I thought you were making a joke but the average age of the House of Commons in Canada is also ~52 while the U.S. House is 59 and the Senate is 65.
The average is probably highly misleading. Young folks have started filtering in from the oldest retiring or expiring, but all of the institutional power still lies in the 70+ crowd. Chuck Grassley, 95, is third in line for the presidency right now.
[wish xCancel was still alive so we didn't have to directly look at Twitter]
https://xxcancel.com/ChuckGrassley/status/130742159241115648...
> If u lost ur pet pidgin /it’s dead in front yard my Iowa farm JUST DISCOVERED here r identifiers Right leg Blue 2020/3089/AU2020/SHE ///LEFT LEG GREEN BAND NO PRINTED INFO. Sorry for bad news
Now I know most countries can't be arsed to have a decent pension system but US politicians are all millionaires there's no excuse.