Brun-South General Congress

The Brun-South General Congress is made up of all the members of the Brun-South House of People's and the Brun-South Provincial Council. The 150 member body is assembled every time after an election to one of the chambers above or when a vote of no confidence passes through the House or Council. The General Congress is tasked with electing the Premier of Brun-South.

1st Liberal Party Government
The Liberal Party had very strong showings in the first elections to the House of People's and Provincial Council. While the right was fairly united behind the Liberals the left was divided between the moderate Labour Party and the more radical Socialist Party. This ensured the Liberals held a majority in the General Congress for a long time before the left parties united to form the Workers' Party. The Liberal government focused on enshrining the role of devolution in the province.

1st Workers' Party Government
The Workers' Party is a merger between the Socialist Party, the Labour Party and several other left wing parties. They united in 1943 in hopes of being able to form a government after the 1944 election. The Liberals were plagued by unpopularity after being in government for 12 years many were not particularly enthused about them. They were still slightly ahead of the Workers' Party, however, after several scandals were exposed a group of 8 Liberal MPs and 4 Liberal Counsellors quit the party to form the National Alliance. The momentum from the several Labour victories in the early and mid 1900s, the scandals and the new party created the perfect storm for the Liberal Party. The Workers' Party was able to win a majority to the General Congress in the coming election. Due to this it was able to make significant advances in workers' rights, welfare and socialisation of the economy. The government was stable until the 1950 elections to the Provincial Council when it lost its majority in the General Congress while the liberals were slowly recovering. The Workers' Party also able to sway a few independents in order to remain in power but after the 1952 elections to the House of People's the government fell and was succeeded by a Liberal-National coalition.

2nd Liberal Party Government
After forming a coalition with the National Alliance the Liberals were able to form their second government. Under different Premiers the Liberals have led Brun-South from 1952 to 1988 mostly due to a divided opposition. 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 1987 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 until the 2020 Brun-South General Congress.