Backbencher
Backbencher noun - A member of the House of Commons who is not a party leader.
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Minister and backbencher are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Minister" instead a noun "Backbencher".
Minister
Minister noun - A person sent on a mission to represent another.
Backbencher and minister are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Backbencher" instead a noun "Minister".
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In the short film PMO, Canadian Prime Minister Marc Brancois, sick of an NDP backbencher speaking against the government's strip mining policy, says that someone should stab her in the neck.
Source: Rhetorical Request Blunder
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