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backbencher Brit, Austral, NZ a Member of Parliament who does not hold office in the government or opposition How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| And while Lane County's politically blue hue kept its legislators on the back benches for much of the 1990s and early part of this decade when Republicans were ascendant, they now will share eight committee chairmanships among them. No threat of the back benches hangs over their heads should they vote their conscience. While a member of Parliament, he was banished to the back benches, and later lost an election, because of his outspoken |
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