Leader of the Royalist Party

Leader of the Royalist Party
Incumbent Kenneth O'Conner since December 4, 2020
Status	Party leader
Member of	Royalist and Federalist Party
Appointer	Royalist National Committee
Term length	No official term limit
Formation	November 27, 1858 (1858-11-27)
First holder	Frederick Bachelor Sr.

The Leader of the Royalist Party is the leader and most senior figure of the Royalist and Federalist Party of the Kingdom of Sierra. The current leader is Kenneth O'Conner of the Inland Empire, who took office in 2020 following his victory in a party leadership election held towards the end of the year. To date, three party leaders have been women; Diana Jeong, Leslie Steele and Nemesis Heartwell, the latter of which previous served as prime minister from 2017 until 2020.

The position of Leader of the Royalist Party was established in 1858 at the time of the party's formation during the infant years of the Kingdom of Sierra. The post was first held by Frederick Bachelor Sr. who also served as the first Prime Minister of Sierra as well. Generally speaking, the role of the leader varies upon which office they hold and what's the status of the party in parliament. If the party is within the Official Opposition, then the party leader typically serves as the Leader of the Opposition and chairs the shadow cabinet for the duration of the party's time in the opposition. If the Royalists are in the incumbent governing party, the leader serves as the prime minister and chairs the cabinet.

Selection

The Leader of the Royalist Party is directly elected by registered members of the Royalist Party in a leadership election. The election is held across all PSAs where the party is active in (including members of the People's Party in the Deseret). The winner of the election becomes the party's leader and must win at least a simple majority, 50% at minimum, in order to be declared the winner. If no one wins at least 50% of the popular vote, a run-off election is held in order to determine the winner.

Following a leadership election, the results are certified by members of the Royalist National Committee, the party's governing body, at the Royalist National Convention held following a party leadership election where the winner is sworn in after the results have been certified. The convention typically lasts four days and also includes the crafting of the party's official platform and setting the current legislative and political agenda for the party for the foreseeable future.

List of party leaders

No.	Leader (birth–death)		Constituency	Took office	Left office	Prime Minister (term)
1	Frederick Bachelor Sr. (1803–1879)		North End	November 27, 1858	September 19, 1865		Himself (1858–1865)
2	Richard Trist (1822–1884)		Sacramento	September 19, 1865	January 13, 1874		Himself (1865–1867)
							Ulysses Perry (1867–1872)
							Himself (1872–1874)
							Ulysses Perry (1874)
TBD	Matthew Braggs (born 1957)		Lee and Ortega	September 2, 1992	September 27, 2004		Melinda Peters (1992–2000)
							Himself (2000–2004)
TBD	Diana Jeong (born 1957)		Stearns	September 27, 2004	March 19, 2008		Herself (2004–2008)
TBD	Evan Hutchison (born 1970)		Northwest Kings	August 4, 2008	October 16, 2012		Steven Hong (2008–2012)
TBD	Daniel McComb (born 1959)		Central Greater Bernheim	October 16, 2012	October 3, 2017		Steven Hong (2012–2016)
							Preston Bolivar (2016)
							Himself (2016–2017
TBD	Nemesis Heartwell (born 1988)		South Greater Bernheim	October 18, 2017	May 7, 2020		Herself (2017–2020)
TBD	Alexander Lee (born 1977)		South Saddleback	May 7, 2020	December 4, 2020		Susan Kwon (2020)
TBD	Kenneth O'Conner (born 1955)		Bristol Valley	December 4, 2020	Incumbent		Susan Kwon (2020–2022)
							Maggie Chan (2022–2024)
							Cedric Harrison (2024–present)

See also

• History of the Royalist Party of Sierra
• Leader of the Democratic-Republican Party
• Leader of the Libertarian Party of Sierra
• Leader of the Social Democrats