The Commonwealth of America

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

This is my new timeline, and I plan to work on it along with my mini-timeline. It is set in a world where America and Britain compromised during the Revolution--America became a Dominion, much like Canada. It has a Prime Minister, and uses a parliamentary system.
Parliament is dissolved-New York Times, May 1st, 2012.
“In a unsurprising move, Prime Minister Barack Obama has asked the Queen to dissolve the Parliament, and call an election. The measure will be made official sometime this evening, according to a palace official. Once the dissolution is made official, the 2012 general election will be underway. A hypothetical poll shows Barack Obama’s governing Progressive Party with a slight lead over the Conservative Party, whose leadership contest is scheduled for next week….”

May 6th, 2012:

Romney wins Conservative Leadership Election!-Miami Tribune, May 7th 2012.
“MP Rick Santorum received 10 votes, Jon Huntsman 6, and Thad McCotter 3-all protest votes for the withdrawn candidates. Santorum thanked his supporters in the House of Commons on Hannity last night, but reiterated his endorsement of Mitt Romney, whom he endorsed two weeks ago. Other former leadership candidates, including Rick Perry, Michelle Bachmann, and Newt Gingrich, did not receive any votes, and all three endorsed Romney at the opening of the conference. Romney replaces MP John Boehner, who officially retires as Leader of the Opposition tomorrow….”

Mitt Romney, leader of the Conservative Party.
May 7th: 2012 General Election polling.
Progressive (Obama): 47.5%-207 Seats (-7.1%)
Conservative (Romney): 42.4%-184 Seats (+2.1%)
Libertarian (Johnson): 5.3%-23 Seats (+3.0)
Green (Kucinich): 3.7%-16 seats (+1.8%)
Reform (Ventura): 0.8%-3 Seats (+0.2%)
Peace and Freedom: 0.3%-1 Seat (-)

May 8th, 2012: Prime Minister Obama visits students at the University of Iowa, promising to ad Student Loan reform as part of his platform. The Conservative, Green, and Reform Parties put out statements supporting the measure. Only Gary Johnsons Libertarians voice opposition to the measure.

May 9th, 2012: Laurence Kotlikoff announces he will run as an independent for Parliament in the constituency of Cambridge, in Massachusetts. The seat is currently held by Progressive MP Mike Capuano.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Awesome! I'm assuming we'll receive a history of this commonwealth and of the monarchy?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Awesome! I'm assuming we'll receive a history of this commonwealth and of the monarchy?

Yes, you will I will go into much more detail tommorow.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Prime Ministers of the Commonwealth of America
1789-1795: George Washington (Independent)1795-1800: John Adams (Federalist)
1800-1807: Thomas Jefferson (Liberty)
1807-1810: John Adams (Federalist)
1810-1815: James Madison (Liberty)
1815-1820: James Monroe (Liberty)
1820-1821: John Q. Adams (Federalist-Whig coalition)
1821-1825: Henry Clay (Whig-Federalist coalition)
1825-1835: Andrew Jackson (Patriot)
1835-1840: John Calhoun (Patriot)
1840-1845: James Polk (Patriot)
1845-1851: Henry Clay (Unionist-Liberal coalition)
1851-1855: Daniel Webster (Union)
1855: Abraham Lincoln (Union)
1855-1856: Franklin Pierce (Patriot)
1856-1863: John Freemont (National Union)
1863-1868: Abraham Lincoln (National Union)
1868-1870: Edwin Stanton (National Union)
1870-1880: Ulysses Grant (National Union)
1880: Robert Lee (Conservative)
1880-1883: Samuel Tilden (Conservative-Liberal coalition)
1883-1890: Grover Cleveland (Conservative)
1890-1895: James Weaver (Liberal-Populist coalition)
1895-1901: William McKinley (Liberal)
1901-1909: Theodore Roosevelt (Progressive)
1909-1912: Alton Parker (Conservative)
1912-1919: Woodrow Wilson (Progressive)
1919-1923: Warren Harding (Conservative)
1923-1929: Calvin Coolidge (Conservative)
1929-1945: Franklin Roosevelt (Progressive)
1945-1946: Henry Wallace (Progressive)
1946-1950: Harry Truman (Progressive)
1950-1960: Dwight Eisenhower (Conservative)
1960-1963: John Kennedy (Progressive-Liberal coalition)
1963-1969: Lyndon Johnson (Progressive)
1969-1975: Richard Nixon (Conservative-American coalition)
1975: Gerald Ford (Conservative)
1975-1979: Scoop Jackson (Progressive)
1979-1989: Ronald Reagan (Conservative)
1989-1991: George Bush (Conservative)
1991-2000: Bill Clinton (Progressive)
2000-2009: George W. Bush (Conservative)
2009-Presdent: Barack Obama (Progressive)

Monarchs of the Commonwealth of America
George III (1789-1820)
George IV (1820-1830)
William III (1830-1836)
Victoria (1836-1901)
Edward VII (1901-1910)
George V (1910-1936)
Edward VII (1936)
George VI (1936-1953)
Elizabeth II (1953-present)

Commonwealth of America, Government of-© World Book, 2001
The Parliament consists of two Houses, the House of Commons, and the Senate. The Senate is the Upper House. Senators are elected every 7 years, and are tasked with approving bills from the House of Commons, and approving treaties. The Senate also has the power to remove and approve Federal Judges, and up until the ratification of the 28th Amendment in October of 1996, directly electing the Governor General.

The House of Commons hold elections every 5 years, though elections may be called anytime in between the set term. Members of the House of Commons are commonly referred to as “MPs”. MPs represent their constituencies, and are tasked with approving legislation, and forming a Government for the Monarch.

The Head of State is nominally the Monarch. The current Monarch is Elizabeth the II. She is also Queen of the United Kingdom, and the Dominions of the Bahamas, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, Jamaica, Grenada, Dominica, and Nigeria. To represent her duties in the Commonwealth of America, the position of Governor General exists. Governor Generals were elected by the Senate up until 1997, when the office was made elective. The 1997 election saw Independent Collin Powell defeating Progressive candidate Al Gore, in a runoff. Powell is up for reelection in 2002…


Prime Minister Obama and the Queen at Columbia Palace, Washington DC.
May 11th: The government of North Korea announces it has successfully tested a nuclear bomb. Prime Minister Obama and other world leaders condemn the test. American and British forces in South Korea are on alert. Virgil Goode, a Conservative MP, announces he is considering forming a new party to counter “the Libertarians and Conservatives as a true right wing alternative”. MP Sarah Palin of Wasilla, Alaska, and MP Michelle Bachmann of Minnesota make statements in support of Goode.

May 12th: Conservative leader Mitt Romney condemns Prime Minister Obama’s “weak” handling of Korea related issues. Former Libertarian leader and current spokesman Ron Paul criticizes Romney’s statements as “dangerously hawkish” and “the opposite of a true Conservative”. Michelle Bachmann reaffirms that she will stay with the Conservative Party, despite her earlier support for a new party by Goode.

May 13th: Virgil Goode, Gary Bauer, Franklin Graham, and Alan Keyes announce the formation of the Christian Values Party in Washington, DC. They all will seek seats in Parliament.

May 14th: Shadow Finance Minister Paul Ryan is heckled in a speech by Occupy Madison protestors, in Madison, Wisconsin. A similar event occurs when MP Scott Walker takes the stage at a rally in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.

May 15th: Prime Minister Obama holds a series of events in North Carolina. Shadow Secretary of State Condi Rice campaigns with Conservative MP Virginia Foxx in North Carolina to counter the Prime Minister.

May 16th: Prime Minister Obama and Opposition Leader Romney take time off the trail, and jointly introduce the Student Loan Reform Act of 2012 to the House of Commons. The act significantly reduces interest rates on Federal Student Loans, and provides tax credits for those who take private loans, and are trying to pay them back. Activist Van Jones accepts the Peace and Freedom Party leadership and announces he will challenge Jerry Brown as the “Occupy” candidate for the Constituency of Oakland.

May 17th: Rasmussen releases a new poll for the 2012 General Election. MP Joe Lieberman, the only "Independent Progressive" member of the House of Commons, announces he will not seek reelection in the November General Election.

May 17th: 2012 General Election polling.
Progressive (Obama): 44.4%-193 Seats (-3.1%)
Conservative (Romney): 42.6%-185 Seats (+0.2%)
Libertarian (Johnson): 6.1%-26 Seats (+0.8%)
Green (Kucinich): 5.7%-24 Seats (+2.0%)
Reform (Ventura): 0.6%-3 Seats (-0.2%)
Christian Values (Goode): 0.3%-1 Seat (+0.3%)
Peace and Freedom (Jones): 0.3%-1 Seat (-)

Obama and Romney campaigning in North Carolina, and New Hampshire respectively.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Just a few quick notes..

The capital of the COA (Commonwealth of America) is in Washington DC, its real life capital. The capital was named for the first Prime Minister, George Washington. Columbia Palace is the exact same as our White House, and Capital Hill is still the seat of the legislature.

Foreign Affairs are the same, but the COA and UK are much more close to each other in this world compared to ours.

[Negusa Nagast 🚀]

How big is the House of Commons? 435 Seats?

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

How big is the House of Commons? 435 Seats?

Yes, and the districts are the exact same, except for the names. For example, FL 22 is now the constituency of "Palm Beach", etc. And a few people are in the Commons who are not in the House of Representatives, and vice versa. Im working on a master list of the Senators, and, much, much, later, the MP's in the Commons.

Edit: Im working on a master list of all MP's as of 2013...I am up to California's 13th district, or the constituency of Freemont, in this timeline...

[Jerseyrules]

Keep it coming! 

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

I have a update coming soon regarding a by-election. Can anyone give me some pointers on how to make a wikipedia infobox based off a normal US House Election infobox with alternate parties?

[H.E. VOLODYMYR ZELENKSYY]

Keep it up! I like royalist timelines.

[FEMA Camp Administrator]

Keep it coming! 

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

May 18th: Former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani announces he will run as a Conservative for Parliament in the constituency of Manhattan-South. He faces the scandal plagued sitting MP Anthony Weiner, of the Progressive Party, and Donald Trump, of the Reform Party.

May 19th: Former MP Pat Buchanan refutes speculation that he will seek a seat in parliament as a Christian Values or National Front candidate and endorses the Conservative Party. Rachel Maddow of the Rachel Maddow show announces she will endorse Jill Stein (the Green Party candidate) in her home constituency of Cambridge, Massachusetts.

May 20th: The by-election for Cochise constituency is held. The seat was held by MP Gabby Giffords up until her assassination attempt in early January 2011. Giffords resigned in April of 2012. The seat was vacant until the election.


Gabe Zimmerman, an aide to former MP Giffords, won the election handily. 

May 21st: Former MP Giffords appears in her first media appearance since resigning. She talks at great length about the 2011 Tucson shooting, her recovery, and her successor, Gabe Zimmerman.

May 22nd: The House of Commons passes the Student Loan Reform Act of 2012 401-34, with the ten Libertarians and 24 Conservative MPs opposing the legislation.

[Atlas Has Shrugged]

Political Parties of the American Commonwealth
Major
Progressive Party
Conservative Party

Minor Parties with seats in Parliament
Libertarian
Green
Christian Values
Reform
Peace & Freedom

Minor Parties without seats in Parliament
National Front
Marijuana Party
Socialist Party
Objectivist
Liberal
American
Centrist