alt Hacker NewsI thought you were making a joke but the average age of the House of Commons in Canada is also ~52 while the U.S. House is 59 and the Senate is 65.
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expedition32 • today at 4:31 PM
Sad really. At that age you should play with your grandkids or have cocktails in Spain.
Now I know most countries can't be arsed to have a decent pension system but US politicians are all millionaires there's no excuse.
>"while the U.S. House is 59 and the Senate is 65."
The average is probably highly misleading. Young folks have started filtering in from the oldest retiring or expiring, but all of the institutional power still lies in the 70+ crowd. Chuck Grassley, 95, is third in line for the presidency right now.