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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]]. |
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. |
She would leave parliament at the 2449 general election on 8 September 2449. |
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=== Leader of the Opposition of 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. |
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==== 2449 legislative election ==== |
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Roberts decided to stand for the House of Representatives in the 2449 legislative election held on 11 November 2449. She was nudged by the People's Socialist Party who believed that having experience as a former prime minister would give the Red Bloq a boost in the polls. She stood in the Georgina constituency and would win 240,981 votes with a margin of 178,122 over second place. Achieving 50.95% of the vote, Georgina was one of the safest seats in the country. Upon her election, her former experience saw her almost unanimously appointed as the Leader of the Esperiy party. With the PSP being the largest party within the Crimson Coalition, and the Peryzi and Ahitereira-Koresa parties being subsidiaries of the Red Bloq who sponsored her, Roberts was appointed Leader of the Crimson Coalition. The coalition received 97 seats, the second largest federal bloc, and Roberts became the Shadow Premier slash Leader of the Opposition. |
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==== 2452 legislative election ==== |
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Roberts ran for re-election in the 2452 legislative election in Georgina. She was re-appointed Leader of the Crimson Coalition and thus the Shadow Premier unanimously. |
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==== 2455 legislative election ==== |
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Roberts ran for re-election in the 2455 legislative election in Georgina. She was re-appointed Leader of the Crimson Coalition and thus the Shadow Premier with some difficulty. She would step down as the leader six months into the new term on 5 April 2456. She expressed the hope that it would be another Empheri woman, but did not endorse anybody specific. Once the new leader was selected, she held an outgoing speech congratulating the new leader. |
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==== 2458 legislative election ==== |
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==== 2461 legislative election ==== |
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==== 2464 legislative election ==== |
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==== 2467 legislative election ==== |
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Roberts would step down prior to the 2467 legislative election and did not seek re-election. She did not handpick her successor in her seat, but did endorse them once selected. She helped campaigning in the constituency to ensure it remained a safe Red Bloq seat, which it did. |
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=== After leaving elected office === |
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She would retire from politics in 2475 |
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== References == |
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