Michelle Keyes

Michelle Keyes is a former Chancellor of Cantonia.

Elected to parliament in 2250, Keyes stayed in parliament for over three decades. In 2275 she joined the shadow cabinet for the first time after being a "rowdy backbencher that finally needed elevating to shut her up" according to one colleague. She became Shadow Minister of Science and Technology and was a major pain in the but for Leader of the Opposition Sarah Mandel. But Keyes became very popular with the backbenchers and other members and eventually ousted Mandel in 2280, becoming Leader of the Moderate Party.

In the 2282 Cantonia Election Keyes became Chancellor after two years as opposition leader. Keyes served during one of the greatest economic booms in Cantonian history as the nation massively expanded its international trade agenda, thanks to Keyes and her Foreign and Trade Secretaries. Keyes was very popular, focusing on simple economic reforms, reducing taxes and regulation, and strengthening the nation's international involvement and defense.

Keyes won the largest majority of any Chancellor in the 2286 Cantonia Election, taking 277 seats and over 60% of the vote. Following more popular economic and defense policies, especially her tough international policies, Keyes won the 2290 Cantonia Election by an even larger landslide than the previous one, taking over 300 seats for the first time in Cantonian history and 61% of the vote, just barely edging out her vote number in 2286. She set the record for the most votes ever cast for a party in 2290.

The election of 2294 resulted in a hung parliament, with 211 seats being won by the New Democratic Party and the Moderate Party. Michelle Keyes became heavily unpopular due to her participation in the War of the Southern Hemisphere, stationing troops all across the globe. One democrat, Brenda Corlaps, jumped ship on the first ballot for Chancellor, re-electing Keyes, who would've lost on the second ballot, as the constitution requires the winner to then come from the party with the most popular votes, which would've been the NDP's Adden.

Keyes would serve only a fraction of her term, being ousted in a vote of no confidence later.