Alistair Cameron

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Alistair Cameron was a politician from Sheaman, born on the 15th of May 1874 who served as Prime Minister of Sheaman from 1923 - 1924 as well as Deputy Prime Minister from 1921 - 1923. He has also served many ministerial roles such as Minister for Education, Minister for Welfare, and Minister for Minister for Business & Industry but would lose his seat in the 1947 Parliamentary Election and officially ending his political career after losing his seat in the election. He would live for another six years before dying from natural causes on the 12th of April 1953. He had four children including: Anne Cameron, Boris Somberry, Ellie Cameron, and Donald Darbel and was married to Anne Darbel until they separated in 1928 divorced in 1933 after Cameron accused Darbel of abusing him whilst they were together. Cameron is generally considered a failed politician because of his short premiership as Prime Minister but was praised by Joseph Jacks for his effort in his cabinet and dedication to his work.

## Early life: 1874-1892

On the 15th of May 1874 Alistair Cameron was born to his mother, Rebecca Morrison and his father, Gabriel Morrison whom were considered upper middle class at the time and thus Alistair had a quite spoiled childhood where his parents would get him many things to accommodate his wants. He was sent to private school as public schools had only just been introduced at the time and were still in early development. Alistair did greatly at school managing to reach quite high grades which was greatly approved by both his mother and father who decided to give him further education afterwards. At the age of 12 he started Higher School which he also greatly exceeded in and met Arthur Daniel Conston who was his best friend throughout his life and also MP from 1919-1930.

## University, Business Owner & Failure: 1892-1907

After he finished his Higher School education He went to University and studied business from 1892 to 1895 until he went on in 1896 to create the drinks company Mr. Cartwheel and with the help of his parents financially his business started off pretty successfully but due to a lack of variety the company was forced to shut down in 1899 and as well as that sales had dropped significantly. His parents disproved of his failure even after his great education and degree so instead he pursued a focus as a banker which was fulfilled in 1900. He bought a nice house worth around £350,000 (GBP) today and stayed there for the rest of his life. In 1901 he would enter a romantic relationship with Anna Darbell (later Anna Cameron) and then eventually got married in 1904 and had a girl in 1905 (22nd of October) called Anne.

In late 1906 the bank which Alistair worked for shut down due to not being able to fulfill its payments and so Alistair became jobless.

## MP For Somberry: 1907-1918

When the Sheaman Devolved parliament was established in 1907 an election was called to elect members of parliament and among one of those candidates was Alistair Cameron who joined FL and won the constituency. Although FL did not have the popular vote and CBSP created a government he still fought for his party's leader to remain in power and not to resign over the loss.

In 1908 he supported the bill to allow workers who had been injured to claim small benefits if the company refuses to accept responsibility for worker unsafely. This bill known as the Workers' Compensation Bill became an Act in 1909 with FL, FSP & ADSP mostly agreeing on the bill. In 1910 he fought against the Fishing Bill 1910 that would restrict corporations from exploiting areas of the sea for fish because he believed that capitalism should remain mostly a watcher not a regulator but the bill was unfortunately for him, it passed. That same year in 1910 another bill named the Education & Disabilities Bill aimed to repeal the Act called the Education & Disabilities Act 1882 that disallowed disabled people to attend public school and so many people supported the new bill in 1910 that sought to allow those people into public schools once again. The bill was quite split but Alistair was a more lenient conservative and so he supported the bill. Eventually the bill managed to pass through parliament and become an Act in January 1911.

On the 1st of June 1911 Alistair's wife Anna gave birth to their second child called Boris Cameron (changed name to Boris Somberry in 1929) who was born when Anne Cameron was 5 and would be 6 later that year.

When the 1912 General Election came around Alistair once again stood as MP for Somberry and only barely won the constituency with CBSP winning 41% of votes, FL winning 38% of votes, ABFCP winning 9% of votes, LRA winning 8% of votes and ADSP winning 4% of votes. This tight victory for CBSP was a massive loss for FL which had won every election since 1895 but the party's loss may have been caused by Sheaman's further independence and new constitution that would've lost independence support massively. in 1914 Alistair proposed the Sheaman Islands Devolution Bill that intended to create a devolved government for the other islands of Sheaman including, Theo, Beatrice, Shantahein, Barnova & Arthudal. Although most MPs in FL liked the bill, CBSP MPs fiercely opposed it as they feared it would give them power to declare independence or give a reason for Sheaman to be independent. The bill was struck down and was a defeat for Alistair Cameron whom didn't propose another bill for a long time after.

In 1914 Sheaman agreed in parliament to join the war with Britain and its Allies against the Central Powers but FL fiercely. In 1916 (21st of November) Alistair's wife gave birth to their 3rd child who was named Ellie Cameron and was born when Anne was now 11. In 1917 the Women's Vote Bill 1917 was a massive bill that intended for Women to be able to vote at the age of 25 and be married to a man. The bill was introduced by MP, Martin Braker whom was a part of the LRA (Left Revolutionary Army Party) and was the first MP to introduce such a bill as many feared the loss of reputation from introducing a bill like this or outright didn't support women's voting rights. Alistair Cameron supported the bill and viewed it as a just bill that would bring a further step towards equality among men and women. Alistair would accept the Children's Displacement Bill 1917 that aimed to replace the Children's Displacement Act 1910 which provided accommodation to children that lost their parents or were born without biological parents present at birth and offer them a place to stay with foster parents by making it a legal standard for a minor until the age of 18 to live with their parents or somebody whom is 21+. The bill was mixed between members of the CBSP as well as members of FL and Alistair Cameron opposed the bill stating that it only forced working people into a burden as 1,000s of children didn't have a parent or guardian and thus opposed the bill. the bill was struck down but would return in later years.

In 1918 when World War I or at the time the Great War ended Sheaman was offered the Isle of Bluebeanton which was taken by the British government in 1886 and taken over by the Germans in 1894 after an agreement. The island was accepted back into the Kingdom of Sheaman but was not allowed to participate in elections as they were considered a crown ship island that acted similarly to a colony and had a governor which only lead to a greater issue on a Sheaman island parliament.

## Civil War: 1918-1919

In May after years of struggle and opposition to British control the 1st Sheaman Civil War would erupt and Alistair Cameron and every MP seemingly had to take a stance on which government they supported. Alistair believed that the civil war had a massive backing for pro-independence parties and armies and thus took a controversial stance of joining the CBSP's government called the Democratic Kingdom of Sheaman and was one of 40 Council Members that made all of the decisions. After the civil war he was not prosecuted for war crimes by the new Democratic Kingdom of Sheaman that reinstalled elections as an independent country but still under the King of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland. Alistair was surprised to not have been prosecuted but was later fined (£400/£25,700 today) 1,000 SH which would be 60,000 SH today but was still allowed to stand in elections and was not further prosecuted.

## Constituency loss and win: 1919-1923

After the 1st Sheaman Civil War Alistair Cameron joined the ADSP after FL fell and contested his previous seat of Somberry however ADSP wasn't large enough to win the seat and subsequently lost both 1919 elections but would evidentially win the 1921 Sheaman Parliamentary Election.

On the 5th of October 1920 Anna Cameron would give birth to Donald Darbel who was the only family member of the 4 of them to be born with their mother's surname.

In 1922 Oliver C.B Sar issued a statement to parliament in a PMQ (Prime Minister's Queries) that he was supporting a motion to increase the age of consent to 18 which their party was already split on. ADSP which was a in a coalition with the LRA at the time accepted the proposal and even ABFCP which was the opposition party agreed upon it. The other party called the FPPM (Free People's Political Movement) stood upon a firm ground of liberalism and so fiercely rejected the bill but since they had only won 1 seat in parliament they had almost no influence in parliament. The bill was controversial among younger people in the country and thus the LRA actually lost a considerable amount of support from young people and influenced the 1924 Parliamentary Election. However to the disappointment of young people and the FPPM the bill was passed with an overwhelming majority.

In late 1922 Oliver C.B Sar supported the 50 Hour work week that would reduce the work week by 16 hours since the Workers' Hours Act 1882 that reduced the working week for 18 year-olds down from 70 hours to 66 hours. Oliver C.B Sar also supported a 14-hour or less work day meaning nobody would be working more than 14 hours in on day and on top of that wanted to decrease the working week days from 6 to 5. Oliver C.B Sar would issue the bill named the "Workers' Week Bill 1922" and was widely supported by the LRA but was mostly not supported by the ADSP and ABFCP but ADSP agreed to raise the work week to 58 hours which was in the middle of 66 and 50 and was accepted by around half of ADSP members which allowed the bill to pass through parliament. One amendment also made was that the new 5 day work week would Allow private companies to cut the worker's pay by 5% and was enforced in government jobs/companies. This failure to provide a proper bill led to those who worked in the labour industry to lose support in the LRA.

In January 1923 Ewan Hart announced his resignation as leader of ADSP and soon a leadership election began for leadership of the party. As Allistair was already a very popular candidate in the party many dared not to oppose Cameron leading to only two candidates in the leadership election in total: Joseph Jacks and Alistair Cameron. Cameron successfully won the election and easily won with 68% of votes taking the position of leader of ADSP, promising to remain a moderate conservative and push that agenda.

In early 1923 there was calls for Oliver C.B Sar to resign and thus on 26th of April 1923 he resigned as Prime Minister of the Republic of Sheaman. This resignation was massive in the country and the LRA and the ADSP fought over which party will the Prime Minister be from so eventually the members of the parties decided that since they had an LRA Prime Minister they would have an ADSP Prime Minister and the proposal was accepted leading to the President of the ADSP which was Alistair Cameron to become Prime Minister and on the 1st of April 1923, 5 days after Oliver C.B Sar's resignation Alistair Cameron became Prime Minister.

## Prime Minister: 1923 - 1924

As Prime Minister Alistair early on wanted to slowly legalize homosexuality by first bring forth a bill to parliament called the Homosexuality Bill 1923 that aimed to make unconsensual same-sex activity (e.g. Rape & Sexual Assault) no longer punishable under the Same-sex activities Act 1844 that made same-sex activities completely illegal and punishable by death. The act was hesitantly passed through parliament due to many still believing it to be evil or at least bad but the LRA were convinced to accept the bill and would then become and act. Later that year benefits for disabled people and old people without proper accommodation were introduced in the Financial Benefits Bill 1923 that would easily be supported by the LRA and 2/5 of the ADSP and was eventually passed with some minor amendments in 1924.

On the 14th of August 1924 a massive workers Strike happened in South Shriel factories which led to production of consumer goods to be almost completely halted in South Shriel which contributed to almost 1/3 of all production at the time. The workers felt immensely underpaid and believed they were under a right-wing conservative government that would no longer support labor workers and wanted the Prime Minister to resign for Oliver C.B Sar to return. The demands at first weren't taken seriously but after a week of strikes, more workers around the country striking and the demand for an election led to the government to be no longer taken seriously and demands for an election became real. Alistair Cameron whom was now losing support from the LRA urged the ADSP to support a bill in parliament to provide welfare for workers but instead of being passed through parliament as expected the LRA instead rejected the bill and departed from the ADSP-LRA coalition in protest against the government which had now become a minority government. The strikes ended after 12 days on the 26th of August when Alistair Cameron announced an election taking place on the 1st of October 1924.

### 1924 Parliamentary Election

The 1924 Parliamentary Election was destined to destroy the ADSP with the new Of Liberty party campaigning for the rights of women and the legalization of homosexuality in the country, the ADSP tried to run a campaign for keeping a conservative government that protects people and learns from mistakes by promising to oust Alistair Cameron from the party but their campaign failed terribly.

The LRA and ABSIP were the two parties that had an honest chance of victory with the ABSIP campaigning for a strong right-wing government that could change society for the better and stop what they described "stupid moderatism" that was corrupting the country. They wanted to declare isolationism in Sheaman and increase protectionism. The LRA wanted to increase Labor rights, women's rights but never declared a stance on homosexuality which was becoming a pressing issue in the country at the time. The party wanted to decrease military spending and make immigration slightly easier for both high-skilled and low-skilled workers coming into the country and also wanted to increase punishments if government officials break the law. The LRA had a clear victory coming closer to the results of the election on the 1st of October and when the results were announced and the LRA had won a majority Oliver C.B Sar returned as Prime Minister.

Election results of 1924 Parliamentary Election
 ABFCP
 ADSP
 OL
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## Out of office: 1924 - 1930

After the election Alistair Cameron was kicked out of office and Oliver C.B Sar became Prime Minster for the 2nd time and Alistair Cameron would resign as President of ADSP just a month later on the 1st of November and would lead to Brian O'Tra to take power as President. He would also be forced to go independent that same day as his reputation had been ruined and his life changed forever.

In 1925 Alistair would begin to be abused by his wife Anna Cameron but would remain silent for many years. The abuse started after Alistair had pushed his son Donald to the ground and seriously injured him and another reason may be because he seemed to dislike the fact that Donald took the name Darbel and secretly had grudge against the name and against his son because of that.

Alistair would join S&L in 1929 due to becoming more liberal and centrist in both economics and social policy although he was not very well welcomed by some party members who thought that Alistair Cameron could possible tarnish the reputation of the party but luckily for S&L that wasn't the case and it remained a stable party.

In the 1930 Parliamentary election he would stand for the constituency of Haverton instead of Somberry which he believed would vote in favour of a right-wing party and since ADSP had fallen from grace he believed ABSIP would win the seat. Haverton was a constituency on the outskirts of the Northern City of Shriel and believed that it would vote for S&L. He would turn out correct as he would win 55% of votes in his constituency and would finally enter parliament after 6 years.

## MP again and neutrality in war: 1930 - 1945

After being elected for the first time since the 1921 Parliamentary Election Alistair was said to have gone more centrist and joined S&L in 1929 due to that and wanted to expand on liberalism in the country but still supported a form of economic liberalism. In 1931 the Age of Consent Bill 1931 which was proposed surprisingly by MP Jack B. Holden whom had reached 80 that same year and had been in parliament since 1875. The bill was widely accepted by S&L which had a majority in parliament and so it was quickly passed which dropped the age of consent from 18 to 16 and was a massive victory for Joseph Jacks and S&L.

In 1932 Joseph Jacks called a snap election due to the great depression coming to an end and he needed support from parliament. He believed if he waited the full four years then there would be unrest by the people as there were still economic difficulties so he made sure to call the election before it got out of hand. The party also had seen a recent uproar by more senior MPs in the party who believed the party had gone too far left and became too progressive and so these MPs wanted to create a new party that stood for regulatory capitalism and a moderate conservative stance. The party was called the New Conservative Party or NECO (pronounced Niko) and 10 S&L MPs would leave the party and join NECO leaving S&L with 134 seats (125 seats is a majority).

In the 1932 Parliamentary Election S&L got their worst election they'd ever had with the party getting 40% of votes.

*Countryside Freedom Bill/act (1933)*

*National Parks Bill (1935)*

Towns & Settlement Building Bill (1936) - New Town Planning Councils to be instituted to allow councils to plan and build new settlements