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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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! H3 `% F0 o" K$ O3 uDusseault can forget the links.
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- O2 d) r/ A! D' g* uThat'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.0 e, C2 s; M8 {& B
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He tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.9 [. S% S5 E! w8 {; \( I
, ]4 k0 X0 Z% R7 n3 d4 cDusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.+ O1 X7 W# | X4 i
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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.% _7 y" V( Q6 M9 Y% W! I) U
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Dusseault, the son of a daycare administrator and a warehouse manager, will earn the basic MP's salary of $157,731 while learning the ropes.
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) q$ ^; ~5 \8 ]But he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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