Council of States 1798



The 1798 election was the first election for the New Freedom Coalition party, founded by former Northern Union leader William Cress. Under new ideologies, a more moderate leadership style, and with brand new young candidates, the party picked up a vast amount of seats in their first election, but fell short of the majority. The 1798 election was also the first with the newly formed lower chamber of the legislature, the General Assembly, often refereed to just as Parliament. The chamber, being almost useless and only focusing on Judicial appointments at first, was barely contested and left room for lots of independents to hold office. Many went on to spring board into council seats, however.