Elections in the United Provinces

Elections in the United Provinces are part of the country's democratic process to routinely choose creatures to lead it, including the President, members of the Senate and the House of Representatives (the two houses of Parliament).

2015

 * See main article: United Provinces presidential election, 2015

2019
The United Provinces are set to hold presidential elections on 4 May 2019 (the first Saturday of May), per a constitutional amendment passed in late 2018. It is going to be the 2nd direct presidential election in the newly-reformed United Provinces and the 5th overall since the establishment of democracy following the Snowinn Civil War in 2003. Incumbent Simon McClark is seeking reelection to a second consecutive term.

The United Provinces has a two-round presidential election system, where, if no candidate gets an outright majority, the election goes to a second round exactly two weeks later, with just the top two candidates. On 18 May, no candidate reached a majority of over 50% and a second round of the election will take place on 1 June 2019.

Background
The fall of Robert Smith and the victory of Simon McClark and his Liberal Democratic Party at the presidential and parliamentary elections effectively led to the collapse of the Conservative Party. The Conservative Party has been in shambles since then with no clear leader, apart from Patrick Smith, who, as a result of association with his brother and his similar Snowinian nationalist approach to foreign politics, is very unpopular with an approval rating constantly hanging between 25-30%. The Conservative Party strengthened after the 2017 snap parliamentary elections, which Prime Minister Lena Sanders declared hoping to secure a big majority in the Parliament thanks to Conservative weakness - however, an incredibly inefficient campaign resulted in the Liberal Democrats losing their seats and the Conservatives gaining, causing Lena Sanders to resign and delivering a significant blow to Simon McClark's presidency.

At around 45% approval, Simon McClark is the most popular politician in the United Provinces - he is surprisingly popular for a prime minister late in his first term. All other politicians have lower approval ratings than his, meaning that other candidates would have to work really hard if they want to have any chance to remove McClark from the presidency. McClark is largely popular for his expansion of welfare programs in the country, as well as the expansion of the Western Union and a largely peaceful, bloodless foreign policy - however, he is criticized for what some call his "smug behavior", his stubbornness and at times refusal to compromise, as well as elitism. Furthermore, he is unpopular for his close ties to businessmen and bankers.

Candidates
The first candidate to declare his candidacy was Simon McClark, the incumbent president, who did so at a rally in Winsburg on January 31, 2019. Others, such as Patrick Smith and Lena Sanders, entertained the idea of running for president. Penstubal, the infamous owner of the Penstubal Post, too said he is considering running for president of the United Provinces, despite not living there anymore, because "he's tired of McClark's tyranny" and "brothers and sisters in Acadia being pushed around". Friends of Penstubal, however, have said he is most likely not going to run, but then again, nobody knows if Penstubal might change his mind as he does every few moments.

Individuals who have publicly expressed interest

 * Lena Sanders, Prime Minister of the United Provinces (2013 - 2017) - ultimately failed to submit her candidacy by the final date for candidacy submissions, 18 April.

Individuals who have refused to run

 * John Patrick Penstubal, CEO of the Penstubal Post since 2018 - initially considered running, but later changed his mind, saying that "politics is a stupid game where nothing ever changes" and "I will never be a politician ".
 * Patrick Smith, Prime Minister of the United Provinces (2019 - present) - said he will not run at this time and will try to shape the country's internal and foreign policy through his role as Prime Minister and Foreign Minister.

Campaign
The campaign for the presidency effectively started with Simon McClark declaring his presidential bid on 31 January 2019 in Winsburg, having previously hinted he would seek reelection to a second term back in the fall of 2018. At his first rally, McClark unleashed typical campaign rhetoric - he called the opposition leaders "fools who want to revert the progress we have made over the last four years" and he proclaimed the Western Union as "the greatest project I've worked on in my lifetime". He also attacked Acadia, calling it "immature" and "uncompromising", as well as urging for the United Provinces to give strong support to Hockey Manlet and apologize for his arrest by the Acadian government, although he stopped short of actually doing that and seriously proposing that - many noticed this was nothing more than a speech to rouse up the crowd and get it to unite behind McClark.

McClark held several rallies throughout February and March, including a major speech in Winsburg on 29 March 2019, in which he proudly declared "that our country is better, stronger, safer, more secure, more free and more successful than it was four years ago". He declared that his vision for the United Provinces is continuing the "unbelievable progress we have made over the years". He declared that the United Provinces is one of the biggest leaders on the Antarctic stage thanks to the Western Union, a project he claims "united various culturally different countries into one diverse and strong union".

Early Campaign
On 17 March, member of parliament Gideon Iceberger declared his candidacy on the Social Democratic Party's ballot, saying that McClark's "neoliberal machine" must be stopped and that McClark is "a fake centrist". Iceberger unleashed attacks on McClark unseen by any politicians in years, saying that McClark "sold the country out to Shops" and voiced strong opposition to the Western Union, which he says was "made by rich bankers". Gordan Todorović, a Conservative Party candidate, proceeded to announce his candidacy on 25 March 2019, declaring that It is time to restore family values in this nation. McClark and Iceberger later mocked him, calling him "a closeted fascist who wants to force his values on everybody", despite that clearly not being at all what he suggested, but McClark and Iceberger made the smear against him simply to gain votes anyway.

On 2 April 2019, a second person announced his candidacy for the Conservative Party - Vladika Marković, who was even more radical than Gordan Todorović and stated that "there must be no compromise in restoring the old social order and norms in our country". McClark mocked him as out of touch with today's generations, and touted his own record as "the most progressive candidate in the race", something which Iceberger repeatedly mocked during the campaign, stating that McClark "takes money from big corporations" and "is a neoliberal globalist who supports laws that exploit and enslave the worker". McClark retaliated by joking "Alright Bolshy, calm down there a little!". McClark's campaign to smear Iceberger as a communist sympathizer was incredibly successful as he asked the Snowinns the question "Do you really want a return to totalitarianism?" - at the same time McClark managed to hurt his right-wing opponents as well because the totalitarian dictatorship that McClark helped bring down in the 1990s was propped up by them.

One more candidate entered the race on 3 April 2019, Branko Reformer, born Branko Lazarević, who changed his surname to put an emphasis on his record as a person supporting reforms and progressive politics. Reformer came to be known as the main advocatve of so-called "social justice politics" in the United Provinces by calling for reparations to be given to every citizen of Pennese ethnicity for the war of the 1990s and the genocide committed under Francisco Ferinco's regime - this was mocked by virtually all Snowinn ethnicity politicians in this country, although in the end McClark was hurt the most as he failed to properly state what his stance on Reformer's proposal is.

Late Campaign
The campaign ultimately proved to be very tense and all the candidates were incredibly close in the polls. The first debate took place on 27 April, with all of the aforementioned candidates present - several other candidates were filed in the meantime as well, but they failed to gather the 5% of support in polls necessary in order to be allowed into the debates. The first debate was moderated by the Radio Television of Snowiny (RTS) network and took place in Shallow Crossroads, Kanowa - the heartland of Snowiny. Every candidate tried to appeal to rural voters in the heartland by saying that "agrarian values are under attack" and that "the heartland was virtually forgotten by the politicians and bureaucrats in Winsburg". McClark failed to respond properly to Iceberger's accusations that he was out of touch with the working class and the Conservatives' accusations that he was out of touch with farmers and laborers all across the countryside - the rural voters. Both Iceberger and his right-wing colleagues attacked McClark for the decline of rural communities, the dying of the heartland, the rusting-out factories and loss of workplaces, and migration into the cities - McClark defended this as "natural", and that damaged him in the polls - he later said he misspoke when he said that.

A second debate took place on 4 May, followed by a last one prior to the election and potential first round on 11 May. In early May, McClark criticized Ed Island harshly and called for investigating its penguin rights record, attempting to boost Snowinn nationalism by doing that and encouraging Snowinns to come out to vote for him. McClark rose slightly in the polls, but dropped shortly after. McClark warned that, if he doesn't get re-elected, the country will "once again be returned to the dark ages", and warned that the Western Union, which he claims has brought so much prosperity for the country, will collapse. Iceberger pointed out that McClark started using fear tactics to try to coerce voters into supporting him, but that did not hurt McClark in the polls.

Result
No candidate received an outright majority on the ballot on 18 May, and a second round will be held on 1 June. McClark won the first round with around 35% of the vote, followed by Iceberger with around 24%, meaning that the second round contest would be between them two - McClark won once again, with around 53% of the vote to Iceberger's 47%. Iceberger conceded defeat and congratulated McClark on his victory, but declared "my first for a just, equal, inclusive and fair Snowiny is not yet over". Iceberger declared that the people of the United Provinces have given his party a mandate to be part of a new coalition government with McClark (which McClark denounced as an absurd idea).

McClark celebrated his reelection win as a "major victory for the UP people", stating that the result proves he has "the full support of the people and the legitimacy to continue serving as president". McClark described his victory as "a victory for a stronger United Provinces, a more progressive United Provinces and a victory for the future of the United Provinces". He also applauded the voters of the country for "rejecting extremism" and denounced Iceberger as an extreme leftist whose radical views do not represent the majority of Snowinns (despite Iceberger himself personally not being a political radical and despite him getting 47% of the vote, almost a majority).

International Reaction
The international community, throughout the election campaign, seemed to be heavily biased in favor of Simon McClark, with President Lavender once, while acknowledging he's also a "scrub", calling him a stabilizing force in Antarctica. Acadia was one of the most fierce supporters of McClark's campaign, and President Esser was not hiding his support for McClark, despite his criticism of the Acadian government and his support for democratization after the Achadia Crisis. McClark enjoyed significant support from the Western Union and its member states in general, and was praised as a "founding father" of the union. On the other hand, however, East Pengolia's government criticized McClark and seemed to have unintentionally endorsed Iceberger, with Iceberger refusing to comment on the endorsement and McClark using it to smear Iceberger as a person who has the support of communist dictatorships.

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Trivia

 * This was the second presidential election to take place in the reformed United Provinces, the previous having taken place in 2015.

2023
The 6th quadrennial United Provinces presidential election, 2023 took place in September 2023 with the first round being on 6 September and the second on 20 September. Thomas Anderson of the Conservative Party was ultimately triumphant over the Larry Trudeau of the Labour Party (before 2020 it used to be called the Socialist Party). President Anderson was inaugurated on 20 November 2023, 2 months after the second round vote.

Simon McClark was limited to two terms and therefore could not run for a third one. His party nominated James Franklin, who finished third place in the first round of the election. After Franklin failed to enter the second round, McClark endorsed Trudeau of the Labour Party, hoping that Trudeau would get to be the next president instead of Anderson who he viewed as an inexperienced person, but the endorsement had an opposite effect and gave Anderson the lead in most polls. On 20 September 2023, Anderson won 52% of the vote to 47% for Trudeau, becoming the 4th democratically elected President of the United Provinces.

2015
The 2015 parliamentary election was the first UP parliamentary election. The Liberal Party under Lena Sanders won 32.67% of the vote, therefore winning 32.67% of the seats, or 49 out of 150 seats in the Parliament.

Each party had their nominee by the middle of August and had over a month to campaign. Smith ran a very aggressive campaign against McClark and Sanders, claiming he is incompetent and was a very weak president, especially in his dealing with East Pengolia and terrorism. Raymond attacked McClark and Sanders as terrorist supporters and traitors, which according to several polls, 88% of the population denounced. Smith was very popular because of his surname, but also very unpopular because of it too. Smith was given a lot of media attention as a possible next Prime Minister. Smith was in the lead in some early polls before and during March, mainly because of McClark's handling of the January Crisis. After the election, Sanders and McClark were accused of rigging it, a statement which the Liberal Party camp strongly denied.

2017
The United Provinces parliamentary election, July 2017 was originally scheduled for 2019 to be held alongside presidential elections but Prime Minister Lena Sanders and President Simon McClark decided to call for an early election on 11 June 2017, to be held on 1 July 2017, as a result of the break up for the Liberal-Conservative coalition. All 49 Liberal MPs, all 41 Conservative MPs, all 24 Nationalist MPs and 18 Socialist MPs all voted in favor of holding early elections, amounting to total number of 132 votes out of 150 for.

Polling before the end of April showed Conservatives holding a slight lead. However, in early May, a combined effect of the party going into a state of disarray and crisis regarding Acadia made Liberals jump very highly up in the polls. The President called for a snap election confident he would achieve a majority as at that point his party was very far ahead of Conservatives in the polls, but the situation eventually stabilized.

The country uses a proportional system of representation meaning if a party gets 5% of the vote that's how many seats they will get (5% of the seats). However, a party must get minimum 5% to enter Parliament unless it's a regional party (then it requires 1%). Liberals and Conservatives want to make it so it has to be 10% so they can have more power.

The country became very politically unstable as a result of the election and on 5 August a major bill to reform the legislative branch of the UP government has been proposed. A poll showed 78% of UP citizens would support such reform. It passed with 141 votes for, 5 votes against and 4 votes abstain on 9 August, and elections for both the newly-created Senate and the House of Representatives will be held soon, the October 2017 legislative elections.

Campaign
On 11 June 2017 the campaign officially began as the Prime Minister Lena Sanders called a snap election and it was approved by Parliament. Immediately, an unpopular campaign began. Traditionally, the two main parties are the Liberals and the Conservatives, as well as the Socialists and the Nationalists behind them. This year, the game was a lot different. Support increased for third party candidates, especially the Penland National Party and the Green Party, which surged in the polls during the weeks before the election. The establishment was widely despised this election and both Sanders and Smith were considered to represent it.

Sabato, leader of the Socialist Party, ran a campaign criticizing the government and advocating for more socialism. This resonated with workers and the Socialists started boosting in the polls as Le Ben was surging. Many Conservatives defected to the Nationalist Party, disgruntled with the state of the country. A poll showed what the citizens really think of the government - 43% of voters were angry, 23% were frustrated, 17% were fine with it and only 5% were satisfied.

Sanders was also heavily criticized and hated for refusing to attend debates. Refusing to attend first few debates heavily damaged her and brought Conservatives and Socialists much closer to her in the polls and so she started attending debates. Her party stabilized in the polls but her debate performance still failed to bring her to levels of support she had before when she called for the snap election.

The Green Party had elected Rosa Vikings for their leader and that gave them a significant boost in the polls. The Green Party suddenly started outperforming expectations, with their leader being charismatic, providing solutions many people agree with and participating in debates. The Green Party rise was dubbed 'completely unexpected' by the mainstream media. The Green Party started taking many voters who would otherwise go Socialist or Liberal and that became a problem for those two parties.

During the last few weeks of campaign Liberals made a sudden U-turn on Acadia: from lending support to a more harsh stance that could involve potential sanctions. As a result, the party gained in the polls, the Socialists started losing a ton and the Nationalists made big gains as they were the first and main ones to step out against the Liberal policy idea.

Quotes

 * "We must increase our leverage over Acadia and show them that we will not be intimidated." - Simon McClark, June 12 2017, in Casper, Caspian
 * "Western Union is far too damaging to our country and is tearing this country and this world apart! The Union must be dismantled now!" - Monica Le Ben, June 12, 2017, in Gronstay, Staplia
 * "Our jobs are going abroad. We must stop this job exodus now! Jobs must remain in the United Provinces and our workers must have fair wages and fair working conditions!" - Ted Sabato, June 12 2017, in Doriath, Kanowa
 * "We need a society in which everybody can make a living and not only the privileged people at the top! We need universal healthcare coverage and we need better environmental protection. This country is one of the greatest polluters in Antarctica, and that has to end." - Rosa Vikings, June 18 2017, in Dolphinas City.

Result


The exit poll that came out at 8:00 PM Snowinn time stunned the nation. The exit poll showed the Liberals just barely holding their status as the largest party: the exit poll showed 45 Liberal 44 Conservative 22 Nationalist 21 Socialist 13 Green 5 Penland National. Within a few hours full results started coming out and by the morning all votes were counted: the next Parliament will be arranged: 47 Liberal 43 Conservative 22 Socialist 21 Nationalist 12 Green 5 Penland National.

Nearly immediately after the exit poll was announced Monica Le Ben stepped down as the leader of the Nationalist Party, followed by Lena Sanders' announcement that she is stepping down just 2 hours later. She is going to officially submit her letter of resignation to the President on 2 July 2017 and President McClark will then have some time to appoint his Prime Minister, hopefully he will have made his choice before July 7 when the Parliament officially commences. Until that day Parliament is in recess and is dissolved.

Ted Sabato, Socialist Party leader, also expressed his disappointment and stepped down as the Socialist Party leader. His party was absolutely and ruthlessly crushed. The parties that celebrated that night were the Conservative Party, the Green Party and the Penland National Party. The PNP said that their entry into Parliament marked the beginning of a "new era" in Penland politics, and the party immediately announced they will soon be seeking a Penland independence referendum to be held in 2017 or 2018. The Green Party hailed their victory as the beginning of a brand new era in the country and announced they will immediately get to work on making the country a better place.

The Conservatives, meanwhile, cheered Patrick Smith's victory "as a sign of hope for the nation". A massive 20,000 penguin rally took place at the Conservative Party HQ in Winsburg where party leader Patrick Smith celebrated holding champagne in his right flipper. "The UP people today stood up and said 'NO, we are no longer going to take this any longer' to the establishment! Our people are sick and tired of the Liberal Party's globalist politics! We will no longer surrender our country any longer, and we will no longer intimidate or bully our friends and allies! Thank you all for supporting me, and long live the United Provinces!"

The Liberal Party declared this election was an "enormous defeat". Even though they won the election in terms of they have the most seats out of all parties, they still lost seats and failed to reach their goal of an overall majority. No party has an overall majority in the parliament, and the Parliament remains hung just like it was since Snowiny's liberation in 2003. Prime Minister Lena Sanders stepped down, stating that "the Liberal Party and the nation need fresh new leadership to guide the people forward. I am truly, truly sorry because of this debacle tonight". President Simon McClark gave a brief speech as well, stating that he will be "appointing a new Prime Minister that will be able to get the job done". He also ruled out any rumors that he might step down as President, which were promoted by the right after the exit poll.

The Nationalist losses stunned the world the most. Previously, people expected the Nationalists would gain more seats to become a larger party, but in the last few days prior to the election the polls showed otherwise.

After the results came out, stock markets worldwide started crashing down and the Varoe (PV$) started decreasing in value. The Liberal debacle caused a worldwide shock as many nations rooted for the Liberal Party and hoped it would win.

Reactions

 * Duckoldflag2.png Duck Island - President Fat Duck said he was disappointed the Nationalists did not get any more seats.
 * Magonia_flag.PNG Magonia - In an unofficial interview, Chancellor Slender remarked that he was glad that he had ‘requested’ for his hedge fund to short the Varoe a few days prior to the election, resulting in him earning a nice profit.
 * MAI.png Margate - President Mueller congratulates the Liberals on their close call.*
 * Tropicalis Flag.png Tropicalis - Many Tropicalians applauded the Liberal Party's victory while some also expressed some disappointment that their number of seats were reduced.

Coalition and Prime Minister
The parties now have to work out a coalition deal to form a minority government. Conservatives immediately stated: "We are never, ever again entering a coalition with the Liberals". Greens and Penland Nationals said they would form a coalition with the Socialists but not under the current party leadership and structure. The Nationalists said they are open to a coalition with the Conservatives, but the Conservatives rejected that offer, calling the Nationalists "extremists", realizing very well that a coalition with them would most certainly cost the party big the next election.

McClark now has to appoint a new Prime Minister. Immediately, the Conservatives threatened that they would "vote against any Prime Minister nominee the President has to offer unless they are a Conservative Party member". The Conservatives are calling for Patrick Smith to be appointed Prime Minister (he is currently Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs), and say that's the only choice they would accept. The Nationalists said they would back Smith for Prime Minister.

The Socialists are in turmoil and are completely divided over the Coalition issue and the Prime Minister issue. The party is on the verge of breaking up, as prominent member James Corbin says, and he says the party "must be immediately reformed fundamentally". He called for the party to be reformed into the Labour Party and to seek broader support across the political spectrum. Already there's a massive exodus from the party to the Green Party, which, at the moment, seems far more attractive to the people.

On 2 July, President McClark expressed his "grave concern" that there will never be a minority government because the Parliament is so divided and there are so many parties with differing views who already ruled out cooperating with one another. Both the Conservatives and Greens stated they will 'not be entering a coalition with the Liberals under any circumstances'. Privately, McClark was told that he will eventually have to call another parliamentary election before 2021. If he decided to call an election that would be very bad for him and Liberals would likely experience a massive debacle. McClark said he will "definitely not call another election because that would be a disaster".

After Parliament Convened
On 7 July, the UP Parliament convened. McClark still has no Prime Minister choice, nor does he have a minority coalition government. The same day, Liberal Party Leadership Elections have been triggered and happened on 14 July. However, all Nationalist, Conservative and Socialist MPs stated they would not accept whoever gets elected leader of the Liberal Party. On 14 July, MP Kendall Fremont was chosen Leader of the Liberal Party, defeating Parliament Speaker MP Hannah Kennedy. Kendall Fremont immediately held a speech in front of the Prime Minister's residence in Winsburg that the nation must "unite" after a difficult an turbulent election. However, his words were not heeded.

On 17 July, the Nationalist and Conservative parties issued ultimatums to McClark that demanded Patrick Smith become Prime Minister or else they will vacate the Parliament. Socialist MPs stated that although they do not support Patrick Smith becoming Prime Minister they will also vacate the Parliament and several Green and Liberal MPs followed to announce that as well. They said either that or McClark should resign (therefore the Parliament Speaker, Liberal MP Hannah Kennedy would become Acting President until the next presidential election in 2019). McClark said that resignation is not an option. They, however, issued a third option: another parliamentary election which would take place on 24 August. McClark rejected that as well.

Acting Prime Minister Patrick Smith cheeted: "When will Macky, the failure of a president, realize he cannot hold the country back like this? This is treason!". The cheet was recheeted by over 6,000 penguins and liked by over 9,000.

Political turmoil now dominates the UP landscape. It is unknown what will be the fates of President McClark, Acting Prime Minister Smith, Parliament Speaker Kennedy and Liberal Party Leader Fremont.

Penland Independence Referendum
The Penland National Party, in the 2017 state legislature elections in Penland, gained 48 seats out of 70 as the new party. On 12 July, it proposed a bill to the Penland Parliament to hold an independence referendum. It passed 50 for, 8 against, 12 abstain. Immediately, many Penland citizens went to the streets to protest this referendum that should be held on 3 September. But, they were outmatched by counter-protests in Penn City. Over 50,000 Penns protested in favor of independence and celebrated the referendum. The first poll was held on 15 July, however, and it revealed 38% are against independence, 45% in favor of independence and 17% don't know: this referendum requires at least 55% in favour in order to pass.

President McClark has immediately declared a referendum "is not going to happen" and said that any act of separation from the United Provinces would be deemed "illegal and incompatible with the Constitution and the laws". The Socialist, Nationalist and Conservative Party leaders agreed as well. The National Front for Change stated that the Penland issue must be solved in the best way possible for the United Provinces and Penland.

Parties
In brackets inside the Parliament section are seats lost/gained from previous election.

Debates
There have been 6 debates involving the party leaders in total. Patrick Smith won all 6 debates according to voters who were polled after the debates. Sanders' and McClark's popularities have fallen following the debates as Sanders skipped some debates and failed to bring up good arguments at those she did attend. Le Ben, who was surging prior to the First and Third debates, has fallen sharply in the polls. Patrick Smith kept about the same amount of support he always had after all those debates as well, as although his performances were good they weren't good enough to drastically change voters' minds.


 * 14 June 2017 Winsburg Debate:
 * Present Invitees: Smith (CON), Le Ben (NAT), Sabato (SOC)
 * Absent Invitees: Sanders (LIB)
 * Non-invitees: Vikings (GRE), Louise (RRP), Almond (AGR)


 * 17 June 2017 Penland Debate:
 * Present Invitees: Sabato (SOC), Surgeon (PNP), Louise (RRP), Almond (AGR)
 * Absent Invitees: Sanders (LIB), Smith (CON), Le Ben (NAT)


 * 20 June 2017 First Grand National Debate in Winsburg:
 * Present Invitees: Sanders (LIB), Smith (CON), Le Ben (NAT), Sabato (SOC), Surgeon (PNP), Vikings (GRE), Louise (RRP), Almond (AGR)


 * 22 June 2017 Dolphinas Town Hall:
 * Present Invitees: Sanders (LIB), Smith (CON)
 * Non-invitees: Le Ben (NAT), Sabato (SOC), Surgeon (PNP), Vikings (GRE), Louise (RRP), Almond (AGR)


 * 25 June 2017 Snowy City Debate:
 * Present Invitees: Sanders (LIB), Smith (CON), Sabato (SOC), Le Ben (NAT)
 * Non-invitees: Surgeon (PNP), Vikings (GRE), Louise (RRP), Almond (AGR)


 * 28 June 2017 Final Grand National Debate in Winsburg:
 * Present Invitees: Smith (CON), Le Ben (NAT), Sabato (SOC), Surgeon (PNP), Vikings (GRE), Louise (RRP), Almond (AGR)
 * Absent Invitees: Sanders (LIB)

Trivia

 * This was one of the most dramatic and tense elections in United Provinces because of the media attention, social media following and shock the campaign caused.