Legislature love: B.C. MLA proposes to partner from legislature floor
Earlier than Query Interval within the B.C. legislature on Wednesday, it was pop the query interval.
A really nervous Port Moody-Coquitlam MLA Rick Glumac used his time allotted for a members assertion to suggest to his companion Haven Lurbiecki.
“I simply need to say you fill my coronary heart with love, and I’m not afraid to share that with everybody. Will you marry me?” Glumac requested.
A lot to Glumac’s reduction, Luriecki stated sure over the claps of the MLAs filling the chamber.
Glumac informed the home his now fiancé is an “wonderful individual with such an enormous coronary heart” and a ardour for making the world a greater place.
The couple met 4 years in the past.
The customized engagement ring encompasses a blue diamond.
“I do know that our life is simply starting. There are quite a lot of adventures forward for us, and I look ahead to all these adventures,” Glumac stated.
Speaker Raj Chouhan declared the wedding the primary of it’s type within the Commonwealth, however there have in reality been quite a few proposals in legislatures the world over.
In 2017, Australian MP Tim Wilson proposed to his long-term companion Ryan Bolger within the Home of Representatives.
In 2018, Quebec MNA Eric Lefebvre made an announcement on Valentine’s Day proposing to his longtime companion, Geneviève Laliberté, who was sitting within the press gallery.
Following the proposal within the Legislature, Glumac went as much as the general public gallery and introduced Lurbiecki with the ring.
