Tojima Social Democratic Party

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Tojima Social Democratic Party東島社会民主党 Tōjima Shakai Minshu-tō 	Tojima Social Democratic Party東島社会民主党 Tōjima Shakai Minshu-tō
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Leader 	Yvonne Hanamura
Deputy Leader 	Josh Nolan
Founded 	1 May 1946
Ideology 	Social democracyFederalismCentrism
Political position 	Centre-left
Colour 	Red
Slogan 	For All Tojimans
TJ Prefectural Assembly 	/
EnderronianParliament (TJ seats) 	/
Shirakawa CityCouncil 	/
The Tojima Social Democratic Party (Japanese: 東島社会民主党, Hepburn: Tōjima Shakai Minshu-tō, commonly known as the Tojima Social Democrats or 社民党 Shamin-tō in Japanese) is the branch of the Social Democratic Party of Enderron operating in Tojima Prefecture. The party is the one of the three major political parties in Tojiman politics, the others being the Liberal Party of Tojima and Tojima First. The current party leader is Premier Yvonne Hanamura, since 2021.
The Social Democratic Party is historically the most dominant party in Tojiman prefectural politics; it has won 14 of 19 legislative elections and served in government for 58 of the 75 years since Enderronian independence in 1946. It has controlled the Tojima Prefectural Assembly since 1998.
Like its federal counterpart, the Tojima SDP espouses a social democratic, social liberal and pro-multiculturalism platform. It is most popular among middle class Tojimans of Asian descent, particularly Japanese and Chinese, and working class Tojimans of all ethnicities. Its vote is the strongest in the city of Shirakawa and its eastern suburbs, Harvey Island, and the urbanised western coast. The party is perceived as the most moderate option on the localism question in Tojiman politics. It is in favour of reforms allowing Tojima to maintain a level of autonomy while supporting the existing federalist system of Enderronian government. It is also pro-multiculturalism and pro-multilingualism in contrast to both the Liberals and Tojima First, which are more assimilationist and autonomist respectively. In recent years, the Tojima SDP has become strongly divided over its policy direction due to the rise of Tojima First and other Tojiman localist groups.
The Tojima SDP has a longstanding convention where if a party leader is Japanese, their deputy is non-Japanese, and vice versa. This convention has been followed almost continuously since 1977 (the only exceptions being several month-long periods of leadership transition).
The Social Democrats' most notable premiers of Tojima include Michael Wentworth (1950–1958), Chuck Jin (1961–1966, 1970–1973) and David Suzuki (1975–1989).
==Party leaders==
No. 	Name 	Term began 	Term ended 	Time in office
align="centre"	Michael Wentworth	1 May 1946 	23 July 1958 	
align="centre"	Robert Hirano 	23 July 1958 	10 October 1961 	
align="centre"	Chuck Jin 	10 October 1961 	31 March 1973 	
align="centre"	Taro Matsuoka 	31 March 1973 	27 May 1974 	
align="centre"	David Suzuki 	27 May 1974 	18 June 1989 	
align="centre"	Ian Ono 	18 June 1989 	28 April 1993 	
align="centre"	Tom Harmon 	28 April 1993 	21 May 1994 	
align="centre"	Jeff Zhu-Johnson 	21 May 1994 	17 September 2001	
align="centre"	Philip Watanabe 	17 September 2001	4 February 2014 	
align="centre"	Jason Calderon 	4 February 2014 	22 October 2021 	
align="centre"	Yvonne Hanamura 	22 October 2021 	Incumbent 	
===Deputy party leaders===
#Thomas Lue (1946–1952)
#Toru Kojima (1952–1955)
#Robert Hirano (1955–1958)
#Art Robertson (1958–1966)
#Daniel Mondale (1966–1974)
#Sho Kawata (1974–1977)
#Alexander Laing (1977–1989)
#Tom Harmon (1989–1993)
#Annie Baxter (1993–1998)
#Philip Watanabe (1998–2001)
#Anna Kobayashi (2001–2002)
#Maria Katsonis (2002–2011)
#Jason Calderon (2011–2014)
#Yoko Enomoto (2014–2018)
#Mina Mataichi (2018–2022)
#Josh Nolan (2022–present)
==Election results==
===Prefectural Assembly===
Election	Seats won	± 	Total votes	% 	Position	Government 	Leader
1946 	/ 	New	 	33.12%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Michael Wentworth
1950 	/ 	5 	 	37.96%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Michael Wentworth
1954 	/ 	2 	 	36.27%	1st 	Minoritygovernment 	Michael Wentworth
1958 	/ 	3 	 	38.82%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Robert Hirano
1962 	/ 	2 	 	35.43%	1st 	Minoritygovernment 	Chuck Jin
1966 	/ 	7 	 	27.85%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Chuck Jin
1970 	/ 	6 	 	36.08%	1st 	Minoritygovernment 	Chuck Jin
1974 	/ 	1 	 	33.53%	1st 	OfficialOpposition 	Taro Matsuoka
1978 	/ 	19 	 	47.22%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	David Suzuki
1982 	/ 	5 	 	43.85%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	David Suzuki
1986 	/ 	1 	 	44.64%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	David Suzuki
1990 	/ 	11 	 	27.46%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Ian Ono
1994 	/ 	1 	 	37.05%	2nd 	OfficialOpposition 	Tom Harmon
1998 	/ 	6 	 	40.12%	1st 	Minoritygovernment 	Jeff Zhu-Johnson
2002 	/ 	8 	 	39.46%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Philip Watanabe
2006 	/ 	3 	 	30.96%	1st 	Minoritygovernment 	Philip Watanabe
2010 	/ 	5 	 	34.60%	1st 	Majoritygovernment 	Philip Watanabe
2014 	/ 	4 	 	32.93%	1st 	Minoritygovernment 	Jason Calderon
2018 	/ 	5 	 	31.10%	1st 	Minoritygovernment 	Jason Calderon
2022 	/ 	2 	 	30.53%	1st 	Coalitiongovernment	Yvonne Hanamura
===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
1994 	Bunta Matsuda 	Kiri Davidson	 	39.07% (#1) 	  	 	49.25% (#2) 	  	Lost
1998 	Ken Matsuda 	David Ingham 	 	36.32% (#1) 	  	 	49.42% (#2) 	  	Lost
2002 	Anna Kobayashi 	Andreas Wurth	 	37.53% (#2) 	  	 	52.31% (#1) 	  	Won
2006 	Teijo Kirishima	Andreas Wurth	 	24.34% (#2) 	  	 	 	 	Lost
2010 	Anna Kobayashi 	Bevan Wei 	 	35.71% (#1) 	  	 	55.83% (#1) 	  	Won
2014 	Anna Kobayashi 	Bevan Wei 	 	29.69% (#1) 	  	 	48.76% (#2) 	  	Lost
2018 	Hiroto Suzuki 	Timothy Kim 	 	25.39% (#3) 	  	 	 	 	Lost
2022 	Erika Noguchi 	Aaron Mead 	 	27.17% (#2) 	  	 	53.12% (#1) 	  	Won
===Federal elections===
Election	Seats won	± 	Total votes	%	Position	Leader
1946 	/ 	New	 	 	3rd 	Jeremy Fulton
1950 	/ 	1 	 	 	3rd 	Jeremy Fulton
1954 	/ 	0 	 	 	3rd 	Gordon Collins
1958 	/ 	0 	 	 	3rd 	Gordon Collins
1962 	/ 	3 	 	 	1st 	Calvin Rhinehart
1966 	/ 	2 	 	 	1st 	Jens Larsson
1970 	/ 	3 	 	 	1st 	Calvin Rhinehart
1974 	/ 	2 	 	 	1st 	Calvin Rhinehart
1978 	/ 	1 	 	 	1st 	Calvin Rhinehart
1982 	/ 	3 	 	 	1st 	James Thorpe
1986 	/ 	1 	 	 	1st 	James Thorpe
1990 	/ 	1 	 	 	1st 	Helen Vandenberg
1994 	/ 	4 	 	 	1st 	Helen Vandenberg
1998 	/ 	2 	 	 	1st 	Rick Clarkson
2002 	/ 	2 	 	 	1st 	Rick Clarkson
2006 	/ 	2 	 	 	2nd 	Jason Huynh
2010 	/ 	1 	 	 	2nd 	Tom Woodlands
2014 	/ 	3 	 	 	1st 	Tom Woodlands
2018 	/ 	0 	 	 	1st 	Lisa Kelsey Chan