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'''Katelyn Roberts''' (30 September 2405 |
'''Mrs Katelyn Olivia Roberts''' (30 September 2405 – 10 May 2498) was an [[Empherias|Empheri]] politician who served as [[Prime Minister of Empherias|Prime Minister of]] [[Empherias]] from 2441 to 2447. She also served as the [[Leader of the Opposition in the House of Representatives of the HKA|Leader of the Opposition in the]] [[House of Representatives of the HKA|House of Representatives of the]] [[High Kingdoms of Alaxia]] from 2449 to 2456, leading the [[Crimson Coalition]]. She was a member of the parliament of Empherias from 2432 to 2449, as part of the [[People's Socialist Party]], and the representative for [[Georgina (HKA constituency)|Georgina]] in the House of Representatives from 2449 to 2467. |
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== Career == |
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=== In the Parliament of Empherias === |
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Roberts became a Member of Parliament in Empherias after the [[2432 Empherias general election|2432 general election]] running under the [[People's Socialist Party]]. Following prime minister Alice Rettels' resignation in April 2433, Roberts would run to take over and thanks to her excellent oral skills would end up finishing in 2nd place in the ensuing leadership contest - losing to Edward Broedesmore. However, her superiority over cabinet members such as Charlotte Regel and Ludwig Reimes and threat as a rival would see Roberts placed in the cabinet as the prime minister's chief spokesperson. |
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Broedesmore would resign as leader of the party following his defeat in the [[2435 Empherias general election|2435 general election]] and would be replaced by Millie Stewart. Under Stewart's leadership, Roberts would be appointed to all three major departments in the shadow cabinet, first being Shadow Foreign Minister from 2435 to 2436, then Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer from 2436 to 2438, then the Shadow Minister of Housing from 2438 to 2439. She was also the Chief Electoral Strategist Adviser from 2438 to 2440, overseeing the [[2440 Empherias general election|2440 general election]] defeat. Following Stewart's resignation, Roberts would run for the leadership election and was elected leader on 9 November 2440. She would then win the [[2441 Empherias general election|2441 general election]] held on 21 December 2441, winning 288 seats, an increase of 31 seats from their previous result of 257 seats against the Liberals holding their 259 seats. Despite it being a minority government, Roberts became prime minister of Empherias. |
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Roberts negotiated an informal agreement with the Green party, who held 20 seats, to keep Roberts in power. She would win the [[Empherias General Election of 2445|2445 general election]], winning 36 more seats and reaching a majority of 48 seats (324 seats in parliament). Running out of steam and facing rising pressure from pro-Kloresans, she would resign on 21 December 2447, giving her position to [[Sofia Hopkins]]. |
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She would leave parliament at the 2449 general election. |
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=== In the House of Representatives === |
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Roberts stood for the Georgina constituency in the 2449 House of Representatives election and would win 48% of the vote. She would pre-determined to be the Leader of the People's Socialist Party's representation in the federal government, and because the PSP received the most seats out of the [[Crimson Coalition]] and thus she would lead the coalition too, and become Leader of the Opposition. She would remain there for 7 years until her resignation and desire to move to a more backbench role. She would remain a representative until 2467. She would retire from politics in 2475. |