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( M+ s+ O9 S; d. M2 e0 z3 P# WMONTREAL - 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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& D' ]! z6 v4 k3 N: f3 sDusseault can forget the links.+ c9 O+ d, ~& S3 E1 c& R: ]
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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.$ Y2 m; o# Y( Y; d: z2 r! a N
: S- _' a" l$ c+ o+ n. z3 kDusseault, who turns 20 at the end of the month, has just finished his first year at the Universite de Sherbrooke in politics.0 B8 S1 Z' d; g
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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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" M* T& D2 Y* gDusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.+ e4 k: [( Y4 K0 b! M3 [
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Dusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP., J; v& @3 I. R' ]+ f8 T5 R
: j9 z/ ~; V% r8 y1 `% ULachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.! s0 [# n3 \- a' b
+ }. I0 h9 X5 cDusseault, 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% b `% W0 h; R2 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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