Liberal Party of Empherias

Liberal Party of Empherias
Leader	Valorie Metz
Founder	Alice Rusbridge
Founded	September 20, 2332 (2332-09-20) (174 years, 3 months, and 12 days ago)
Split from	Evergreens
Headquarters	18 Teisley Square, Esthullen
Ideology	classic liberalism modern liberalism one-nation conservatism
Colors	Yellow
House of Parliament	286 / 600 (as of 18 May 2524)

The Liberal Party of Empherias, more commonly known as the Liberal Party or Liberals is a centre to centre-right political party in Empherias. As the Evergreens collapsed, a left-wing faction known as the 'Mellows' split and formed the party in 2332. Initially, the party was left-wing and focused on classic liberalism. Conservative dominance and strangling of the electorate forced the Liberals to adopt more right-wing and reactionary policies to continue being elected in the late 2300s. Post-revolution, the party was mainly a minor alternative, but became the major right-wing political party in the 2420 general election as the already struggling Conservatives needed a new rebrand in the face of a majority socialist government. The influx of conservatism pushed the party further to the right but they maintained their liberalism roots. The party would merge with many minor conservative parties and adopt more conservatism policies. They returned to government in the 2430s and while the government itself was relatively centrist for the party, backbenches forced a right wing agenda or rebellion.

The Liberals went back to the backbenches from the 2440s until the 2470s but it joined the federal political group of Liberals. The long period in the back pushed party policies more to the centre to try and become electable but these results ended in failure. A failing Socialist government saw the right-wing section of the party rise to power and win back to back elections in the 2470s and 2480s. They introduced a large array of conservative policies with a big majority and long period to implement them, especially privatisation and neo-liberal policies. With Scarlett May's resignation in 2487, the far-right of the party hijacked it to implement a further right-wing policies but they are voted out and internal rebellions take place within the party. The Liberals resurge as a more moderate party in the early 2500s but lost power to the Nationalists when they fail to handle the financial crisis in 2507. The Nationalists grip the right-wing vote for a while and keep the Liberals out of power. Under Valorie Metz, the Liberals return to a major power and take advantage of a scandal filled Labour government and a successful Liberal group nationwide to win a convincing coalition government.

Leadership

No.	Leader (time)		Term		Elections fought	Prime Minister (term)
1		Sir Arthur Sams (2275-2337)	20 September 2332	21 July 2333	founding leader		Sir Isaac Campbell (until 27 Sep 2335)
2		Lady Alice Rusbridge, Baroness of Grangrel (2302-2379)	21 July 2333	9 June 2359	chosen leader
					2335		Lord Charles Bates-Bennett (27 Sep 2335 - 27 Sep 2338)
					2338		herself (27 Sep 2338 - 9 May 2347)
					2343
					2346
					May 2347		Lord Wyatt Rory-Wells (9 May 2347 - 9 Dec 2348)
					Nov 2347
					2348		herself (9 Dec 2348 - 15 Nov 2358)
					2352
					2354
					2358		Lord Henry Hugh Duncan (15 Nov 2358 - 31 Oct 2363)
3		Sir Avery Sams (2294-2362)	9 June 2359	15 May 2362	chosen leader
4		Sir Alexander Reyes (2322-2380)	15 May 2362	3 July 2374	chosen leader
					2363		himself (31 Oct 2363 - 18 Dec 2373)
					2365
					2369
					2373		Lord Thomas Wright (18 Dec 2373 - 2 Sep 2378)
5		Lady Wigfred Marksdottir, Baroness of Tbekien (2340-2428)	3 July 2374	23 January 2389	chosen leader
					2378		herself (2 Sep 2378 - 12 Dec 2386)
					2382
					2386		Lord Jack Kaur (12 Dec 2386 - 5 Dec 2392)
6		Lady Mariana Iris, The Lady Arkegyll (2345-2400)	23 January 2389	17 April 2391	chosen leader
					2389
7		Sir John Sams (2345-2425)	17 April 2391	16 January 2394	chosen leader
							Lord Russell Montgomery (5 Dec 2392 - 1 Jan 2397)
					2393
8		William Dykes (2345-2401)	16 January 2394	25 November 2401	chosen leader
							Lord Felix D'laminet (1 Jan 2397 - 10 Apr 2411)
9		Sir Gregorik Daise (2340-2422)	25 November 2401	28 September 2417	elected leader
					2402
					2407
					2411		Lady Elizabeth Rose (10 Apr 2411 - 18 Apr 2412)
					2412		Sir Henry Watford (18 Apr 2412 - 28 Dec 2414)
					2414
							Robert Webber (28 Dec 2414 - 21 Dec 2415)
					2415		Lady Elizabeth Rose (21 Dec 2415 - 1 May 2424)
10		Sir Aleksander Reismanne (2369-2436)	28 September 2417	1 June 2424	elected leader
					2420
					2423
							Lady Alice Rettels (1 May 2424 - 1 Nov 2433)
11		Sir Peter Turpitz (2374-2474)	1 June 2424	23 August 2428	elected leader
					2425
12		Mrs Monroe Kaur (2371-2432)	23 August 2428	1 September 2430	elected leader
					2429
13		Lady Skylar Lawrence, Baroness of Calcrey (2396-2501)	1 September 2430	25 May 2446	elected leader
					2432
							Edward Broedesmore (1 Nov 2433 - 18 Sep 2435)
					2435		herself (18 Sep 2435 - 21 Dec 2441)
					2440
					2441		Mrs Katelyn Roberts (21 Dec 2441 - 21 Dec 2447)
					2445
14		Lord Frankie George, Baron of Grensalbourg (2407-2483)	25 May 2446	22 December 2455	elected leader
							Lady Sofia Hopkins (21 Dec 2447 - 26 May 2448)
					2448		Lord Lukas Knight (26 May 2448 - 7 Sep 2453)
					2449
					2453		Lady Sofia Hopkins (7 Sep 2453 - 17 Oct 2470)
					2455
15		Sir Murray Lovelace (2396-2461)	22 December 2455	30 July 2460	elected leader
					2459
16		Lyra Peters (born 2422)	30 July 2460	21 February 2464	elected leader
					2463
17		Sir Martin Dykes (2392-2480)	21 February 2464	24 September 2469	elected leader
					2468
18		Sir Alexander Avenues (2425-2502)	24 September 2469	21 September 2474	elected leader
							Mrs Klara Willows (17 Oct 2470 - 9 Jul 2474)
					2473
							Sir Vincent Burken (9 Jul 2474 - 1 Nov 2475)
19		Lady Scarlett May, Baroness of Irongeise (born 2444)	21 September 2474	30 January 2487	elected leader
					2475		herself (1 Nov 2475 - 30 Jan 2487)
					2480
					2485
20		Jack Bastion (2449-2494)	30 January 2487	10 August 2494	elected leader		Lady Scarlett May (1 Nov 2475 - 30 Jan 2487)
					2487		Sir Alistair Walker (30 Jan 2487 - 9 Jul 2488)
							Lady Lucy King (9 Jul 2488 - 11 Aug 2500)
					2491
21		Sir William Turner (born 2451)	10 August 2494	12 August 2507	elected leader
					2495
					2499
							Sir James Williams (11 Aug 2500 - 26 Mar 2501)
					2501		himself (26 Mar 2501 - 24 Jul 2507)
					2506
					2507		Lord Pippin Pierre (24 Jul 2507 - 14 May 2513)
22		Sir Wilbur Owen Cecil (born 2463)	12 August 2507	13 June 2513	elected leader
					2510
					2513
							Sir Spencer Wright (14 May 2513 - 11 Oct 2515)
23		Sir Mikael Öste-Wright (born 2462)	13 June 2513	2 January 2519	elected leader
					2515		Lord John Malkey (11 Oct 2515 - 21 Dec 2519)
					2518
24		Valorie Metz (born 2486)	2 January 2519	present	elected leader
					2519		herself (21 Dec 2519 - present)