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. _8 u4 J: o( o) Y% b& BMONTREAL - 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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/ u7 g8 y! H1 @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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Dusseault, who turns 20 at the end of the month, has just finished his first year at the Universite de Sherbrooke in politics.2 ?& x7 d8 v1 S6 y; z& F. Y
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He tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere./ T7 z1 b: ~ J' D
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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.. v4 p% n) e4 {! P3 Y% ]
# ~+ R; i& H- F+ T# y1 ULachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.
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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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9 P- V. v1 f4 K8 ZBut he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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