Feminist Party (Luthori)

Feminist Party
Abbreviation	Fem
President	Norm Lionsworth
Founder	Hellen Jackson
Founded	4916/09/01
Legalised	4916/09/14
Dissolved	4932
Headquarters	1212 Liberation Street, Randsey, Middenriding
Newspaper	The Equality Press
Think tank	The Center for Queer and Women's Studies
Student wing	The Young Feminists
Direct Action Wing	The Equality Project
Membership	640,000 est.
Ideology	Feminism, LGBTQ+ Rights, Social Democracy
Political position	Center-Left
Colors	Pink
Slogan	Equality for all! Equality Now!
Diet	0 / 150
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The Feminist Party (Luthori), more formally known as the Feminist and LGBT Rights Coalition is a socially-liberal center left party that advocates first and foremost for Women's and LGBT rights and interests. Founded by Lawyer Hellen Jackson in 4916 it was built as a way to formalize the political power of sexual and gender minorities in Luthori and stop the power of social conservatism in the nation.

The party was banned in 4932.

Structure

The Party President has absolute power when it comes to strategic decisions the non-governmental party can make. This includes but is not limited too where to distribute funding, the manifesto of the party, however the Party President does not decide the candidates nominated by the Feminist Party, instead using a primary election system in which card caring members of the feminist party get to select their candidates for Imperator. The Prime Minister candidate is selected by an internal election of Feminist MPs. Governmental decisions are dictated by the highest ranking Feminist Party Member in government.

The Party President is selected in a party wide election where registered members of the Feminist Party vote for the party president through an election. If no one gets 50% of the vote a runoff election automatically triggers between the two top contenders.

History

Formation (4916-4917)

After the Women's March on Fort William Hellen Jackson announced the creation of the Feminist Party. Its first move of action was to petition the Imperial Diet to create declaration of the rights of sexual and gender minorities. As well as protesting and petitioning, the Feminist Party focused on community involvement such as setting up scholarship programs for women and members of the LGBTQ+ community and the I Wont Go Home Campaign, where they legally defended the right for women to work by defending women who were prosecuted in court after the Imperial Diet implemented a ban on women in the work place.

First Term (4917-4919)

After the declaration of the Snap Election of May 4917 the Feminist Party were very nervous about their prospects as their electoral infrastructure was very under developed. They did not have an nominee for Imperator or for many diet seats. Despite this lack of infrastructure the Feminist Part had a moderate success in the diet, winning 18 seats and becoming the 5th largest party in the Diet. For the Imperator election, they ran Caroline Smith, a close friend to Hellen Jackson and a Women's Studies Professor who has been working with the party seance its creation. Smith finished in last in the primary election with 11.4%

Despite being in the Opposition the Feminist Party has got key legislation passed, including but not limited to: The Middle Class Economic Plan, The Women's Working Rights Act and the Deceleration of the Rights of Religious Minorities. The Feminist Diet Leader was Janet Oplers, a 67 year old Women's Rights Activist.

The Feminist Party also form the Popular Front, a Coalition of the Feminist Party, The People's Revolution, and the Communist Party to campaign together in local Duchy Elections to try and stop a rightist and fascist take over of local politics.

The Oplers Years (4919-4927)

First Term

After the mass resignation of several Independent Path members a snap election was called to refill those seats. With the Imperatorship abolished parliamentary elections where the main focus, with the Feminist party winning 33 seats, making it the second biggest party and the biggest left wing party.

After talks with the conservative party the Leftist Coalition gained the ability to form a government. The then 69 year old Oplers became Prime Minister, a position in which she currently holds. Her government focused on common seance governmental reform and was distinct for its non-ideological bent.

Local election

The Feminist party, the Communist Party and the People's Revolution formed the Popular Front, a Left Wing Coalition. The Popular Front had massive successes in the 4920 duchy elections, the Feminist in the local elections where seem as much more radical the Feminist in the national diet, showing somewhat of an ideological disconnect.

Second Term

In the regularly scheduled 4923 election The Feminist made gains in the Diet, earning 14 seats to the total of 47 seats. 12 of the 14 MID formed the Liberation Caucus, a radical leftist branch of the normally centre-left party, with some of them being former members of the recently abolished People's Revolution. The Caucus was formed by MIP Jammie Maddison and joined by Finance Minister Peter Lionsworth. They where rumors of the Liberation Caucus trying to pose a leadership challenge against Oplers, but it never seem to surface.

Lionsworth Leadership (4927-4932)

First Term

Following the retiring of Janet Oplers and the 2nd worse Feminist performance in history, the young (39) year old Peter Lionsworth took control of the party, with his brother, Norm Lionsworth, becoming party president shortly after the election.

Ban of the party (4932)

In 4932, top Feminist Party figures including Norm and Peter Lionsworth, party donors, and leader of the Pink Battalion paramilitary group Ursula Johnson were arrested and charged with bribery, fraud, money laundering, misuse of public funds, ties to organised crime, and murder, following the leak last month of draft documents accusing them of ordering the murder of Alexa Inslee, justice minister and leader of the party's moderate faction, in the runup to the 4927 general election.

Deputy Prime Minister and Home Secretary Edward of Hurrington has ordered the dissolution of the party "due to the sheer scale of the allegations and questions over party funding", a decision approved by the non-partisan Ministry of Justice. Members of the Feminists' moderate faction were outraged by the move, which will force even the allies of the late Mrs Inslee to vacate their seats in the Diet, with one such MID describing it as "heartless opportunism in a time of tragedy upon tragedy". Mr Hurrington denied that there were any political motivations behind his decision.

An early election was to take place in October 4932 to fill the empty seats.

Notable Members

Janet Oplers, Prime Minister (4919-4927)

Olivia Knoweles, Defense Minister (4919-4927)

Peter Lionsworth, Finance Minister (4919-4927), Feminist In-Diet leader (4927-Present)

Alexa Inslee, Justice Minister (4919-4927)

Linsey Jackson, Education and Culture Minister (4919-4927)

Maddiline Pinny, Science and Technology Minister (4924-4927)

Janet Bridges, Environment and Tourism Minister (4924-4927)

Electoral Results

Imperatorial elections

Year	Candidate	1st round			2nd round		Result
		Votes	%	+/-	Votes	%
4917	Caroline Smith	7,483,600	11.41	New			Lost

Parliamentary elections

Date	Votes	%	+/-	Seats	+/-	Position	Status
4917	7,433,169	11.49	New	18 / 150	18	5th	Opposition
4919	14,130,621	21.74	10.25 %	33 / 150	15	2nd	Oplers I
4923	19,146,454	30.19	8.45 %	47 / 150	14	1st	Oplers II
4927	13,299,365	20.84	9.35 %	30 / 150	17	2nd	Opposition
4931	14,098,666	21.91	1.07 %	34 / 150	4	2nd	Opposition

Duchy elections

Date	Seats	+/-	Governors	Cabinets
4920	146 / 505	146	3 / 5	5 / 5
4925	176 / 505	30	3 / 5	3 / 5
4930	111 / 505	65	1 / 5	2 / 5

By region

Date	Shipleyriding		Middenriding		Northriding		Erneshire		Orange
	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats	%	Seats
4920	PF	30 / 101	PF	42 / 101	PF	19 / 101	PF	42 / 101	PF	13 / 101
4925	PF	45 / 101	PF	49 / 101	PF	13 / 101	PF	44 / 101	PF	25 / 101
4930	PF	43 / 101	PF	28 / 101	PF	14 / 101	PF	14 / 101	PF	12 / 101