Cooksland Social Democratic Party

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Cooksland Social Democratic PartyCooksland Sociaal-democratische Partij	Cooksland Social Democratic PartyCooksland Sociaal-democratische Partij
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Leader 	Kate Isaacs
Deputy Leader 	John Ettingshausen
Founded 	16 September 1946
Ideology 	Majority:Social democracyCooksland localismFactions:Radical centrismLeft-wing populism
Political position 	Centre-left
Colour 	Red
Slogan 	Putting Cooksland First
Prefectural Assembly 	/
EnderronianParliament (CO seats) 	/
The Cooksland Social Democratic Party (commonly known as the Cooksland SDP or Cooksland Social Democrats) is the branch of the Social Democratic Party of Enderron operating in Cooksland Prefecture. The party is the one of the two major political parties in Cooksland politics, the other being the Cooksland Liberal Party. The current party leader is Premier Kate Isaacs, since 2022.
The Cooksland branch of the Social Democrats is considered to be the party's most populist and socially conservative branch. It is electorally the strongest in the working class cities of Rockingham, Reedijk and Endeavour, and to a lesser extent, mining and manufacturing regions throughout the prefecture. The party has been in government at the prefectural level for four periods since Enderronian independence: 1946 to 1954, 1966 to 1970, 1988 to 2004, and 2012 to the present. The Social Democrats' most notable premiers of Cooksland include Rupert Hammermeister (1946–1954), Allan Noble (1988–1991), Denise Barnes (1994–2004) and Andrew Winston (2012–2022).
==Party leaders==
No. 	Name 	Term began 	Term ended 	Time in office
align="centre"	Rupert Hammermeister	16 September 1946	20 May 1958 	
align="centre"	Joseph Ryan 	20 May 1958 	15 July 1960 	
align="centre"	Joe Stapelkamp 	15 July 1960 	3 October 1970 	
align="centre"	Nathan Cruikshank 	3 October 1970 	17 May 1974 	
align="centre"	Keith Ross 	17 May 1974 	21 May 1978 	
align="centre"	Jack May 	21 May 1978 	24 September 1981	
align="centre"	Nathan Cruikshank 	24 September 1981	12 November 1985 	
align="centre"	Allan Noble 	12 November 1985 	17 April 1991 	
align="centre"	Rob Irving 	17 April 1991 	8 December 1994 	
align="centre"	Denise Barnes 	8 December 1994 	27 May 2004 	
align="centre"	Rob Irving 	27 May 2004 	16 March 2007 	
align="centre"	Melinda Liu 	16 March 2007 	20 October 2009 	
align="centre"	Andrew Winston 	20 October 2009 	11 June 2022 	
align="centre"	Kate Isaacs 	11 June 2022 	Incumbent 	
===Deputy leaders===
#William Donaldson (1946–1953)
#Earl Tennant (1953–1960)
#Silas Overmeyer (1960–1968)
#Nathan Cruikshank (1968–1970, 1977–1981)
#Keith Ross (1970–1974)
#Barry Taubman (1974–1977)
#Kimberly Weaver (1981–1988)
#Rob Irving (1988–1991, 1996–2004)
#Marina Hendricks (1991–1994)
#Sam Gerry (1994–1996)
#Melinda Liu (2004–2007)
#Roger Toole (2007–2016)
#Kate Isaacs (2016–2022)
#John Ettingshausen (2022–present)
==Election results==
===Prefectural Assembly===
Election	Seats won	± 	Total votes	%	Position	Government 	Leader
1946 	/ 	New	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Rupert Hammermeister
1950 	/ 	1 	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Rupert Hammermeister
1954 	/ 	6 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Rupert Hammermeister
1958 	/ 	10 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Rupert Hammermeister
1962 	/ 	3 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Joe Stapelkamp
1966 	/ 	10 	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Joe Stapelkamp
1970 	/ 	6 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Joe Stapelkamp
1974 	/ 	6 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Nathan Cruikshank
1978 	/ 	2 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Keith Ross
1980 	/ 	8 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Jack May
1984 	/ 	5 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Nathan Cruikshank
1988 	/ 	23 	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Allan Noble
1992 	/ 	4 	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Rob Irving
1996 	/ 	3 	 	 	1st 	Minoritygovernment	Denise Barnes
2000 	/ 	2 	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Denise Barnes
2004 	/ 	6 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Denise Barnes
2008 	/ 	2 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Melinda Liu
2012 	/ 	8 	 	 	1st 	Minoritygovernment	Andrew Winston
2016 	/ 	3 	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Andrew Winston
2020 	/ 	4 	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Andrew Winston