Scoop Images: Watching Daddy's Valedictory

Wednesday, 13 December 2000, 9:49 am
Article: Photographer Mark Graham

Hon Simon Upton's children Geoffrey and Laura Upton were in the galleries at Parliament yesterday to watch their daddy's valedictory address yesterday afternoon. Photographs Mark Graham.

Geoffrey Upton

Laura Upton

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