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The NDP was working to rebrand its high-profile rookie MP Ruth Ellen Brosseau with a polished new image Tuesday, even as it was forced to apologize for “inadvertently” padding her resume.

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The party unveiled a new website for Ms. Brosseau that featured a more professional photo of the 27-year-old former assistant manager at an Ottawa pub, but removed references to her diploma from St. Lawrence College in Kingston, Ont., after college officials confirmed Ms. Brosseau had never graduated.

Ms. Brosseau had told the party she left the three-year diploma program in advertising and marketing two credits shy of graduating so she could be closer to her family in Ottawa, said NDP spokeswoman Kathleen Monk.

“When her bio was posted on our web site, a party staffer inadvertently changed the wording,” she said. “We apologize for posting this information in error and regret any inconvenience this has caused Ms. Brosseau.’’A nearly daily stream of controversies have turned Ms. Brosseau, who until now had worked jobs in the retail and service sector while single-handedly raising her 10-year-old son, into an unlikely media star for the NDP in Quebec.