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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑 8 I0 \3 V X2 d6 h$ `5 Q7 l
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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.9 ]+ v) {& B- A. k" z
( k. p% v% j# ~6 |$ gThat'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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Dusseault, who turns 20 at the end of the month, has just finished his first year at the Universite de Sherbrooke in politics.! p' a7 K7 G3 k- @! f0 ^
7 L6 Y% l( w- `" ^+ c# G8 A" yHe 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.! p" B+ F9 W, l
2 v" V' `' D* r( P' n4 }5 eDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.
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, V! X$ ?% j y" NLachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.! d7 k+ I1 Z) n8 L( C4 R
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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.
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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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