Cole Strathclyde

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Cole Strathclyde, Leader of the Loyal Opposition.

Leader of the Loyal Opposition Cole Strathclyde is the leader of the Liberal Party caucus in the Auburn House of Commons. He is also a Member of Parliament for Kentcastle. Strathclyde was born on Rhodesia, where his father—Jackson D. Strathclyde—was serving as the Royal Governor of Rhodesia and the Minister of Rhodesia, two positions which are intertwined. The Liberal Party was ousted from office eight years after Strathclyde was born. Strathclyde's father lost his seat as a representative for one of Auburn's districts, and right before the Chancellor's successor was inaugurated, Strathclyde was given a seat in the Chamber of Earls. The earldom of Kentwick and Kentcastle was newly create just for Jackson Strathclyde. At this time, Cole Strathclyde went to the University of Auburn, Kentcastle, where he performed well and majored in political science. He immediately came into conflict with his cousin, David Strathclyde, whom he met when he was visiting Kentcastle, as David Strathclyde was raising money for a Conservative Party fundraiser. Cole immediately joined the Liberal Party after graduating college, and with his father's help, he ran for a seat on the Kentcastle City Council.

Cole was elected by a plurality, and he was elected by the rest of the council as the City Manager—a purely honorific position. The manager was seen as the leader of the city, but the legislature of Auburn soon passed a bill adding a "Lord President of Council" to the city, and Jackson Strathclyde became the Lord President of Council. Resigning from the council, he ran for the position of MP for Kentcastle. He won easily, and became the whip of the socialist caucus of the house of commons. Five years later, he became the whip of the Liberal MPs, and ten years after that he became the Leader of the Opposition, as the Conservative's hold on the legislature of Auburn is over 65% of all the seats in the House of Lords (the upper house in the Auburn legislature) and the House of Commons. The Liberal Party, however, made a significant gain in the House of Commons, while a net loss in the House of Lords. Cole lives in the Kentcastle neighborhood of Highcastle, where he owns a 50,000 square foot home that he inherited from his uncle.