January 3026 Republican leadership spill: Difference between revisions

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A leadership spill for the republican caucus in the National Assembly was held on 26 January 3026, following a challenge to the leadership of former prime minister Audrick Hill by Ray Banes, who won a by-election to return to the Assembly in the day prior. The contest was joined by nationalist backbencher Gordon Teal, who advocated for imperioscepticism and the re-annexation of Shipley and the Newton.

The spill motion required that the leadership be vacated and voted upon. As such, the winning candidate required a majority of the party room to back them in order to be elected. The last-place finishing candidate in any given round was eliminated from consideration, and voting was expected to continue until a single candidate emerged with a majority. The number of republican assemblymen at the time of the leadership spill was 24. As such, a majority was 13.


Candidate	Home city	Prior office(s)	First round		Second round
Ray Banes	Juneville	Governor-General of Wiltshire (3026)
Audrick Hill	Washington	Prime Minister of Wiltshire (3019; 3020; 3025-3026)
Gordon Teal	Juneville	Assemblyman (3025-present)
Total			24	100%	24	100%

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-A leadership spill for the Republic Party of Wiltshire was held on 17 January 3026 following the party's defeat at the [[3026 Wiltshire general election|3026 general election]]. The incumbent leader, ousted prime minister Audrick Hill, was challenged by republican nationalist Gordon Teal, as well as former liberal leader Kirk Ashford. Hill defeated Teal on the second ballot by a single vote, signalling a weakness in his command of the opposition republican caucus.
+A leadership spill for the republican caucus in the National Assembly was held on 26 January 3026, following a challenge to the leadership of former prime minister [[Audrick Hill]] by [[Ray Banes]], who won a by-election to return to the Assembly in the day prior. The contest was joined by nationalist backbencher Gordon Teal, who advocated for imperioscepticism and the re-annexation of Shipley and the Newton.
-The spill was called by Teal over his concerns that Audrick Hill's ambition was blinding him to encroaching progressivism. Furthermore, Teal favoured a return to the divided opposition that existed back in the civil war era, where a conservative republican party and a liberal republican party would unite in an electoral union. Hill opposed this, calling the united Republican party a core element of their strategy to return to government. Seeing an opportunity to return to party leadership, former liberal leader Kirk Ashford mounted a bid. He did, however, fail to gain the support of many of his liberal colleagues, who mostly backed Audrick Hill.
+The spill motion required that the leadership be vacated and voted upon. As such, the winning candidate required a majority of the party room to back them in order to be elected. The last-place finishing candidate in any given round was eliminated from consideration, and voting was expected to continue until a single candidate emerged with a majority. The number of republican assemblymen at the time of the leadership spill was 24. As such, a majority was 13.
-== Results ==
 {| class="wikitable"
+|+
 !Candidate
 !Home city
+!Prior office(s)
 ! colspan="2" |First round
 ! colspan="2" |Second round
+|-
+|Ray Banes
+|Juneville
+|[[Governor-General of Wiltshire]] (3026)
+|
+|
+|
+|
 |-
 |Audrick Hill
 |Washington
-|10
+|[[Prime Minister of Wiltshire]] (3019; 3020; 3025-3026)
-|40%
+|
-|'''13'''
+|
-|'''52%'''
+|
+|
 |-
 |Gordon Teal
-|Arches
-|'''11'''
-|'''44%'''
-|12
-|48%
-|-
-|Kirk Ashford
 |Juneville
-|4
+|Assemblyman (3025-present)
-|16%
+|
-| colspan="2" |''Eliminated''
+|
+|
+|
 |-
-| colspan="2" |Total
+| colspan="3" |Total
-|25
+|24
 |100%
-|25
+|24
 |100%
 |}
-Following the result, Hill invited Teal to join his shadow cabinet. Teal refused the offer, opting instead to remain on the backbenches. Ashford was widely shunned by the leadership, as his candidacy was seen as a spoiler for Hill on the first ballot. His losing to Teal on the first ballot created the perception of a significant weakness. Ashford's own brother, Aaron, refused to back him, instead supporting Hill. Kirk Ashford was shortly thereafter expelled from the republican caucus later in 3026 for disloyalty and plotting against Audrick Hill.