1847 Galcean Federal Election

1847 Galcean federal election
Federal elections were held in Galcea on July 15, 1847 to elect all 501 members to the Galcean Chamber of Senators.

Not even a year into his third term and William Henry Rose was already calling an election.

Shortly before the election of 1845, the economy began to decline. Though, it was not enough to make an impact on the election. Despite this, the economy in April of 1846 sharply declined and fell into recession. This quite obviously hurt Roses popularity. He was criticized for not having a clear and sound policy for ending the recession. Rose would stumble through 1846 seen by many as a failed leader, something that was once great, but fizzled out into nothing. To Roses luck, in Early 1847 the economy seemed to have been recovering. In April of 1847, Rose attempted to pass an amendment in parliament that expanded the Prime Ministers term to four years. The Conservatives with a coalition of Conservative Liberals, defeated the bill in Parliament. Rose, who was furious, called and election that July in hopes of regaining a majority. His own cabinet heavily favored against this predicting that this would ultimately have the Liberals lose seats, due to the selfish look of the election, and the lingering effects of the panic of 1845. The Conservatives nominated William F. Johnson as their leader as a compromise candidate.

Results
The Conservatives were able to make great gains, but still fell short of a majority. William F. Johnson would later die two weeks after the election. Surprisingly, one independent candidate won a seat.