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* h) T# U& g# ]- N# cMONTREAL - If the whole political thing hadn't worked out, NDP candidate Pierre-Luc Dusseault was destined for a summer job at a golf course.$ \2 A( U% q* X% \: X
1 F9 W) w* {" q9 QDusseault can forget the links.# {, Z3 S2 ?; [7 \
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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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( b. s5 K8 W9 O7 TDusseault, who turns 20 at the end of the month, has just finished his first year at the Universite de Sherbrooke in politics.& n& [2 U* d% ?) m" v" V. R# I
% j1 h/ r" q' D2 o+ ]' dHe tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.; _5 Y& s3 Y7 K6 k4 t2 _3 o8 ?
6 a% X3 ~, _2 e* oDusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.2 M% F. l! W/ O# `
! M) n5 ?9 c0 D9 K; FDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.
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/ F) [5 D5 ^2 s% t% s) R a& L! vLachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.- O) x; Z7 a2 V2 o! w8 H
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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." n8 X9 a0 w2 s" q
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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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