Abigail Henneberry (born 1971) was Prime Minister of Canada from 2005 to 2006, interrupting Mason Lorde's terms.
Biography[]
Abigail Henneberry was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada in 1971, and she worked as an accountant before entering politics with the Liberal Party of Canada. She was elected to the House of Commons in 2004, and, in 2005, she was elected Prime Minister to succeed the term-limited incumbent Liberal PM Mason Lorde, winning a 13-8 vote to defeat Conservative Party of Canada leader Lily Zimmerman.
Premiership[]
Under Henneberry, the Commons voted 12-5 to legalize gambling, 11-5 to keep public libraries, 16-12 to approve a public smoking ban, 7-13 to oppose an NDP-proposed extension of prime ministerial terms to 55 weeks, and 12-12 to oppose a reduction of the constitutional amendment threshold to 51%. In early 2006, the Liberals dropped to 28.62% and 8 seats, the Tories dropped to 28.42% and 8 seats, the NDP rose to 23.33% and 7 seats, the Greens rose to 11.14% and 3 seats, the BQ dropped to 8.49% and 2 seats. Henneberry won re-election in a 15-10 vote, defeating Conservative leader Zimmerman. The Commons then voted 13-6 to reduce the constitutional threshold to 51%, 20-1 to set terms at 55 weeks each, and 18-4 to allow for Prime Ministers to serve 4 terms. The Commons then approved a government scholarship in a vote of 24-1, arts subsidies in a vote of 19-7, and sex education in a vote of 15-8. In the ensuing election of November 2006, the Conservatives won 27.78% and 8 seats, the Liberals won 27.32% and 7 seats, the NDP won 24.12% and 7 seats, the Greens won 10.91% and 3 seats, the BQ won 9.88% and 3 seats. In the ensuing premiership election, Lorde ran for another term as Prime Minister and was elected 17-10, and Henneberry stepped down.