"I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there."

Family, Mother, Father, First, Parliament

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"I owed it to my father that I was elected to Parliament in the first place, but I owed it to my mother that I stuck it out once I got there."

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