Pierre-Luc Dusseault was born on May 31,1991 and is a Canadian politician who was elected to the House of Commons of Canada in the 2011 federal election at the age of 19, becoming the youngest member of Parliament in the country's history.
10 Facts About Pierre-Luc Dusseault
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Pierre-Luc Dusseault was re-elected in 2015 but lost his seat in the 2019 Canadian federal election.
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Pierre-Luc Dusseault was a first-year student studying applied politics at the Universite de Sherbrooke at the time of his election as an MP.
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Pierre-Luc Dusseault was the co-founder and president of the university's student NDP club, having joined the NDP in 2009.
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Pierre-Luc Dusseault has told the press he would like to finish the degree once his political career is over.
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Pierre-Luc Dusseault turned 20 two days before the 41st Parliament was sworn in.
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Pierre-Luc Dusseault was elected in the same election as five McGill University students, fellow NDP MPs Charmaine Borg, Matthew Dube, Mylene Freeman, Laurin Liu, and Jamie Nicholls, following the NDP's unexpected mid-campaign surge in Quebec.
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Pierre-Luc Dusseault voted for the first time in this election and had originally planned to work a summer job at a golf course but served in Parliament instead.
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Pierre-Luc Dusseault retained his seat at the 2015 general election, one of 17 NDP candidates elected in Quebec.
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Pierre-Luc Dusseault remained the youngest MP at the start of the 42nd Parliament.