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Originally Posted by Bobblehead
Brian Mulroney's father was a paper mill electrician.
Lester Pearson was the son of a minister.
I think affluence makes it easier to become a politician, simply because that allows you to meet more influential and/or powerful people. But not being affluent won't prevent you from achievement.
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That certainly doesn't necessarily put them below affluence. In the case of Mulroney, he was sent to a private boarding school at a young age. I doubt too many people of average or below-average wealth could do that.
Even if his parents were not affluent themselves, Brian had been introduced to affluence at a young age.