Oliver C.B Sar

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Oliver Carl Buchanan Sar was a Sheaman politician originally born in Scotland and identified as a Scottish Sheaman throughout his life. He was born on the 1st of May 1869 to Holland Buchanan and Caroline Carl Sar and lived in Scotland from 1869 to 1881 until his parents moved to Sheaman because his father was given a massive opportunity as a scientist in Sheaman. Oliver was then elected to parliament in 1893 for the constituency of Inwick & North Kensingtonshire as a Free Liberal MP until 1907 when he would join ADSP and win the election for the new Central Inwick Constituency. Sar would then be appointed as Deputy Prime Minister under the CBSP - ADSP coalition between 1907 - 1912 until he was kicked from his position in early 1912 and went on to form LRA. His party wouldn't win the 1912 Parliamentary election but it would win 18 seats out of 181 and then 25 seats in 1916 but it wasn't until the 1st 1919 election that his party would win a minority government. Because of the minority government he would call a 2nd election the same year in which his party would win a massive majority. In government he and his party would reform women's voting rights, guarantee the right to strike, increase the age of consent to 18, reduce the work week, nationalized the railroads established local governments, nationalized the coal industry and reformed homosexuality laws. Oliver C.B Sar was regarded as one of the best Prime Ministers Sheaman ever had with socialists alike agreeing that he influenced majorly to modern Sheaman. Sar would also become Prime Minister once again in 1940 until 1945 during World War Two and had a very successful term until being defeated in the 1945 Parliamentary Election. The same year he would go on to win the 1945 Presidential Election in Sheaman and would remain President until 1960 when he refused to contest the election due to his old age and retired from politics forever until his death on the 8th of September 1964.

Oliver C.B Sar was majorly influenced by Karl Marx in the 1890s and would write many books on his idea of Sheaman Socialism with all of his books and ideals being popular at the time and still popular today. He inspired many politicians in the future such as Joseph Jacks, Lethabo Doema, Robin Abber, Aeron Cobius, Arash Katashia, and Imram Ibrahim who have all credited Oliver C.B Sar for influencing them. Sar is one of the most respected politicians in Sheaman and even by some conservatives and right-wingers receiving the Humanitarian Award of Sheaman in 1950, the Workers' Award in 1952 and having 8 statues of him all around the country. He was commemorated two years after his death in 1966 with the creation of the Half Sar and Sar coins which are still in use today as well as 130 years after his birth receiving a commemorative coin for collectors.

Oliver C.B Sar was married to Eleanor Mary Scott Arthur Sar until his death and described his marriage as "happier than life can handle" in 1936 and when she died in 1938 he took a long break as MP which was permitted by Joseph Jacks who was a friend of Sar. He had five children; Elias Buchanan Sar (1898 - 1926), Oliver Sar (1900 - 1987), Paul Sar (1906 - 1990), Isla Carl Buchanan Sar (1910 - 1956), and Alexander Sar (1918 - 1979) who he named after his brother Alexander Carl Buchanan Sar (1866 - 1952). Sar's closest living relative is Lucy Sar who is his eldest son's daughter who is aged 99 but soon to turn 100 in November 2023. Oliver C.B Sar is very well known to be friends of Joseph Jacks even as he competed against him in the 1926 Parliamentary election until the 1945 Parliamentary Election. Joseph Jacks lived with Sar whilst he was a teen and he officially adopted Jacks in 1913 and living with Oliver until 1919 when Jacks moved to the outskirts of South Shriel with his wife to start his political career.

## Early Life & Before Politics: 1869 - 1893

### Life in Scotland: 1869 - 1881

Oliver C.B Sar was born on the 1st of May 1869 to Holland Buchanan and Caroline Carl Sar in Glasgow, Scotland. As a child his family had little money and lived in a "shabby apartment" as Oliver described it but his father tried to give him the best education he could by teaching him to read by making him read articles that his father wrote for the local paper as well as teaching him to write. Oliver caught on quickly and could read and write basic things by 8. In 1880 Oliver would enroll in public schools but would only stay there for around a year when his family decided to move to Sheaman after Oliver's father was granted a science job in Sheaman. His father accepted the offer and the family would move to Sheaman in summertime 1881.

### Moving to Sheaman & Journalist Career: 1881 - 1893

When Sar, his brother and his parents moved to Sheaman in 1881 the family began to gain a bit of money and Sar would once again enroll in school, this time in a public secondary school in Greater Shriel in 1881. Sar was a quick learner and had a keen interest in society and politics which he read about perfusely. sometime in the mid 1880s Sar would stumble upon the Communist Manifesto by Karl Marx & Frederich Engels which he read in a couple of weeks. This sparked his interest in economics and politics and although his father discouraged his interest in the subject and likenesses of Marxism he did not stop him from pursuing the interest. In 1885 Sar would leave Secondary School and follow in his father's footsteps by starting to work for his father's local paper and began to write articles there. His father remarked his powerful messages in articles that he described as a "Working people's writer" who strived for working together, unions and the rights of workers. in the 1880s Sar would support the independence of Sheaman and voted for FSP every election and campaigned for people to vote for FSP in his local paper. Eventually in 1893 the local paper kicked him from his position as some of the "old folk were upset by his socialistic nature" and wanted him gone.

## Early Political Career: 1893 - 1919

In early 1893 Oliver C.B Sar would join FL and with some money that he borrowed from his father and later returned, he managed to get elected for the constituency of Inwick & North Kensingtonshire in the 1893 Parliamentary Election. He was considered a very left-wing politician for his time and in his party which led to many MPs at the time to harass and make negative comments about his stance on socialism and his policies. Even though he received major criticism he would go on to be reelected in 1897 in his constituency to the surprise of may politicians and around the late 1890s and early 1900s he would begin to make a name for himself. Sar introduced the Worker Strikes & Unions bill 1900 that intended to allow unions to strike at any time of the year and for the government to support and not block strikes from happening but the bill failed the pass the 2nd reading and Sar was scrutinized for pushing for this bill to be passed. Sar would be reelected in 1901 again as well as 1905 and under the FL government between 1905 - 1907 he was the appointed as Minister for Education which led to him pushing for more teachers to be recruited/trained as well as an increase in university applications. In 1907 he would leave FL and join ADSP and barely won his constituency in the 1907 Parliamentary Election as an ADSP MP. The election led to a hung parliament for CBSP and so a coalition with ADSP was agreed upon and Oliver C.B Sar was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister which was mostly done to please left-wing voters. Although as Deputy Prime Minister he had no real power it still meant that when the Prime Minister couldn't be in parliament for PMQs or can't govern at that moment that Oliver C.B Sar would step in. This led to Sar becoming more well known in parliament and starting to become a key figure in Sheaman.

In early 1912 in fear that Oliver would become to powerful and have a following then Prime Minister Evan Hartis would sack Oliver from his position and replace him with Andrew Barnova. This event led to Oliver deciding to leave ADSP before the 1912 Parliamentary Election and form the Left Revolutionary Army Party or LRA that stood for socialism and was the first time that Oliver C.B Sar would be a part of a socialist party; He appointed himself leader and his party grew rapidly before the upcoming election and when the election came his party won 18 seats out of 181 in parliament and calling it a major success. Oliver would once again contend the 1916 Parliamentary Election and increase his party's seat count up to 25 seats but still wasn't near forming a government. Although his party wasn't even the opposition in parliament it had still grown immensely in the first five years of the party's existence and was on its way to becoming the party with the most members in Sheaman.

### Civil War: 1918 - 1919

Months before the end of World War Two Wallace Tizelle and a his army would storm the Prime Minister's office and demand that he resign and when he refused to resign one of the men in Tizelle's army shot him and Tizelle self-declared himself Prime Minister of Sheaman. Tizelle would then gain complete control of the government by the end of the month by using force and because of this it sparked the 1st Sheaman Civil War which was led by three factions: The Leftists which were jointly led in a council that included Oliver C.B Sar, the Conservatives/British Loyalists who wanted to restore the democracy under the British Monarchy, and the Tizellians who wanted to continue the military dictatorship. Sar led many workers to rebel and join the socialists as well as visiting an ongoing conflict and in 1919 the socialists had taken control of the country and the council called the 1st 1919 Parliamentary Election which led to Oliver C.B Sar's LRA to win a hung parliament.

## 1st & 2nd Terms as Prime Minister: 1919 - 1926

### 1st Premiership: 1919 - 1923

See Also: LRA Government (1919 - 1923), 1st Sar Ministry, 2nd Sar Ministry, 3rd Sar Ministry

Sar was appointed Prime Minister on the 11th of March 1919 and under his minority government he found it hard to implement the policies that he wanted (except from the Voting Act 1919) so later that year he called the 2nd 1919 Parliamentary Election which led to a massively successful majority government. Sar would take the cabinet position of Minister for the Treasury between 1919 - 1920, Minister for Military & Defense between 1919 - 1921, Minister for Social Justice & Welfare between 1919 - 1921, and Minister for Foreign Affairs & Islands between 1919 - 1923 but because of the stress and constant working he dropped most of the positions by 1921 except from Minister for Foreign Affairs & Islands which he kept until 1923. Sar would form his 2nd cabinet which he described as "much more organized that the last" and began implementing his policies.