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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.
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8 f) K) O" r8 iDusseault can forget the links.
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) n! x a% s% d( M6 EThat'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.* I8 U/ n/ X6 T2 F) c$ a8 `
7 ~/ N$ Y* {1 `7 fDusseault, who turns 20 at the end of the month, has just finished his first year at the Universite de Sherbrooke in politics.6 U0 |" m2 w6 }% P1 r3 _3 M. n
% h3 B- p4 s* g, s3 F* wHe tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.
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1 w6 G/ k9 @3 s2 BDusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.
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4 W" X; m: g3 |0 b+ ODusseault 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.
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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.2 U8 e0 k7 q: ~* N1 f- t/ Y
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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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