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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.0 [& A: D6 f% m
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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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7 N: Z- f+ s) @Dusseault, who turns 20 at the end of the month, has just finished his first year at the Universite de Sherbrooke in politics.' ~/ ]0 s4 a7 E- A3 p
* y1 ~, x; A2 a+ nHe 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.
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1 I+ \; H+ v/ Q* m+ o( F- c! LDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.# S/ d7 e4 t$ Y2 x8 N
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Lachance 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.3 ^" U4 K ~& s. C- e+ B
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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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