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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑 * ^8 ^! F6 ?) s/ @1 e2 t/ ?
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" {. d1 @& r& \4 g* oMONTREAL - If the whole political thing hadn't worked out, NDP candidate Pierre-Luc Dusseault was destined for a summer job at a golf course.# P5 D. K0 k5 a6 `3 p; l
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Dusseault can forget the links.
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' Q) J8 B/ H0 Q. n: _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.1 N# o; \! ^7 s+ U
- o# _5 U3 d; |$ Y4 J3 b! QDusseault, 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.4 T( S. ?8 a' F; G/ C/ k
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Dusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.( V+ g: }8 t8 X2 e
# f7 h1 p! x; r2 Z) nDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.: ^5 b% k, m7 \
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Lachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.8 }* O N9 J/ j9 o3 {3 b4 \9 a
! A' H% b( M) v& KDusseault, the son of a daycare administrator and a warehouse manager, will earn the basic MP's salary of $157,731 while learning the ropes.* B" t9 u& e# y* ?
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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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