Can't see anything wrong with that Margo....
I believe whether, at the moment, you lean to the left or the right re your political bent and prefer communal traits over
capitalistic gain..every Australian could take a leaf out of "The little diggers" Billy Hughes' book... and
"follow your conscience"
Can anybody imagine a present day politician, let alone a former Prime Minister being elected as an MP for 58 years straight,...... never losing an election.....
and swinging as per political persausion more times than "Bob, Carol. Ted and Alice"???
Can you imagine a "modern" Prime Minister that stayed in Parliament until his death and continued to serve his
constituents for 30 odd years after his Prime Ministership was torn from him?
"At the 50th jubilee dinner of the Commonwealth Parliament, a speaker paid tribute to him as a man "who sat in every Parliament since Federation – and every party too". Arthur Fadden interjected: "Not the Country Party!" "No," said Hughes, still able to hear when he wanted, "I had to draw the line somewhere.",
Potentially due to the fact it was the Country Party who was responsible for bringing his Prime Ministership down in 1923.
He remained a member of Parliament until his death in October 1952, sparking a Bradfield by-election.
He had been a member of the House of Representatives for 51 years and seven months. Including his service in the
New South Wales colonial Parliament pre1901,
Hughes had spent a total of 58 years as an MP, and had never lost an election.
His period of service remains a record in Australia. He was the last member of the original Australian Parliament elected in 1901 still serving in Parliament when he died."
At the age of 90 years, one month and three days, Hughes was the oldest person ever to have been a member of the Australian parliament.
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