Flinders Social Democratic Party

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Flinders Social Democratic Party	Flinders Social Democratic Party
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Leader 	Alicia Blumstein
Deputy Leader 	Daniel Toki
Founded 	16 September 1946
Ideology 	Social democracySocial liberalism
Political position 	Centre-left
Colour 	Red
Slogan 	For Flinderians
Prefectural Assembly 	/
EnderronianParliament (FL seats)	/
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The Flinders Social Democratic Party (commonly known as the Flinders Social Democrats or Flinders SDP) is the branch of the Social Democratic Party of Enderron operating in Flinders Prefecture. The party is the one of the two major political parties in Flinderian politics, the other being the Liberal Party of Flinders. The current party leader is Alicia Blumstein, since 2019.
The Social Democrats have governed Flinders for 24 years, and was most recently in government from 2003 to 2011 under Premiers Justin Chu and Renee Gilles. The party currently controls the governorship and holds 14 of the 52 seats in the Flinders Prefectural Assembly.
==Party leaders==
No. 	Name 	Term began 	Term ended 	Time in office
align="centre"	Brad Macdonald 	16 September 1946	18 December 1953 	
align="centre"	Richard Rubenstein	18 December 1953 	30 May 1963 	
align="centre"	Simon Kempton 	30 May 1963 	23 September 1981	
align="centre"	Dylan Price 	23 September 1981	18 May 1983 	
align="centre"	Andrew Meehan 	18 May 1983 	28 June 1991 	
align="centre"	Jo Shallow 	28 June 1991 	6 April 1996 	
align="centre"	Stephen Nicoletti 	6 April 1996 	1 December 2001 	
align="centre"	Justin Chu 	1 December 2001 	14 October 2008 	
align="centre"	Renee Gilles 	14 October 2008 	17 May 2011 	
align="centre"	Matthew Jansen 	17 May 2011 	13 March 2012 	
align="centre"	Georgia Khan 	13 March 2012 	23 May 2015 	
align="centre"	Charlie Andrews 	23 May 2015 	20 May 2019 	
align="centre"	Alicia Blumstein 	20 May 2019 	Incumbent 	
===Deputy leaders===
#Richard Rubenstein (1946–1950)
#David Scarborough (1950–1956)
#Peter Dowdle (1956–1962)
#Simon Kempton (1962–1963)
#Ian Bowden (1963–1970)
#Bob Chase (1970–1975)
#Dylan Price (1975–1977, 1985–1986)
#Charles Troy (1977–1981)
#Calvin Morrow (1981–1985)
#Peter Deckard (1986–1991)
#Alec Anderson (1991–1996)
#Joan Marshall (1996–1999)
#Justin Chu (1999–2001)
#Stephen Nicoletti (2001–2004)
#Emily Honda (2004–2008)
#Matthew Jansen (2008–2011)
#Georgia Khan (2011–2012)
#Tony Finn (2012–2019)
#Daniel Toki (2019–present)
==Election results==
===Prefectural Assembly===
Election	Seats won	± 	Total votes	%	Position	Government 	Leader
1946 	/ 	New	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Brad Macdonald
1947 	/ 	3 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Brad Macdonald
1951 	/ 	3 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Brad Macdonald
1955 	/ 	2 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Richard Rubenstein
1959 	/ 	5 	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Richard Rubenstein
1963 	/ 	2 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Richard Rubenstein
1967 	/ 	0 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Simon Kempton
1971 	/ 	9 	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Simon Kempton
1975 	/ 	3 	 	 	1st 	Minoritygovernment	Simon Kempton
1979 	/ 	6 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Simon Kempton
1983 	/ 	7 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Dylan Price
1987 	/ 	10 	 	 	2nd 	Minoritygovernment	Andrew Meehan
1991 	/ 	2 	 	 	1st 	OfficialOpposition	Andrew Meehan
1995 	/ 	2 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Jo Shallow
1999 	/ 	5 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Stephen Nicoletti
2003 	/ 	9 	 	 	1st 	Majoritygovernment	Justin Chu
2007 	/ 	3 	 	 	1st 	Minoritygovernment	Justin Chu
2011 	/ 	21 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Renee Gilles
2015 	/ 	5 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Georgia Khan
2019 	/ 	4 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Charlie Andrews
2023 	/ 	5 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Alicia Blumstein
===Governor===
Election	Candidate 	Candidate 	First preference	First preference	First preference	Two-candidate-preferred	Two-candidate-preferred	Two-candidate-preferred	Result
Election	Governor 	Lt. Governor 	Total votes 	% 	% 	Total votes 	% 	% 	Result
1987 	Andrew Cooper 	Clark Ripley 	 	26.43% (#3) 	  	 	 	 	Lost
1991 	Tina King 	Hamilton Bainbridge	 	17.68% (#3) 	  	 	 	 	Lost
1995 	Tina King 	Terry Sanford 	 	34.10% (#2) 	  	 	45.65% (#2) 	  	Lost
1999 	Renee Gilles 	Paul Marshall 	 	37.70% (#1) 	  	 	52.88% (#1) 	  	Won
2003 	Renee Gilles 	Paul Marshall 	 	32.38% (#2) 	  	 	48.73% (#2) 	  	Lost
2007 	Greg Costa 	Emily Bateman 	 	35.87% (#1) 	  	 	54.16% (#1) 	  	Won
2011 	Greg Costa 	Emily Bateman 	 	42.49% (#2) 	  	 	46.48% (#2) 	  	Lost
2015 	Greg Costa 	Annabelle Ryan 	 	30.75% (#2) 	  	 	47.18% (#2) 	  	Lost
2019 	Lauren Carnell	Jeremy Britten 	 	34.62% (#2) 	  	 	52.14% (#1) 	  	Won
2023 	Lauren Carnell	Jeremy Britten 	 	32.21% (#2) 	  	 	50.76% (#1) 	  	Won