Word: bencher
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...addition, Liberal Jean Lesage, Premier of Quebec, has consented to aid the national party's cause in the providence. His popularity will draw undecided voters into Liberal's ranks. The key to a Liberal victory in the province of Quebec, however, is a 35 year-old Liberal back-bencher by the name of Yvon Dupuis. His oratory is accompanied by much Gallic arm-flailing and fist-clenching. The party hopes he will provide the difference between victory and defeat in a hard-fought battle with the Socred party in Quebec...
Last week a tall, young Tory back bencher angrily waved an arm toward his own government front bench. "The country and industry," he cried, "have looked in vain for economic leadership from the government." The occasion was a debate about Britain's current economic slippage...