Douglas Wilson

The Right Honourable 	The Right Honourable
Douglas Wilson 	Douglas Wilson
 	
19th Prime Minister of EnderronElections: 1908, 1911, 1914, 1915	19th Prime Minister of EnderronElections: 1908, 1911, 1914, 1915
In office 	In office
15 August 1911 – 17 September 1915 	15 August 1911 – 17 September 1915
Monarch 	George V
Governor 	Benjamin Vaughan
Deputy 	Richard ReynoldsMartin Renner
Preceded by 	Edward Jansen
Succeeded by 	Martin Renner
20th Leader of the Opposition 	20th Leader of the Opposition
In office 	In office
1 May 1907 – 15 August 1911 	1 May 1907 – 15 August 1911
Prime Minister 	Arthur CameronEdward Jansen
Deputy 	Richard Reynolds
Preceded by 	Vernon St. Laurent
Succeeded by 	Edward Jansen
1st Leader of the Enderron People's Party 	1st Leader of the Enderron People's Party
In office 	In office
1 May 1907 – 17 September 1915 	1 May 1907 – 17 September 1915
Deputy 	Richard ReynoldsMartin Renner
Preceded by 	Party founded
Succeeded by 	Martin Renner
Member of the Enderronian Legislative Assemblyfor Marshall Bay 	Member of the Enderronian Legislative Assemblyfor Marshall Bay
In office 	In office
3 March 1900 – 17 March 1921 	3 March 1900 – 17 March 1921
Preceded by 	New seat
Succeeded by 	William Noonan
Personal details 	Personal details
Born 	Douglas Ronald Wilson8 October 1849New Plymouth, British Mariana
Died 	17 March 1921 (aged 71)New Plymouth, Dominion of Enderron
Political party 	People's (after 1907)Conservative (before 1907)
Spouse(s) 	Anne Chamberlain (m. 1884, died 1917)
Children 	4
Alma mater 	University of Victoria
Douglas Ronald Wilson (8 October 1849 – 17 March 1921) was an Enderronian politician and physicist who served as Prime Minister of Enderron from 1911 to 1915, as the founding leader of the Enderron People's Party. He served as a Member of Parliament for Marshall Bay from 1900 to his death in 1921. Prior to politics, he was a physicist who specialised in electromagnetism.
Wilson began his political career in 1900 as a member of the Conservative Party. The Conservatives merged with the right-wing rump of the British Mariana Liberal Party to become the Enderron People's Party in 1907, and Wilson was elected its inaugural leader. He led the party to a narrow loss at the 1908 election, falling one seat short of majority government. He led the EPP to victory at the next election in 1911, and oversaw Enderron's attainment of dominion status within the British Empire later that year.
Wilson is most remembered for leading Enderron through the early stages of its involvement in World War I, which broke out in August 1914. The latter half of Wilson's tenure was fraught with political instability and a national debate over conscription. Wilson struggled with the demands of Enderron's participation in the war and in September 1915 resigned in favour of his deputy Martin Renner.