Opposition Leader Sussan Ley set to farewell ‘extraordinary’ mother Angela Braybrooks on Friday

Sussan Ley will farewell her “extraordinary” mother Angela Braybrooks at a funeral in her hometown of Albury.

Ms Braybrooks died just days after the Opposition Leader became the first woman to win a party room vote to leader the federal Liberal Party.

The former mental health nurse will be farewelled by family and friends at St Matthew’s Church in Albury on Friday.

Several of Ms Ley’s Coalition colleagues are also expected to attend.

Ms Braybrooks died in Albury in the early hours of May 17 “comfortable and at peace”.

Sharing the news of her mum’s death, Ms Ley thanked staff at Riverwood Aged Care Facility, where Ms Braybrooks was receiving end of life care.

Ms Ley paid tribute to her “extraordinary” mother, and shared her gratitude that she was able to share a final Mother’s Day with her late mum.

“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 wrote in a social media post.

“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.

“Like so many of her generation, she weathered uncertain times with strength and determination.

“I have taken inspiration from her every single day of my life and I always will.”

Ms Ley also opened up on the final days she spent with her mum.

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

“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’.

“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.”