Opposition leader Sussan Ley reveals her mother Angela Braybrooks has died in tragic update

Opposition leader Sussan Ley has shared a devastating family update just days after she was named the first female leader of the Liberal Party.

Sussan Ley has revealed her mother, Angela Braybrooks, has died.

The devastating update from the Opposition leader comes just days after Ms Ley made history, when she became the Liberal’s first female leader.

“In the very early hours of this morning, my mother, Angela Braybrooks, passed away here in Albury. My family and I feel this loss deeply,” Ms Ley said in a statement.

Sussan Ley has revealed her mother, Angela Braybrooks (right), passed away on Saturday. Picture: Instagram

Ms Ley expressed her “deep appreciation” to staff at Riverwood Aged Care centre who cared for her mother, saying she was “comfortable and at peace” in her final moments.

“Mum was a mental health nurse who helped so many people through her life. She taught me the values of resilience, self-reliance and persistence,” Ms Ley said.

“Growing up in wartime Britain, Angela could never have dreamt that her daughter would become Australia’s first female leader of the Opposition, but because of her, that happened this week.”

Ms Ley said her mother weathered uncertain times with “strength and determination” and she had taken inspiration from her “every single day”.

Ms Ley said her mother was ‘comfortable’ and ‘at peace’ in her final moments. Picture: Instagram

“It was a gift of fate that I was able to share Mother’s Day with my mum one last time on Sunday,” she said.

“On Monday night in Canberra, our parish priest organised a FaceTime call, telling Angela she had to ‘hang on’ to see one more special moment in her daughter’s life. If she could do that, he promised her, ‘we’ll have champagne tomorrow’.

The devastating update comes just days after Ms Ley (pictured with deputy leader Ted O’Brien) was named the first female Liberal leader in history. Picture: NewsWire / Martin Ollman

“On Tuesday, hours after I was afforded the enormous privilege by my Liberal colleagues of leading our party, I drove back down the Hume Highway to be at her bedside. While mum was no longer verbal, she watched every moment of my press conference. As I walked back into her room that afternoon, her eyes lit up with excitement. It was a moment I will treasure, forever.”

“Thank you to the many Australians who have expressed their sympathies to me and my family. We look forward to celebrating Angela’s life, the extraordinary person she was, and all she achieved.”

More to come.

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