Constance Woodhall

Overview
Constance Margaret Woodhall (b. 3445) is a Dranish politician of the right-wing Rally for the Republic who currently serves as Governor of Magadonia Province. She is a great-granddaughter of legendary Prime Minister Margaret Woodhall.

Life
Woodhall was born in 3445 in Llwybr Hawl (Loren Province) as the daughter of Herbert Woodhall (3408-3464) and his wife Amalia (3411-3450), who were working as lawyers and businessmen. The family's fortune of several billions allowed Constance a privileged upbringing and high-quality education in the city's finest private school, from which she graduated in 3463, albeit only with mediocre grades.

When Herbert Woodhall died in a plane crash while on a business trip in 3464, Constance, aged 19, became an orphan, but inherited the family's massive fortune and a huge mansion were she henceforth lived alongside 20 servants and, as an investigative journalist later revealed, pursued a lavish luxury lifestyle in the ensuing years while neither studying nor working.

Political Career
Woodhall was nominated by the RPR, the successor of her great-grandmother's party, to stand for Governor of Magadonia Province, the most right-wing region in Dranland and a safe bet for the RPR.

During the campaign, she turned out extremely gaffe-prone and once promised to eliminate income taxes, abolish the minimum wage and abolish tariffs, apparently unaware of the fact that all these issues were federal responsibilities. "I haven't really read the job description, but I promise to catch up with all the things I'm supposed to know when I'm elected Governor", was her response to a journalist's critical question on her lack of knowledge. On another occasion, when asked about her huge inherited wealth and her personal views on private charity, she replied that "I'm no socialist, so I don't really donate anything and rather keep my money to myself. Redistribution is a vice in itself, even if you do it voluntarily. I don't really believe in altruism." RFR leadership hopeful Lawrence Steele publicly scolded her for the comment, saying that "it is absolutely counter-productive to say only socialists donate to charity. She's on a good track of proving the lies the left is spreading about libertarians as materialistic egoists right."

She nevertheless won the election with 32% of the vote, leading the field clearly. Her election was nevertheless controversial. Dr. Francesca dos Santos (DCP) scoffed:

''"Is Constance Woodhall the best person the RFR can nominate to become Governor of Magadonia? This rich, lazy, luxury-loving dumb blonde bimbo has achieved nothing in her life, has no political experience or skills and has little in the way of personal moral values. It is an insult to the people of Magadonia that they have had Constance Woodhall thrust upon them like this. She is so inappropriate for the position of Governor than even Benjamin Benandez - God forbid! - would probably be an improvement." ''