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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.6 ]- X- ]8 Z) J6 _$ `& V& i" R
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Dusseault can forget the links.
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5 n6 v( Q; e3 x6 U# Z- mThat'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.3 [$ T, C4 }0 f! b4 a
3 D6 L3 ?- m! m. LDusseault, 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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! b+ M& f2 P8 t$ ^2 v; W v5 _Dusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.
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Dusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.
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Lachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.- V( W% d2 s! r. y0 n1 o, n
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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.3 e( g' w) b- B3 |# t& Q
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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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