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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑 8 a) M* w7 u( ]5 J: _: D
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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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; h0 G' l9 y. G" ~Dusseault can forget the links.
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; z4 h. E$ j. f2 Q: Q$ d) C0 pThat'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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" }1 B% i. R( P9 ~; F J2 t% _* D/ [Dusseault, who turns 20 at the end of the month, has just finished his first year at the Universite de Sherbrooke in politics.7 k4 J$ n' F$ G9 Q
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He tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.* [- K1 i a) c# o. v1 `9 k8 Y
% u2 e% j, {3 ~8 U/ M7 `9 QDusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.
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6 w+ z+ U7 @+ b: F6 UDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.
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. V( z% P0 l& dLachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.
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8 p' l& M' r; Y# ?# HDusseault, the son of a daycare administrator and a warehouse manager, will earn the basic MP's salary of $157,731 while learning the ropes." q, ~& M2 U* k) G
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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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