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本帖最后由 newlife 于 2011-5-3 14:15 编辑 " S/ B* T; k3 {; B
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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.2 T9 E# F7 }; c7 l
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Dusseault can forget the links.
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' q+ m9 G3 x: Z+ z- VThat'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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6 Z% Z4 G3 Z$ V$ }3 g3 Y2 O9 q9 eDusseault, 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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" L6 h, ?# i7 @1 s4 d+ X* D3 f, jHe tells The Canadian Press he hopes to make an impact in the Commons and represent young people everywhere.* M. m+ _& k) E& A ?
& h: i N3 J( a2 n3 O C4 hDusseault voted for the first time on Monday — admittedly for himself.
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2 n5 N, P1 {) z4 q8 vDusseault 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.) y: s9 \) X% f. {/ M2 i
% j, l9 m' Z) m/ ~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.( o1 D3 x& w: t7 c- S6 h% g
/ ~: h+ @( x8 z4 }4 J, vBut he says he would still like to finish his degree once his political career is over. |
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