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OTTAWA — It’s hard to imagine that Pierre-Luc Dusseault’s resume isn’t the envy of many of his Commons colleagues, not to mention the hundreds of political staffers who serve Parliamentarians – and the average 22-year-old Canadian.

Two-and-a-half years after the New Democrat became the youngest MP ever elected, dropped out of university and accepted his $160,000-a-year salary, Dusseault can add two-time chair of a House of Commons committee to his list of accomplishments.

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The prestigious job comes with an $11,000 salary bump and the rare opportunity to answer for his actions during question period in the House of Commons.

“I didn’t expect much when I came here. Just to do my job, be serious and prove that even if I’m young, I’m able to do as good a job as other MPs,” he said in a year-end interview with Postmedia News.

“I gained the respect of my colleagues, including my leader. I think that’s why he gave me an opportunity to have a more important role in Parliament.”