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& N0 `" h) r: |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.. @- c% N: i! Q2 t3 P, F# j
6 t2 N3 N9 X8 Y7 ~2 L uDusseault can forget the links.7 k8 X! m# q9 Y$ A
5 U5 f* u) x% j" NThat'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.; d9 ~8 s, x J# k' s" p" w
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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./ Y* E" E9 D' `
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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.3 @: G0 l: S% G+ Y* L. M* W
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Dusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.; ]2 O+ L2 U0 M
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Lachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.) u p; ^0 p3 Y/ b
- o2 w8 B! e- v6 a( x8 m4 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.) b' H) q7 l; R' ^3 c/ Z
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