Social Democratic Party of Avalon

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Social Democratic Partyof AvalonSociaal-democratische Partij van Avalon阿瓦隆社会民主党 Āwǎlóng Shèhuì Mínzhǔdǎng アバロン社会民主党 Abaron Shakai Minshu-tō 	Social Democratic Partyof AvalonSociaal-democratische Partij van Avalon阿瓦隆社会民主党 Āwǎlóng Shèhuì Mínzhǔdǎng アバロン社会民主党 Abaron Shakai Minshu-tō
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Leader 	Joyce Wilkie
Deputy Leader 	Sam Hitchens
Founded 	15 April 2005
Ideology 	Social democracySocial liberalism
Political position 	Centre-left
Colour 	Red
Slogan 	Keep Avalon Moving
Prefectural Assembly 	/
EnderronianParliament (AV seats) 	/
Avalon BeachCity Council 	/
The Social Democratic Party of Avalon (commonly known as the Avalon SDP or Avalon Social Democrats) is the branch of the Social Democratic Party of Enderron operating in Avalon Prefecture. The party is the one of the two major political parties in Avalonian politics, the other being the Liberal Party of Avalon. The current party leader is Joyce Wilkie, since 2019.
The Social Democrats have formed the opposition in the Prefectural Assembly for all of Avalon's history and is much weaker than the Liberals at all levels of government in Avalon.
==Party leaders==
No. 	Name 	Term began 	Term ended 	Time in office
align="centre"	Jonathan Quinn 	15 April 2005 	28 January 2006	
align="centre"	George Voskopoulos	28 January 2006	17 August 2009 	
align="centre"	Mick Walsh 	17 August 2009 	5 April 2014 	
align="centre"	Chris Dawes 	5 April 2014 	31 May 2017 	
align="centre"	Rhian Lee 	31 May 2017 	9 June 2019 	
align="centre"	Joyce Wilkie 	9 June 2019 	Incumbent 	
===Deputy leaders===
#George Voskopoulos (2005–2006)
#Michael Novak (2006–2010)
#Joyce Wilkie (2010–2012, 2014–2017)
#Julian Salmond (2012–2013)
#Chris Dawes (2013–2014)
#Damian Trentino (2017–2019)
#Sam Hitchens (2019–present)
==Election results==
===Prefectural Assembly===
Election	Seats won	± 	Total votes	% 	Position	Government 	Leader
2005 	/ 	New	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Jonathan Quinn
2009 	/ 	0 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	George Voskopoulos
2013 	/ 	2 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Mick Walsh
2017 	/ 	3 	 	 	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Chris Dawes
2021 	/ 	4 	 	30.87%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition	Joyce Wilkie
===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
2005 	George Voskopoulos	Tom Moran 	 	31.20% (#2) 	  	 	46.04% (#2) 	  	Lost
2009 	Tom Moran 	Barbara Welles 	 	32.90% (#2) 	  	 	44.53% (#2) 	  	Lost
2013 	Jinny Yee 	Alexander Larcombe	 	35.45% (#2) 	  	 	48.24% (#2) 	  	Lost
2017 	Anika Tate 	Alexander Larcombe	 	28.89% (#2) 	  	 	40.53% (#2) 	  	Lost
2021 	Chris Dawes 	Michelle Hidding 	 	32.54% (#2) 	  	 	45.68% (#2) 	  	Lost