Rachael Neel Shergold

Rachael Neel Shergold is an Alban politician who served 26th Prime Minister of Albion since 2016. She was the first Indigenous woman Prime Minister in Alban history and the second woman elected to the office. She currently sits as the Member of Parliament for Granville Kitsilano following her resignation as Prime Minister.

Born in Comox, Shergold attended the University of Vancouver before studying law at Merritt University in Granville and pursuing a career as a prosecutor. She ran and won for an open seat in the 2005 Alban federal election before taking over as leader of the Labour Party following a close leadership race. She led Labour into Opposition in the 2013 election, more than doubling the party's seats. In the 2016 Alban general election she led Labour to a majority government.

As Prime Minister, major goverment initiatives included the Equality Act, the Green Deal infrastructure plan, the cancellation of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter and selection of the JAS-39 Gripen, and later, the Ravengate ethics scandal. Shergold's government negotiated bilateral agreements on climate change and trade.

Winning 151 seats in the 2020 general election, Shergold formed a minority government. During her second term, she has overseen the Complete Care Act, a major expansion of Albion's public health care system to include services such as assistive device coverage, dental and pharmacare. Shergold suffered significant public opinion losses following worsening relations with the coalition-partner Greens and several staff resignations brought on by allegations of "bullying." Together with criticism of a controversial criminal justice reform act, Shergold announced her resignation as Prime Minister in January of 2022 and was succeeded by Kathryn Cherniak.