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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑 r2 y! Q) ]3 V! y$ O# I
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; C6 E( o5 u% x6 n: @, GMONTREAL - If the whole political thing hadn't worked out, NDP candidate Pierre-Luc Dusseault was destined for a summer job at a golf course." s0 n& P1 N: n7 K- t' a1 J* V
V/ N1 G6 b% H) ^5 NDusseault can forget the links.1 ~0 M6 p c. G- }6 y! a
2 ^9 ]2 j6 }% FThat'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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! f: @; N8 }2 w2 fDusseault, who turns 20 at the end of the month, has just finished his first year at the Universite de Sherbrooke in politics.1 g, v/ s1 Y: H. t4 Q; y
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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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Dusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.2 ^3 I- L" d' Q4 J, b0 k. d- u
& O0 [# v# B) [ L7 G: UDusseault replaces Claude-Andre Lachance as the youngest MP.* U! ^4 j% h& g$ z( s
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Lachance was elected as a Trudeau Liberal in 1974 at the age of 20.
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1 M& o; O. z0 F9 m% X- U: jDusseault, the son of a daycare administrator and a warehouse manager, will earn the basic MP's salary of $157,731 while learning the ropes.1 n! N0 g5 t. O7 p; {! I: }
- P7 j; c9 U: O R- tBut he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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