Julia Breckinridge

Overview
Julia Breckinridge is a Dranian politician of the right-wing Grand National Party currently serving as MP for Iglesia Mayor.

Early Life
She was born in 3395 in Porthladd Rhewi (Magadonia Province) as the daughter of Delia Breckinridge, a conservative politician and former Prime Minister who was at that time a member of the CNP. From 3313 to 3316, she studied literature in Santa Sharika and subsequently became a writer for a women's magazine, where she mainly covered fashion issues.

Politics
Despite her mother being one of the most influential politicians in Dranland, she did not develop interest in politics until she joined her mother's party, the GNP, in 3420. One year later, she announced that she would run for the seat of former President Richard Branstead-Smith in Iglesia Mayor's Capilla Blanca district, a predominately working- and middle-class district generally leaning towards the left but also endorsing conservatives at times.

During the campaign, Breckinridge often described herself as a conservative, even though she was known for holding liberal views on controversial issues such as abortion and gay rights. Political observer and GNP insider Dr. Jack Reynolds has stated that "she is probably libertarian but uses the label 'conservative' because it is interconnected with the name Breckinridge due to her mother's views".

As MP
After she won the seat rather narrowly, she vowed to serve as an advocate for the interests of the younger generation in Parliament. Her youth and inexperience have led some anti-GNP pundits to denounce her as "libertarian pin-up girl". Nevertheless, it was rumored that she would soon be promoted to a key position within the GNP, perhaps even that of parliamentary leader as Kojiro Machimura was set to succeed Geoffrey Fox as Defence Minister.

However, as the post-election cabinet proposal of the GNP failed, she remained a backbencher. Nevertheless, she soon caused a controversy when she called the head of the Universal Church of Terra a "bitter bearded old man" for criticizing secularism.