Veronica Carrington

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Carrington in 2022

**Veronica Pembrook Carrington** (née **Pembrook**; born 12 May 1982) is a British politician who currently serves as the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Council. Carrington also serves as the Member of Parliament for Manchester. She is a member of the Conservative Party. In the past, she was a member of the Liberal Democrats and served as the Leader of the Opposition for a time during late 2021.

Carrington previously served as the 2nd, 4th, and 6th Prime Minister of Canada. In Canada, she represents Ontario and currently serves as the Leader of the Opposition in Canada, but previously held the post from 15 May 2022 to August 2022.

In the past, Carrington was known primarily for her bribery conviction, however since rejoining BUK and Canada becoming a dominion of Canada, she has been recognised as an active and devoted leader.

## Early Career

### Leader of the Opposition

Carrington was the Liberal Democratic Leader of the Opposition during late 2021.

#### Bribery Conviction

Carrington was tried and convicted of bribery for attempting to bribe members of parliament into supporting her.

Carrington would leave BUK not long after her conviction

### Prime Minister of pre-Dominion Canada

After leaving BUK, Carrington would join Canada. She would serve as the 2nd Prime Minister of Canada.

## Prime Minister of the Dominion of Canada

Upon Carrington's first government of a new Dominion of Canada, not much was achieved. Following a Vote of No Confidence in the Canadian Parliament which seen her and her new government ousted.

When Carrington returned to the Prime Minister's office, she immediately hit the ground running with new and bold policies on the Economy. Carrington throughout her time in office devoted a majority of her governments time to seeing a successful and self reliant economy following the months of neglection as a result of the previous governments inactivity.

Carrington remained a firm believer in activity and believed that Canada's success lay within the Commonwealth of Nations. A open and public supporter, Carrington embraced the new Commonwealth and even created a 'Department for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs' to focus on the Commonwealth.

### Treaty of Ottawa

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## United Kingdom

Carrington currently serves under Prime Minister Donovan Moore as the Leader of the House of Commons and Lord President of the Privy Council since July 2023 and has served as the Conservative Member of Parliament for Manchester since October 2022.

Formerly Carrington served as the Leader of the House of Commons until a reshuffle in March 2023 where Carrington was appointed Minister of State for International Trade under the Treasury before later being appointed Secretary of State for International Trade following the re-creation of the Department.

At the beginning of her career Carrington formerly held the post of Leader of the Liberal Democrat Party (Leader of the Opposition) and Member of Parliament for Windsor until a scandal seen her conviction and later pardon.

## Canada

Carrington served as the 2nd, 4th and 6th Prime Minister of Canada. She was first elected in April 2022 however was later ousted by Parliament only 6 days after entering office following a scandal involving the US President Donald Trump. Carrington later returned to government in early September following the resignation of Frederick McClaine as Prime Minister after a merger between the Progressive Conservative and Alliance Party.

Carrington continued to serve as Prime Minister of Canada from September through to April of 2023 where she announced her resignation as Prime Minister and Conservative Party Leader. Then, Deputy Prime Minister Enola Winchester became the new Conservative Party Leader and Prime Minister however resigned after only 14 days in office, she has often been dubbed the Liz Truss of BUK. Veronica Carrington was then selected by the Conservative Party Board to return as Party Leader and subsequently Prime Minister.

After being invited to form a new government, Carrington then requested the dissolution of the Parliament ahead of an election. The Conservative Party led by Veronica Carrington lost their majority in the House of Commons and failed to return to government. Veronica Carrington has served as the longest and first female Prime Minister of Canada and has been featured in Time Magazine for her work and devotion.

**Scandal and Controversy**

Carrington previously served as the leader of the Liberal Democratic Party, and as member of parliament for Windsor prior to serving in Canada. During her time in the House of Commons, she was notably controversial and would eventually be tried and convicted for conspiracy to commit bribery but would later be pardoned by Charles III on the 14th of August 2022 at the request of Prime Minister Donovan Moore.