Blaine Blaisworth

The Right Honourable Blaine Blaisworth
Prime Minister of Scalizagasti
In office 25 February 2003 – 4 November 2004
President	Jennifer Charest
Preceded by	Russel Balfour
Succeeded by	Russel Balfour
Leader of the Official Opposition
In office 2 June 2000 – 25 February 2003
Prime Minister	Russel Balfour
Preceded by	Russel Balfour
Succeeded by	Menosia Etterson
Leader of the Social Democratic Party
In office 2 June 2000 – 4 November 2004
Succeeded by	Menosia Etterson (interim)
Member of Parliament
In office 3 August 2001 – 4 November 2004
Constituency	Sunshine Coast
Governor of Palyria
In office 1983–1998
Personal details
Born	Blaine Piers Blaisworth (1946-03-10) 10 March 1946 Mount Royal, Palyria, Scalizagasti
Political party	Social Democratic Party (Since 1963)
Children	3
Alma mater	Alesting University

Blaine Piers Blaisworth (born 10 March 1946) is a retired Scalizagastian politician who served as Prime Minister of Scalizagasti from 2003 to 2004 and Leader of the Opposition from 2000 to 2003. He was the leader of the Social Democratic Party of Scalizagasti from 2000 to 2004, retiring due to a corruption scandal prior to his party's defeat in the 2004 election. He was elected as a Member of Parliament for Palyria in 2001 election until his resignation as a Member of Parliament. He was also the Governor of Palyria from 1983 to 1998, running under the SDP banner.

Prime Minister

First term (February–October 2003)

In January 2003, the Progressive People's Party withdrew from the RRP's coalition government over ideological disagreements. On 6 February, a vote of non-confidence was sponsored by the SDP, which passed 264-222. Both Blaisworth and Prime Minister Balfour began negotiations with the other parties, and on 25 February the SDP announced it had enough support to form the next government. A coalition between the SDP, Labour, PPP, and Moderate Democrats had 184 seats, one more than the RRP's 183. The LCA agreed to abstain on the initial investiture vote, allowing it to pass 196-195.

Due to the ideological diversity of the government, it was very fragile and quickly collapsed. As a minority government, all legislation required the approval of the LCA which generally did not support the government's centre-left policies. Furthermore, there were ideological disagreement between the socialist Labour Party and the liberal Moderate Democrats over public spending and welfare. This culminated in the September budget failing 173-309, with even government Labour members shooting down the budget. Following the failure of the budget, President Jennifer Charest called for an early election.