3025 Conservative Leadership Election

A leadership ballot will be held before 31st December 3025 to elect the next leader of the Conservative Party. The winner of the contest will succeed Beau Martin as prime minister on 1 January 3026.

Prime Minister Beau Martin stood down following a dispute over the potential for a DCM and Paxemese trade agreement.

Procedure

The Conservative caucus release the rules for their leadership contest, which is now scheduled to take place on 5 December. Candidates will require the nominations of two sitting assemblymen (this may include themselves, should they be an assemblyman). Then, nominated candidates will face in a first round, with a majority of the caucus (14 votes) required to win. Should no candidate win an outright majority on the first ballot, subsequent ballots will be held, with the last-place finisher in each round being eliminated. At any point, if a candidate receives a majority of the Assembly Conservative caucus, they will be designated the winner.

Candidates

Declared candidates

• Audrick Hill, former prime minister (3019; 3020); former foreign minister (3025)
• Iman De'Ath, cities minister (3025-present); former deputy prime minister (3025); former trade minister (3022; 3024; 3025); former foreign minister (3020); former environment minister (3020-3021)
• Abigail Went, former leader of the National Assembly (3022-3023); corporate sectors minister (3022); former first minister of state (3022); former transportation minister (3020)
• Ben Bravatnik, former junior minister for energy (3022-3023)

Speculated candidates

• Basil Lethbridge, chancellor of the Exchequer (3025-present); chairman of the Conservative party (3025-present); former environment minister (3021-3022; 3022); former foreign minister (3022-3023); former social policy minister (3025)
• Gerald Stevenson, deputy prime minister (3025-present); security minister (3025-present); former trade minister (3019); former foreign minister (3019); former defence minister (3022-3023)
• Jan Rau, foreign minister (3025-present); environment minister (3025); security minister (3025); speaker of the National Assembly (3024-3025)
• Rab Bennet, energy minister (3025-present); chancellor of the Exchequer (3022-3023); culture, media, & sport minister (3022)
• Jacob Erin-Strife, social policy minister (3025-present); first minister of state (3019); leader of the National Assembly (3019)
• Ray Banes, chief secretary to the prime minister (3025-present); energy minister (3025); social policy minister (3025); leader of the opposition (3024-3025)

Declined to be candidates

• Luke Ford (endorsed Hill)
• Silas Braun (endorsed Hill)
• Sal Mackenzie (endorsed Hill)
• Bernard Canterbury (endorsed Lethbridge)
• Lia Caturla
• Edward Krushner
• Owen Lassiter