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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
Those are a fraction of MLAs and MPs, and even then only because of anomaly of the NDP doing way better than anyone thought. The bartenders and yoga instructors had easy nominations because nobody thought their party would win the seat.
This table shows business executives, managers, self-employed businesspeople, company directors as the number one previous occupation of federal MPs; political consultants, advisers and lobbyists as number two; and barristers, solicitors, lawyers, legal officers as number three.
https://www.aph.gov.au/About_Parliam...#_Toc368474619
If politics was such an easy and lucrative job, a lot more people would run for office. |
I can make a lot more money with a lot less public scrutiny.
Granted, the bribes and kickbacks are difficult to quantify due to their 'lack of being accounted for.'
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