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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑
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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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R8 K; v, h, F$ }9 CDusseault can forget the links.# |1 d7 y2 h# V [9 X5 d. T
' S! u# ?- I; I# LThat'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.* |- a; {: ^0 F
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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.( g' c0 H6 p# ]* g8 K
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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.
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Dusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.- v* G- k! _5 V& ~
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Lachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.* a- a, `6 U( P; h; B
" h" t# ?% D& @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.
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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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