Mark Edwin (born June 2, 2960) is a Wiltshirian politician serving as Leader of the Labour Party. Edwin was elected to the Wiltshire National Assembly in 3020 and is standing as a candidate for Prime Minister of Wiltshire in June 3020. Prior to his ascension to national politics, Edwin served as a member of the Washington City Council and as a candidate for Mayor of Washington E.R. in 3017.
Early life
Edwin was born to Andrew and Maria Edwin who were both industrial workers in the mining settlement at Solasos III. Edwin started his life in much the same way, working as an industrial worker. He was born on the settlement at Solasos III and stayed there until he was 21 years old.
His father died at aged 21, in 2981. This loss of security and stability for Edwin and his mother led them to make the decision to move from the corrupted and polluted mining colony to Vulcan - which was leading in talks with other planets to reform the United Federation of Planets.
Throughout the years prior to the reformation of the Federation, Vulcan remained a galactic center for education, research and science - as well as peace. Edwin arrived on Vulcan in 2982 and immediately started searching for work in the construction and mining industries. However, when this turned out to come to little (due to Vulcan's limited reliance on these industries), Edwin turned to education - in the hopes of applying for a monetary grant for students on Vulcan. Edwin was successfully admitted to the Vulcan Institute for Political Science and Economics and eventually went onto study at the University of Vulcan, achieving a strong first class degree in Liberal Arts in 2988.
In 2989, Edwin's mother, Maria, died and Mark moved from Vulcan to Earth and the capital of the newly reformed Federation. He arrived and worked in Washington E.R. as a policy and political analyst. Edwin worked for several members of the Federation Congress and eventually stood as a candidate for the Federation Congress, representing Earth. While Edwin's bid was unsuccessful, he still remained committed to politics in Washington and on Terra. During the Federation/C.E. war, Edwin relocated to France to work away from the front lines of the war. Edwin was not a soldier and wanted to continue his life in other ways. Throughout the war, Edwin didn't marry and didn't have any children. Following the war, Edwin was strongly in favour of Jaresh Inyo's settlement of Juneville and the surrounding Wiltshire settlements. Edwin returned to Washington in 3002 and has stayed there since. He continued to work in policy and the civil service, eventually running for Washington City Mayor in 3017 and getting elected to the City Council the following year.
In 3019, he was elected to lead the Washington Labour Party during the NCR occupation of Wiltshire, which expanded to be the Wiltshire Labour Party in January 3020.