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; S9 [! w/ [' K5 N$ f/ [( o; MMONTREAL - If the whole political thing hadn't worked out, NDP candidate Pierre-Luc Dusseault was destined for a summer job at a golf course.* E) _; g2 D2 o2 G5 B3 [% l
# u2 d$ Q6 N9 D0 q$ P) VDusseault can forget the links.
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k3 y0 a- s# P# z) |0 b% t- R7 vThat'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.6 p1 ~; f' ?7 Z& t: P
- U' j: {; V( _3 V% JDusseault, 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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2 ~; V- e* S5 U9 P1 C( k! k) PHe tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.( P5 _) X7 P) k* j' H. _! d5 P# i1 f
$ f" \, Z2 _* }! i! aDusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.- O; T% \( e e1 u. _
' u* _7 m! d6 K8 `9 DDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.. F/ \! N& B( I; i
$ F" j7 q: b2 |0 @ T# ^Lachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.
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, j- R" I( T( x6 N0 V9 ?4 RDusseault, 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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