Brun-South House of People's

The Brun-South House of People's is the lower legislative house in Brun-South it consists of 120 members elected proportionally from 4 districts across the province. The House elects a Speaker from among its members who serves as the de-facto leader of the body. It also selects a majority and a minority leader. Members of the House are also members of the Brun-South General Congress which elects the Premier. For a piece of legislation to become law it needs to pass through both the House of People's and the Brun-South Provincial Council. The House can override a Council veto with a 3/5ths majority vote.

The Workers' Party
After world war 1 the Brun-South Workers' Party was found to promote workers rights and left-wing politics. It was organised as a merger of several left-wing, pro-worker groups in order to consolidate their vote and have a better chance at entering government. At first they were unable to defeat the Liberals but eventually formed a government in 1944, riding the momentum from the several Labour victories in the early and mid 1900s. The government was stable but due to scandals collapsed 8 years after its formation, loosing the 1952 elections to the Brun-South House of People's in a landslide.

Liberal Party
The Liberal Party of Brun-South is the local equivalent of the Liberal Party. It has been governing Brun-South for the longest time. The Liberals led the local government from 1952 to 1988. During that time they provided stability to the province but many criticised them about not advancing workers' right. After introducing a privatisation plan, approved in 1887 by the national government, major strikes begun. There were calls for the incumbent Liberal Premier to resign but he refused. This led to the Liberals soundly loosing the 1988 People's House elections, bringing in another Workers' Party government.

Workers' Party Collapse
After winning the 1988 elections the Workers' Party had trouble unifying itself. The radical wing called for a mass nationalisation program while the moderate wing of the party wanted to deliver change. Since the moderates were the biggest faction they presented their Welfare and Workers' Right plan before the House of People's. The bill failed soundly after some Workers' Party MPs withdrew their support since they believed the bill wasn't radical enough. Many dissatisfied members of the Workers' party's moderate wing left to form the Progressive Alliance which eventually merged with the Liberals to become the Progressive-Liberal Party. The Workers' Party was able to remain in government following these defections, holding exactly 76 votes out of the 150 total in the Brun-South General Congress. That however, didn't last long after another group defected a few months later to form the Social Democratic Alliance. Together the SDA and the Progressive-Liberal Party with support from the National Democratic Party formed a new government. The Workers' Party collapsed soon after with the radicals forming the Revolutionary Group and the center of the party the Brunder Union.

Progressive-Liberal & SDA Administrations
The Progressive-Liberal administration begun in 1991 with Cristian Oconnell being confirmed Premier by the General Congress thanks to votes from the SDA, PLP and NDP. He promised to uphold stability above everything after the chaos following the Workers' Party's collapse. He held Brun-South together until 1996 where following the election to the House of People's a right wing group, concerned about the PLP's shift to the left defected to form Civic Democracy, a center-right party. Oconnell resigned after that. He was replaced as premier by Tom Charlton from the Social Democratic Union. The Progressive-Liberal-SDA alliance has held the premiership ever since.

Brunder Union
The Brunder Union was established in 1991 following the collapse of the Workers' Party. It was founded by members of the center wing of the WP and advocates for Democratic Socialism. Historically the party was consistently being third in elections, behind the PLP and SDA, however, recently that has changed. Due to their charismatic leader, Mike Amess, the party has surged to new heights, going as far as winning the most recent 2020 election. The party has moderated considerably since its founding though many still distrust it for its past. After winning the most recent election to the House of People's the Brunder Union was able to elect their leader Speaker after forming a coalition with other left-wing parties and pledging support to the local Abester movement.

Social Democratic Alliance
The SDA were the second faction to break away from the Workers' Party. They're on the center-left but have shown interest about working with further left parties. Their leader, Michael Adams is considered broadly on the left wing of his party. Historically the party has always been in the top 2 since its founding and has usually worked with the Progressive-Liberals.