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Baby in the House!

Baby Zavier is barely three months old, but he's already making history in the B.C. legislature.

Born in July, Zavier is the first child to arrive at the legislature chamber in the arms of his mother, Energy Minister Michelle Mungall.

He is the first baby permitted at a legislative session after all parties voted in favour of family legislation last spring.

Mungall carried her son into the chamber and introduced him to loud applause from politicians.

B.C. joined Alberta last spring as the only other province that permits children in the chambers while the legislature is in session.

Mungall says her son also met the legislature's dress code, wearing a sharp jacket and bow tie.



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