3rd Labor Government: 1946 - 1952

The **3rd Labor Government** was formed on the 7th of June 1946 in the Kingdom of Dissau with Ruben Cantallof as Prime Minister. The government was formed after winning a large majority in the 1946 Dissauian General Election. The 3rd Labor Government wanted to further promote left-wing policies and try and reverse policies implemented by the previous National Moderate Government. Prime Minister, Ruben Cantallof, was a hard left-winger and was committed to nationalizing around half of the economy and industrial sector. His major nationalization plans soon became unpopular even among his own party as well as barely winning a majority in the 1948 Dissauian General Election, so he was kicked out as Prime Minister in 1949 and was replaced by Magnus Braoatan who only lasted until 1950. After Braoatan left, he was replaced by Edward Meyer who attempted to try and moderate the previous left-wing policies of his predecessors. This was a popular decision but the 1952 Dissauian General Election was still too close to call and in the end the National Moderate Party won 4 more seats than Labor, leading to a coalition with Free Liberal, ending the 3rd Labor Government. The government dissolved on the 18th of August 1952 after the losing the 1952 Election.

## Changes

### 1st Term

* The Representation of People Act 1946 once again allowed unmarried women to vote in elections.
* The Free Speech Act 1947 once again banned Nazi propaganda in the country.
* The Energy Nationalization Act 1947 renationalized the energy sector under one company called the National Energy Company.
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* The Dissauian Shipping Company Act 1947 established a national shipping company in Dissau.
* The National Dissauian Bank Act 1947 established the National Dissauian Bank in the country.
* The Coal Industry Nationalization Act 1948 nationalized the coal industry in the country.
* The Iron & Steel Industry Nationalization Act 1948 nationalized the iron & steel industry in the country.
* The Railway Nationalization Act 1948 nationalized the entire railway sector once again.

### 2nd Term

* The Pensions Act 1949 majorly increased pensions in the country and lowered the age of receiving pensions to 64.
* The Public Housing Act 1949 established a larger scope of plans for public housing, no longer just prioritizing low-income housing.
* The Education Reformation Act 1950 reformed the education system by increasing the school leaving age to 16, decreasing the average size of a classroom from 25 to 35 students to 15 to 30 students, starting a teaching employment marketing campaign, purchasing up to 40% of private schools in the country and turning them into public schools, no longer requiring PE in Grade 12 and 13, making Home Economics compulsory for both men and women, and barred students from being expelled under circumstances of violent behaviour and instead enforcing longer
* The Family Benefits Act 1950 gave families an even larger amount of benefits.
* The Maternity Allowance Act 1951 majorly increased the maternity allowance for women that have just given birth.
* Workers' Injuries Act 1951 gave workers compensation for their injuries during work.
* The Prisons Reformation Act 1952 reformed prisons by removing hard labour for prisoners, prisoners whippings as well as punishment by prison guards for no reason, introduced a minimum, medium, maximum, and critical security system for prisoners, and improved the quality of prisoner's cells