W
( m- ^" f2 Z) T- H8 p2 I9 TDusseault, 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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