Social Democratic Party of Baltusia


 * LIBERAL PARTY EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE**

Party Leader: Hanna Gry Ashbaugh (2488) Deputy Leader: Tendaji Kofi Olympio (2463) Party President: Jessica Gingrich (2446) Party Treasurer: Menzies Judge (2441) National Chairman: Lisabeth Urquiza (2471) Lindar Valley Chairman: Isbel Holts (2473) Terraroka Chairman: Priya Bhutto (2456) Gevaro Chairman: Ophelia Dupont (2469) Albiland Chairman: Vylette Purr (2485) Athosia Chairman: Wil Tiahrt-Cardin (2466) Senate Chancellor: Duke Gore Clemens (2460) Justice Minister: Jacqui Follet (2468) Chief Whip: Mirabelle Sicard (2468) Culture and Media Minister: Kyra Hofsted (2449) Defence Minister: Christine Ferraro (2461) Children Minister: Geneva Penelope Hawkins (2452) Education Minister: Jean-Baptiste Royal (2475) Environment Minister: Agatha Harris (2471) Foreign Secretary: Stefanie Lynn Lima Solá (2459) Health Minister: Iolanthe Reese (2453) Home Secretary: Jacqui Burde (2464) Treasury Minister: Glenys Stone (2453)


 * CABINET MINISTERS**

December 2492 – February 2497 Minister of Foreign Affairs Laura Cantwell Minister of Defence Nicola Christakis-Zografos Minister of Health and Social Services Jessica Gingrich Minister of Environment and Tourism Agatha Harris -- February 2484 – January 2491 Former Minister of Internal Affairs Wil Tiahrt-Cardin Former Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Troia Gladwyn (February 2484 – September 2490) Former Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner (September 2490 – January 2491) Former Minister of Science and Technology Menzies Judge -- September 2479 – February 2484 Former Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Kristof Scott Former Minister of Education and Culture Stefan Martin -- March 2475 – September 2479 Former Minister of Internal Affairs Laura Cantwell Former Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Nicole Charbonnier Former Minister of Science and Technology Gisselle Appleby Former Minister of Environment and Tourism Menzies Judge -- March 2473 – March 2475 Former Deputy Praetor Troia Gladwyn Former Minister of Defence Maxine Clements Former Minister of Education and Culture Gus Harri Former Minister of Science and Technology Penny Smith -- March 2459 – April 2464 Former Minister of Infrastructure and Transport Penny Smith Former Minister of Health and Social Services Dennys Lloyd Indigo Former Minister of Science and Technology Barry Goldvogel -- December 2405 – February 2417 Former Deputy Praetor Christian H. Goff Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Dawn K. Prince Former Minister of Finance Sabina Harris Former Minister of Justice Veronica Baker Former Minister of Health and Social Services Stella Smith Former Minister of Science and Technology François Anderson Former Minister of Environment and Tourism Kurt Brown (December 2405 – June 2415) Former Minister of Environment and Tourism Æðelstan Jarvis (June 2415 – February 2417) -- September 2396 – September 2405 Former Minister of Internal Affairs Françoise Madison Former Minister of Defence Monica Harri Former Minister of Environment and Tourism Cristina Goff -- September 2386 – September 2396 Former Deputy Praetor Christian H. Goff Former Minister of Internal Affairs Claudette Parr Former Minister of Defence Kristie P. Zajac Former Minister of Food and Agriculture Balbino Ávila Meraz -- September 2357 – February 2366 Former Minister of Food and Agriculture Ros Kurita -- November 2346 – September 2357 Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Norbert Harris Former Minister of Justice Bert Scott Former Minister of Health and Social Services Olga Gaines Former Minister of Education and Culture Bruno Roberts Former Minister of Food and Agriculture Ros Kurita -- March 2342 – November 2346 Former Minister of Science and Technology John Johnson Former Minister of Food and Agriculture Victor Gaines Former Minister of Environment and Tourism Terrance Gaines Former Minister of Trade and Industry Ronald Rivers -- October 2292 – February 2295 Former Deputy Praetor Sofia Taylor Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Barbara Burret Former Minister of Internal Affairs Richard Jones Former Minister of Science and Technology Edward Davis Former Minister of Food and Agriculture Lyle Potenza Former Minister of Environment and Tourism Geoffrey Johnson Former Minister of Trade and Industry Theresa Matthews -- July 2286 – October 2292 Former Minister of Foreign Affairs Albert Jones Former Minister of Education and Culture Nigel Miller Former Minister of Science and Technology Filip Harris Former Minister of Food and Agriculture Ursula Baker Former Minister of Environment and Tourism Felix Harrison Former Minister of Trade and Industry Ivar Gaines -- June 2279 – October 2284 Former Minister of Health and Social Services Marek Harrison Former Minister of Science and Technology Wilfred Madison Former Minister of Food and Agriculture Alice Roberts Former Minister of Environment and Tourism Thomas Burret -- July 2269 – June 2279 Former Minister of Health and Social Services Oswald Peters Former Minister of Food and Agriculture Filip Taylor Former Minister of Environment and Tourism Cyril Dickinson


 * HISTORY**

The Liberal Party of Baltusia was originally founded in 2180 as the Liberalism Party. Although it didn’t contest in a federal election until 2184, the party’s historical founder was Neleh Charlton, niece of Praetor Taya Charlton. Charlton, a graduate student at the University of Baltusia in Athosia experimented with this new party. When her uncle found out about the newly registered party, she was forced to leave it. Liberal Libertarian Senator, Mattias Josiah Clemens had heard about the new party and after having just been defeated in a leadership contest again the incumbent Praetor, Clemens left the party and became the first official leader of the party.

After Clemens resigned, his son Jaxon took the reigns of the party. During his 14 year leadership period, he led four impeachment trials against the embattled Praetor. When Taya Charlton resigned, Jaxon Clemens considered it a huge victory for the nation.

For twenty years, the party was in a slump, however, in 2220, Toffy Hanford became leader. He led the party to new directions and became one of the most successful leaders in Baltusian history.

From 2242 through 2290, the party again collapsed. Ursula Baker became leader and then became the first Liberal Praetor. She was elected by 0.46% over the Liberal Libertarian incumbent Atreide M'Bokma. The party’s fortunes changed once again when Baker opted out of a second term and was assassinated. It wouldn’t be until another 84 years that a Liberal was elected Praetor.

Sofia Taylor later became leader and came close to becoming Praetor; however, she was ultimately unsuccessful. In 2333, Ros Kurita changed the party’s name from the Liberalism Party to the modern Liberal Party. After Kurita changed the party’s name, she defeated Praetor Juanita Pierini in her first bid for the Senate.

In 2374, Olympia Collins was elected Praetor. She defeated the Baltusian Pantian Alliance candidate by 18.26% on the second round. However, just seven months later, Collins was ousted in a motion of no-confidence.

For 49 years, the Liberal Party was the most powerful party in Baltusia. During those years, the nation elected Marie-Ségolène Bayrou as Praetor a record breaking six times. Her victories were as close as 0.58% to 18.83%.

Following Bayrou’s resignation in 2445, the Liberal Party became increasingly unpopular. Over the course of 22 years, the party went through seven different leaders. Barry Goldvogel was elected Praetor in 2471 in one of the nation’s biggest landslides.

Goldvogel’s government fell in 2475 and his successor, Jerilyn Boasso-Kneale, was widely seen as a failure. Her replacement was Xenophilius GrandPré.

When Xeno GrandPré resigned in 2481, his wife Crystaline took the reigns of the leadership. Her first act was to rename the party and remold the party's image. The party was then known as the Purple Democratic Alliance.

GrandPré was removed as leader in 2486 after a long battle with the caucus. The new leader, Troia Gladwyn, changed the party’s name back to the Liberal Party of Baltusia.

Gladwyn resigned after her son’s murder. Hanna Gry Ashbaugh became leader in 2493 at the age of five. She became the nation’s youngest leader. Marie-Ségolène Dominique Bayrou was elected leader at the age of 13, however, she ascended to the Praetorship at the age of three.


 * LEADERS**

2157 – 2200 43 The first Liberal in Baltusia was Neleh Charlton, niece of Praetor Taya Charlton. She was a graduate student at the University of Baltusia in Athosia when she became fed up with the government. In the school’s elections, the Libertarian-Left Party contested 5 senate seats. All five candidates, including Neleh failed to gain over 15% of the vote. Charlton was also on the ballot for the presidency of the school. She won 238 votes or 4%. The incumbent, Vision Party, retained control of the Senate with 29 senate seats. The party’s leader, Quenala Oko, won 52% of the vote and was reelected as President. Oko would later found the Baltusian Neo Exsudo Party. The two would also marry. The opposition coalition “Impact” won 11 seats. 44% voted for the party’s leader, William Russell, to become President. Russell too would later found a political party. He founded the New Judicial Alliance. When her uncle found out about the newly registered party, she was forced to leave it. She died in 2200 at the age of 43 when her uncle’s political foe, Nussimus Maximus, was elected Praetor. Maximus had her assassinated in fear of a potential leadership challenge. -- 2118 – 2193 75 The party’s founder and Clemens family patriarch, M.J. was elected to the Senate in 2176 as Liberal Libertarian. The party officially formed in 2180 but didn’t contest in a federal election until 2184 when Clemens nominated Price Leonidas Dolittle as the Liberalism Party’s first candidate for Praetor. Dolittle won 0.05% of the vote. Clemens resigned in 2186 in order to let his son, Jaxon, take the reigns of this new party. He was married to Abby Clemens, a senator herself. -- 2147 – 2230 83 Jax Clemens was the son of Mattias Josiah and Abby Clemens. He is considered one of the Liberal Party’s greatest minds. Clemens was elected leader in 2186 without opposition. In 2191, he ran against Bella Rosetta Olivier Stone. Clemens won 63.91% and Stone won 36.09%. Clemens called for the impeachment of Praetor Taya Charlton four times and nominated Virgil Hayes for the position of Praetor in 2188, the first election where Liberals were elected to the Senate. His nominees for Praetor included Hayes, Laurent de Grasse, and Chaim Elliot Zucker. Clemens’ leadership eventually brought down the government of Taya Charlton. -- 2152 – 2211 59 Ms. du Monte was one of the first Liberals elected to the Senate and the first lesbian to ever be a party leader. Her only nominees for Praetor were Chaim Elliot Zucker and Laurel Crane. Du Monte killed herself in 2211 after hearing of the death of her lover, Laurel Crane. Crane is considered by many to be one of the greatest Baltusian senators never to assume the Praetorship. Du Monte also created the rule that the party leader must also be the candidate for Praetor. -- 2177 – 2256 79 Ben Clemens was the son of Jaxon Everett Clemens and grandson of Mattias Josiah and Abby Clemens. He was swept into the leadership when Clarisse du Monte committed suicide. He had an affair with Praetor Jordan Capri and was defeated at the annual leadership convention by Toffy Hanford. -- 2161 – 2259 98 Toffy Hanford was elected leader of the Liberalism Party when Ben Clemens was caught having an affair with Praetor Capri. Hanford was seen as one of the world’s greatest men. He won the “Republica Baltusia Daily’s Man of the Year” 13 times. He transformed the party from a third party to a top tier party and almost claimed the Praetorship. -- 2229 – 2342 113 Wexler was elected leader at the age of 13. She served as leader of the party for nearly four decades. She wasn’t extremely unpopular, however, many didn’t view her as a leader and so she never was elected Praetor. Her only claim to fame was her getting the Liberal Party into the cabinet. She died 100 years after becoming the leader of the party. -- 2222 – 2291 69 Dickinson served as Minister for Environment and Tourism for 10 years. He had no impacts on Baltusian history. Four elections were held during his term as leader and he only ran for Praetor once. He is the most unknown Liberal leader. -- 2261 – 2294 33 Baker served as Food and Agriculture Minister before her election as the Liberal Party’s first Praetor. Her administration was uneventful. She chose not to run for reelection in 2294 and was assassinated by an unknown gunman just days before the election. At the time of her death to the time the new Praetor was elected and installed, two Liberals led the nation. -- 2238 – 2304 66 Braxton was the government whip until Ursula Baker’s assassination. The Senate made him Liberal Leader and thus he was Praetor. However, Braxton couldn’t handle the responsibilities and so he resigned as Praetor and leader of the Liberal Party only four days into his administration. -- 2279 – 2319 40 Sofia Taylor served as Deputy Praetor under Ursula Baker. When Baker died, Hollis Braxton became Praetor. However, Braxton was too unstable for the position and so awarded Taylor the position of Praetor. She was Praetor for a mere 16 days when Atreide M'Bokma became Praetor. Her son Henry died in 2317 at the age of 10, thus leading to Taylor’s resignation and early death. -- 2286 – 2359 73 Phyllis Biliu Estherhouse served as the interim party leader. After her political career, she became a writer and wrote many famous mystery novels. -- 2300 – 2379 79 Ros Melise Kurita served in the cabinet and as Speaker of the Senate. She ran in various elections but also let others run for Praetor. She is most famous for her upset election to the Senate over Praetor Juanita Pierini. -- 2309 – 2377 68 Olympia Collins served as Mayor of Rootianville and as Governor of Athosia before becoming leader. She was elected Praetor in a close vote and was voted out of office when her government was defeated by a motion of no-confidence. She died in a car crash just two years after leaving the office of Praetor. -- 2344 – 2425 81 “Tarisol” Nardi was the first Speaker of the Baltusian Senate. She switched offices with longtime friend Ros Kurita. Nardi was elected leader in 2374 after defeating Kae Nii by 4.52%. Matt Chang II won 13.87%. Former Praetor Olympia Collins won 10.39%. Narcissa Valérie Jepson won 6.91%. Future Party President Timothée Trépanier won 4.25%. Laura Mary-Alice Houlighan won 2.09%. Hui Ying Hsüeh won 1.71% and Kusahiko Tscuhida won 0.72%. Nardi was then defeated in a leadership vote. -- 2359 – 2439 80 Trépanier served as leader during the early years of the Bayrou administration. He also served as Deputy Praetor. However, Timothée Trépanier stepped down in 2396 to let Marie-Ségolène Bayrou officially take hold of the party. -- 2383 – 2457 74 Marie-Ségolène Bayrou was the most powerful and popular leader the party ever had. Bayrou served a record breaking six terms as Praetor. She was first elected leader in 2396. She won 52.23% of the vote. Dawn K. Prince won 22.09%. Christian H. Goff won 19.99%. Yukihito Muramatsu announced his candidacy to be the first Asian leader of a Baltusian political party. He came in last with only 5.69%. In 2403 she ran against Rosa Renáta and won 58.35% to 36.60%. Laura Michele Clemens had the remaining 5.05% of the vote. She wasn’t an announced candidate, only a write-in. In 2444 she again was reelected to the leadership. She won 50.07% to Dorina Asamoah’s 23.30%. Marlee Hadiano won 19.21% and DiBari Cott won 7.42%. She then challenged Josiah Smith and claimed the Consulship. She formed a government with the Free Democrats and when not in power she was leader of the opposition. She died in 2457 after negotiating for six years with the Libertarian Party for a place in the cabinet. Bayrou secretly wanted to be the head of government, the Praetor, not the head of state, the Consul as many had suspected. She was given a state funeral. She was married to Jean-Claude Bayrou. He died in 2451. They had one son together, Nemo. -- 2418 – 2461 43 Clemens is a member of the Clemens family elite. He served as leader for seven years before being ousted by Simon Cyprian. He was elected leader in 2445 on the fourth ballot defeating Dorina Asamoah by 6.82%. He was married to Jacqueline Mars Clemens who served in the Senate for 12 years. They had two sons, Forrest Franklyn and Pierre Michel. Forrest himself had three daughters, Shari Leona, Riley Marguerite, and Summer Valerie. Pierre had one son, Duke Gore. Clemens died in 2461. Here are the events leading up to his early death. It was revealed in a minor newspaper that Clemens was part of the Athosian Mafia. On March 1, 2461, Clemens returned to his home after jogging for about 45 minutes. His family was at mass. Paulie Shea, a longtime family friend was waiting for him. Both were members of the mafia. Shea was apparently unhappy that Clemens was considering joining the rival mafia family. Shea walked with Clemens into his home and Shea garroted Clemens. He died in his signature blue and white velour tracksuit. His wife found his corpse in the front hall of their home. The police found Paulie Shea’s body about a month later in a river. -- 2399 – 2456 57 Cyprian was leader of the Liberal Party for only four years when he died of cancer. Cyprian’s wife Lalaine served out the remainder of his term in the Senate. -- 2431 – 2458 27 Goff was the son of Christian and Cristina Goff. He was elected leader in 2456 over Michelyne Bryan. He defeated her by 0.56%. He was shot dead in 2458. His father Christian died just one year later at the age of 83. His mother, Cristina died just days after her husband at the age of 63. His widow, Tasia took his seat in the Senate. They had four sons together, Henning Darden, Royle Ingemar, Godric, and Demetrios. -- 2455 – 2534 79 Dennys Indigo was appointed leader of the Liberal Party after the death of Cristopher Goff. After his appointment to the leadership, Indigo called for a confidence vote among Liberal party members. 51.5% of Liberals were approving of Indigo’s performance while 48.5% disapproved. Dennys Lloyd Indigo called for a leadership vote. He was elected leader in his own right over Michelyne Bryan by 4,393 votes or 0.37%. Pierre Michel Clemens won 82,980 votes of 6.97%. Demetrios Goff won 41,855 votes or 3.52%. He then fired Bryan from the cabinet. In a press conference following his victory, he told Senator Bryan, ““Michelyne, this was one time too many. You challenged me again. This, Senator Bryan will result in you being fired. Clear your office immediately. I only want useful senators in my cabinet.” Before this, he ran for the Liberal Party’s nominee for Consul. He defeated Tasia Goff by 23%. Kelvin Madison won 19% and Suzanne von Halliwyn won 6%. He negotiated with Consul Oppenheimer to let the Liberals into the cabinet. The Consul accepted and so Indigo appointed three Liberals to the cabinet including himself. Penny Smith, a long time Liberal Senator and former Governor of Athosia became Minister of Infrastructure and Transport. Indigo became Minister of Health and Social Services. Barry Goldvogel, a former Revolutionary Democratic Socialist official became Minister of Science and Technology because of his staunchly conservative views. Indigo liked having Liberals with not just liberal views. He resigned as leader in 2461 after the 26 Liberal Senators held a vote of no-confidence. 24 of the Senators voted that they didn’t have confidence in him. The only other Senator to show their support in him was his former rival, Michelyne Bryan. In 2463, Indigo was defeated for reelection to the Senate. He remained in the cabinet; however, he resigned when a new cabinet was formed. He quit politics following his defeat. He became an actor. He starred in the political drama, “Taya”, a movie about former Praetor Taya Charlton. He won numerous awards for his performance. His most notable role however, may have been when he portrayed Jean-Claude Bayrou in “The Man behind the Woman: The Jean-Claude Bayrou Story”. He starred in the television show, “Yes, Praetor!” in which he portrayed fictional Praetor Martin Bartlett. He starred as Bartlett for seven years before the show was taken off the air. Indigo was married to Jolinda Wilson; he died in 2534 at the age of 79. -- 2439 – 2500 61 Bryan was elected to the Senate in 2449. She served as Party President for more than 6 years. She ran for the leadership against Dennys Indigo but was defeated by 0.37%. Indigo fired her. When Indigo's motion of no-confidence came, she was the only Senator to show their confidence in him. He resigned and she won the leadership. In her first election for Consul, she won 16.28%. She came in fourth of five. After the 2463 elections, newly elected Consul Konev Maurice proposed a new cabinet. It did not include the Liberals. As the voting went on, Bryan received news that all three Liberal cabinet ministers resigned. Bryan was seen crying on the floor of the Senate after this happened. Bryan resigned as leader on September 30, 2464 after controversy erupted between her and the leader of the Barbossa Whig Party of the United Kingdom of Beluzia and Bailon. Bryan died in 2500. Her partner, Pryce Goldvogel, brother of Senator Barry Goldvogel, died 14 years after her. -- 2397 – 2473 76 Diaz-Núñez was appointed by the Liberal Front Bench to be a caretaker leader until a new leader was elected following Michelyne Bryan's resignation. Sonia Diaz-Núñez had served as a Senator since 2413. She had served in the senate for 51 years before becoming interim leader. She appointed a completely new Front Bench and became the party’s oldest leader at the time of the beginning of her administration. She was 67. In 2465, the Liberal Caucus held a leadership review for Sonia Diaz-Núñez. Potential leadership candidates also wanted to see how much support they would get if a contest occurred. Diaz-Núñez won 29 of the 44 votes. Penny Smith won 5 votes. Lucretia Kavanagh, Laura Cantwell, and Grégoire-Jean Blanc each won 3 votes. Maxine Clements received 1 vote. In the actual leadership review, Diaz-Núñez won the support of 88.63% of the caucus. Sonia Diaz-Núñez resigned on the night of the 2467 federal election. When the results were announced, Diaz-Núñez had lost her senate seat in an upset. She was defeated by 63 votes. She regained he seat in 2471. Sonia Diaz-Núñez died in 2473. Priya Bhutto was elected to her seat by 4.06% over Zafarullah Aziz, the Libertarian candidate. -- 2454 – 2534 80 Kavanagh was deputy leader under Sonia Diaz-Núñez. When Diaz-Núñez resigned on election night, Kavanagh took her place as interim leader. Kavanagh immediately announced a leadership election. Lucretia didn’t run for the leadership, and instead became Party President. She died in 2534 after serving in the Senate for 61 years. -- 2409 – 2498 89 Goldvogel served as Minister of Science and Technology for five years. Before that, he was the Revolutionary Democratic Socialist Party President. He was elected leader in 2467. He defeated Troia Gladwyn by 9,418 votes out of 701,620 votes cast on the fifth round. His victory was only by 1.34%. He was married to Susan Hayden. His children were Chastity Claire, Bryce, Joanne, Michael, and Peggy. He ran for Praetor in 2471. He had the support of the Free Democrats and the Elite Sinn Fein. The Libertarian Party was originally planning to support the Goldvogel, however, at the last minute, Libertarian Leader George H. Caine ran. On the first ballot, Goldvogel defeated Cain by 1.98%. Konev Maurice came in third. On the second ballot, Goldvogel was elected Praetor by 28.39%! In March of 2473, Goldvogel was able to make his first ministry. He told his close friends that he would not run for reelection in 2475 because of his diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. He was planning for the Praetorship of Jerilyn Boasso-Kneale. He resigned in 2475 after his government failed a vote of confidence. -- 2459 – 2516 57 Jerilyn Boasso-Kneale was appointed leader and Praetor following Barry Goldvogel's resignation. Despite losing the Praetorship, Boasso-Kneale helped elect George H. Caine to the office. Caine defeated Soren Almiron by 2.1%. The party also gained 19 seats. Provincial politics was also friendly to the Liberals. In Athosia, Gus Harri was elected Governor. He defeated the Libertarian candidate by 24.32%. In Gevaro, voters defeated Nicole Charbonnier. She was defeated by the Baltusian Pantian Alliance candidate by 18.07%. Despite this being a large defeat, she was the first Liberal to go into the runoff in decades. In 2477, her leadership was challenged by 10 other candidates. Although Boasso-Kneale won the vote by more than 20%, she still only won 33% of the vote, she than decided to resign from her position. She died in 2516 at the age of 57 after a battle with breast cancer. -- 2439 – 2510 71 Xenophilius Roroselus GrandPré was elected to the Senate in 2460. He became leader of the Liberal Party in 2477 after the resignation of Jerilyn Boasso-Kneale. 56,227 Liberals cast their ballots and GrandPré won 37.60% of them. Menzies Judge came in second followed by Laura Cantwell, Troia Gladwyn, Priya Bhutto, Valerie Bauer, and Gus Harri. He announced in August 2478 that he wouldn't be running for Praetor. He let Party Treasurer Nicola Christakis-Zografos run in his place. Christakis-Zografos won only 13.13%. The party lost a historic 29 seats making it the party with the least number of seats in the Senate. However, the Liberal endorsement helped the Libertarians keep the Praetorship. He was married to Crystaline Dais. He had one daughter, Luna. He resigned in 2481. He was replaced by his wife Crystaline. He died in 2510 after trying to save his wife from drowning. -- 2456 – 2510 54 She was appointed leader of the federal Liberal Party in 2481 after the resignation of her husband, Xeno. She was the first spouse of a leader to replace her spouse. She reshuffled her front bench and vowed to support the Free Democrats in future elections. In her first election as leader, the Purple Democratic Alliance won 27 seats in the Senate. Arozitud Bleakice was also elected Governor of Gevaro. Dais GrandPré's endorsement was able to help the Free Democratic candidate, Valerie Quill-Cardwell win the Praetorship. She was defeated in a leadership vote by Troia Gladwyn. Crystaline remained in the senate until the next federal election, only months later. She died in 2510 after being pushed off of her yacht. Her husband jumped into the water to try and save her; however, he died as well. -- 2436 – 2492 56 Troia Gladwyn was elected leader of the Purple Democratic Alliance in 2486. She quickly changed the name back to the Liberal Party of Baltusia. She was a former Deputy Praetor and Minister of Infrastructure and Transport. She had run for the leadership twice before becoming leader. She resigned as leader of the party just before the 2490 elections because of the death of her son. She also resigned from the cabinet. Adam Gladwyn was just 17 when he was murdered. He was with friends when gangsters came up to him to told him to give them his money. When Gladwyn refused, the gangsters shot all four of his friends and took Adam and threw him over a bridge. Troia Gladwyn resigned from her senate seat immediately following his death. Her husband, John, shot himself two years after his death. Troia Gladwyn, overcome with grief, died of depression six days after her husband’s suicide. -- 2447 – 2530 83 After the resignation of Troia Gladwyn, Theresa Rootian, a provincial senator from Gevaro was unanimously appointed leader of the Liberal Party of Baltusia. She is a distant relative of the first Baltusian Praetor, Alice Rootian. Her first act as leader was to appoint a new minister of Infrastructure and Transport. She appointed Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner. Kirchner was confirmed by the Senate despite it being a close vote of 142 to 133. In October 2490, just two months before the federal election, she was challenged for the leadership by Scapino Pearce. She won 527,196 votes to Pearce’s 381,785. Her 58-42 margin of victory was enough to win over the Liberal caucus where she was approved by a 42-2 vote. She ran for Praetor in the 2490 election and failed to make it into the runoff. She won 24.13%. The party also lost 7 Senate seats. However, the Liberal Coalition was still intact. A success was Menzies Judge’s election as Governor of Athosia. She made history in 2492 when she fired her entire cabinet. Among those fired were Nicole Charbonnier, Maxine Clements, Lucretia Kavanagh, Luna GrandPré, Elisabet Fernández de Kirchner, Nicola Christakis-Zografos, Bostwick Pendragon, Demetrios Goff, and Gus Harri. This night was from then on referred to as “The Rootian Revolution”. She ran for Praetor again in 2492 and won 21.75%. Because of her vote decrease, Rootian decided to resign the leadership after three years. Many historians regard her leadership as one of the most unsuccessful ever. -- 2452 – 2547 95 Laura Cantwell was elected to the Senate in 2462. She ran for the leadership of the party in 2465. She served in the cabinet twice. She served as both Minister of Foreign Affairs and Internal Affairs. Cantwell was considered the greatest and most effective Senator and cabinet minister in Baltusian history. She was appointed interim Liberal Party Leader in 2493 after the surprise resignation of Theresa Rootian. She opted out of a leadership run herself and left office in November 2493. After her brief stint as Liberal Leader, Cantwell announced her resignation from the Senate. She later became the Athosian Governor. She was elected Governor a record breaking seven times. She died in 2547. -- 2488 – Present Hanna Gry Ashbaugh was elected leader of the Liberal Party on November 29, 2493. She defeated Deputy Leader Kyra Hofsted by a vote of 28-16. In the race for Deputy Leader, she supported Christine Ferraro. Ferraro was elected with 23 votes. Isbel Holts won 13 votes. Mirabelle Sicard won 5 votes and Glenys Stone won 3 votes. Ashbaugh brought a new image to the Liberal Party. She ran for Praetor in 2496 at the age of eight. She came in third with 17.88%. She was defeated by 1.68% and so wasn’t voted into the second round. In 2497, she fired Defence Minister Richardine Rumbaugh from her front bench. She replaced Rumbaugh with Christine Ferraro. She appointed Tendaji Kofi Olympio as the new Deputy Leader.
 * 2180: Neleh Annelise Charlton – 7 Months
 * 2180 – 2186: Mattias Josiah Clemens – 6 Years
 * 2186 – 2200: Jaxon Everett Clemens – 14 Years
 * 2200 – 2211: Clarisse Patrice du Monte – 11 Years
 * 2211 – 2220: Ben Sterling Clemens – 9 Years
 * 2220 – 2242: Toffingdale “Toffy” Haarold Hanford – 22 Years
 * 2242 – 2279: Bridgette Prod Wexler – 37 Years
 * 2279 – 2286: Cyril Joseph Dickinson – 7 Years
 * 2286 – 2294: Ursula Phoebe Baker – 8 Years
 * 2294: Hollis Peter Braxton – 4 Days
 * 2294 – 2317: Sofia Zara Taylor – 23 Years
 * 2317 – 2322: Phyllis Biliu Estherhouse – 5 Years
 * 2322 – 2366: Rosamund "Ros" Melise Kurita – 44 Years
 * 2366 – 2374: Olympia Rhoda Collins – 8 Years
 * 2374 – 2385: Toni Marisol Nardi – 11 Years
 * 2385 – 2396: Timothée Jacques Trépanier – 11 Years
 * 2396 – 2445: Marie-Ségolène Dominique Bayrou – 49 Years
 * 2445 – 2452: Patrick Francis Clemens – 7 Years
 * 2452 – 2456: Simon Alistair Cyprian – 4 Years
 * 2456 – 2458: Cristopher Carlo Goff – 2 Years
 * 2458 – 2461: Dennys Lloyd Indigo – 3 Years
 * 2461 – 2464: Michelyne Bachelet Bryan – 3 Years
 * 2464 – 2467: Sonia Maritza Diaz-Núñez – 3 Years
 * 2467: Lucretia Emilie Kavanagh – 26 Days
 * 2467 – 2475: Barry Morris Goldvogel – 8 Years
 * 2475 – 2477: Jerilyn Nancy Boasso-Kneale – 2 Years
 * 2477 – 2481: Xenophilius Roroselus GrandPré – 4 Years
 * 2481 – 2486: Crystaline Dais GrandPré – 5 Years
 * 2486 – 2490: Troia Mireille Gladwyn – 4 Years
 * 2490 – 2493: Theresa Lynnette Rootian – 3 Years
 * 2493: Laura Adèle-Célina Cantwell – 7 Months
 * 2493 – Present: Hanna Gry Ashbaugh – Unknown


 * Future Liberals**

Kaarina Arajärvi Liam Barbarossa Kori Bash-Planck Camille Bayrou Mylinda Bayrou Sheila Rawlings Blake Simoné Blané Ghislaine Carlier Bella Churchill Jean Rayon d'Alouise Daniel Delacroix Finola Dhanapala Margaretha Eliasson Gaëlle Garbe Luke Hammarskjöld Dag Hjelm-Wallén Charles Wallace L'Engle Godfred Longfellow Kamil Martin Julian Moore Zoé Kauder Nalebuff Sara Oko Polyhymnia Oppenheimer Emillio Pappas Kia Smith Hanna Sparkz Emilia Taylor Justine Thumbler Alec Ubberoth Jennifer Yarborough


 * Liberal Party Candidates for Praetor/Consul**

2184 – Price Leonidas Dolittle (0.05%) 2188 – Virgil Hayes (4.12%) 2192 – Laurent de Grasse (6.18%) 2196 – Laurent de Grasse (8.12%) 2200 – Chaim Elliot Zucker (6.83%) 2202 – Chaim Elliot Zucker (7.57%) 2206 – Chaim Elliot Zucker (7.78%) 2208 – Laurel Crane (13.25%) 2212 – Ben Clemens (6.99%) 2216 – Ben Clemens (6.54%) 2220 – Ben Clemens (4.76%) 2221 – Toffy Hanford (4.43%) 2225 – Toffy Hanford (3.84%) 2227 – Toffy Hanford (6.38%) 2231 – Toffy Hanford (16.71%) 2235 – Toffy Hanford (13.50%) 2239 – Toffy Hanford (15.36%) 2243 – Toffy Hanford (14.23%) 2269 – Bridgette Prod Wexler (22.93%, 46.96%) 2273 – Bridgette Prod Wexler (19.39%) 2274 – Bridgette Prod Wexler (18.69%) 2278 – Mason Eric Coulighan (11.61%) 2279 – Mason Eric Coulighan (16.53%) 2283 – Mason Eric Coulighan (11.30%) 2285 – Cyril Dickinson (12.01%) 2290 – Ursula Baker (41.26%, 50.19%) 2298 – Sofia Taylor (23.56%, 41.66%) 2303 – Sofia Taylor (21.80%, 36.24%) 2307 – Sofia Taylor (22.13%, 44.57%) 2311 – Sofia Taylor (22.57%) 2315 – Sofia Taylor (23.98%) 2319 – Sofia Taylor (20.15%) 2323 – Sofia Taylor (30.38%) 2327 – Sofia Taylor (25.58%) 2331 – Phyllis B. Estherhouse (16.76%) 2335 – Ros Kurita (17.66%) 2354 – Narcissa Valérie Jepson (8.58%) 2356 – Narcissa Valérie Jepson (5.55%) 2357 – Narcissa Valérie Jepson (4.36%) 2365 – Zhia Alexander Jepson (11.28%) 2367 – Kae Nii (13.03%) 2370 – Kae Nii (19.58%) 2374 – Olympia Collins (39.66%, 59.07%) 2375 – Olympia Collins (17.54%) 2379 – Olympia Collins (19.79%) 2382 – Jodi Grasso (29.46%) 2386 – Marie-Ségolène Bayrou (32.70%, 50.25%) 2390 – Marie-Ségolène Bayrou (39.39%, 52.43%) 2394 – Marie-Ségolène Bayrou (15.17%) 2397 – Marie-Ségolène Bayrou (15.12%) 2401 – Marie-Ségolène Bayrou (39.46%, 56.00%) 2405 – Marie-Ségolène Bayrou (41.91%, 59.14%) 2413 – Marie-Ségolène Bayrou (27.79%, 59.32%) 2444 – Marie-Ségolène Bayrou (24.07%, 52.00%) 2445 – Marie-Ségolène Bayrou (12.56%) 2451 – Patrick Francis Clemens (12.85%) 2456 – Cristopher Goff (14.67%) 2460 – Dennys Indigo (15.51%) 2461 – Michelyne Bryan (16.28%) 2471 – Barry Goldvogel (29.09%, 64.10%) 2474 – Jerilyn Boasso-Kneale (16.87%) 2478 – Nicola Christakis-Zografos (13.13%) 2490 – Theresa Rootian (24.13%) 2492 – Theresa Rootian (21.75%) 2496 – Hanna Gry Ashbaugh (17.88%)