Sussan Ley opens with her mother at last moments before she died after seeing her daughter becoming the first woman to become the liberal leader

Sussan Ley has shared how she spent her last moments with her mother, who was over for days after she had written history as the first female leader of the liberal party.

Angela Braybrooks, 93, spent her last days in palliative care and surrounded by family before passing on Saturday.

After her election to opposition leader on Tuesday, Ley hurried to the hospital in Albury, on the NSW And Victorian border, to be with her mother.

“When I got home, her eyes relieve a little when she saw me,” Ley told the Sunday Telegraaf.

Ley was born in Nigeria As a British citizen and spent her early years in the middle -east where her father worked in military intelligence.

While most women stayed with their traditional roles as home makers at the time, Ley recalled that she constantly reminded her mother of work.

Mrs. Braybrooks had a daycare center, opened a library in their house and trained as a nurse when their families settled in Australia.

Ley proudly calls her mother her role model and told her that together in their last moments.

The mother of Sussan Ley, Angela Braybrooks (shown together), died on Saturday at the age of 93 –

Ley hurried to the hospital in Albury to be with her mother after her election as leader of the opposition on Tuesday

“I held her hand, I spoke with her about the life and things we have experienced together, and I hope she hears,” Ley said.

“It’s a good opportunity to think about all the things she did in her life, because my mother was a bit of a pioneer.”

The opposition leader shared the news about the death of her mother in an emotional Instagram post on Saturday.

“In the very early hours of this morning my mother, Angela Braybrooks, here in Albury,” wrote Ley.

“My family and I feel this loss deep.

‘We express our deep appreciation for the RIVERWOOD AGED CARE Facility staff for quality assurance that is offered to Angela. At her last moments she was comfortable and in peace.

“Mama was a nurse in mental health care who helped so many people through her lives. She taught me the values ​​of resilience, self -reliance and perseverance. ‘

Ley said that when Mrs. Braybrooks grew up in Great -Britain in wartime, she could never have dreamed that her daughter would be the first female leader of the opposition of Australia, but because of her that happened this week. ”

Ley remembered that her mother grew up a ‘pioneer’ and was grateful that she saw the moment she was chosen as the first female opposition leader of Australia

She said on Monday evening that a priest had encouraged her mother to ‘hold’, so that she could still see a special moment in her daughter’s life and promised her: ‘we will have champagne tomorrow’.

“On Tuesday, hours after I got the enormous privilege of my liberal colleagues to lead our party, I rode the Hume Highway back to be at her bed,” Ley said.

‘Although Mama was no longer verbal, she looked at every moment of my press conference. While I walked back in her room that afternoon, her eyes lit up from excitement. It was a time that I will cherish forever. ‘

On Tuesday, Ley won a voice of 29-25 against shadow treasurer Angus Taylor to replace Peter Dutton.

Shadowergy Minister Ted O’Brien was chosen as deputy leader, with Jacinta Nampijinpa Price – who was tailored to Mr. Taylor – who dropped out of the competition shortly before the poll.

Ley, 63, is one of the most experienced hands of the liberal party, who served as a cabinet minister among the last three prime ministers of the coalition – Tony Abbott, Malcolm Turnbull and Scott Morrison.

A former commercial pilot, farmer and civil servant, she has held the national seat of Farrer in southwestern NSW since the retirement of its long-term predecessor and former leader of the National Party and Deputy Prime Minister Tim Fischer.

Ley changed the spelling of her first name of ‘Susan’ in ‘Sussan’ in her 20s after exploring numerology. She believed that adding an extra ‘s’ her life ‘would make incredibly exciting’ and make sure that ‘nothing would ever be boring’.

Ley is a three -year -old mother and had the support of the moderates of the party, with some people believe that a woman at the helm will help recover female voters.