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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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Dusseault can forget the links.
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8 j2 o# D, f' ]' ~* _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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# e9 [* Y/ l& Y1 H+ l( `8 g O, o$ DDusseault, 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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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.7 \% j5 }' t/ U
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Dusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.# j, \' _9 U$ m$ v. P5 ]
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Lachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.& M7 h9 ~0 W7 z
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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./ B2 Y: A. g4 \( [
4 E3 j) v3 A/ PBut he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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