Parker Ridgeway
| The Honorable Parker Ridgeway MP | |
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| 27th Chancellor of Mannenois | |
| Assumed office March 1st, 2021 | |
| President | Richard Bentinck |
| Deputy | Wendy Ta |
| Preceded by | Chelsea Grey |
| Leader of the Farmer-Labor Party | |
| Assumed office October 1, 2020 | |
| Deputy | Wendy Ta |
| Preceded by | Chelsea Grey |
| 42nd Mannenoisan Secretary of State | |
| In office February 28th, 2018 – March 1st, 2021 | |
| Chancellor | Chelsea Grey |
| Preceded by | Jeffrey Takagawa |
| Succeeded by | Carlos Jones |
| Member of the Mannenoisan House of Representatives from Ventura's 57th District | |
| Assumed office February 20th, 2014 | |
| Preceded by | Will Young |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Parker Connor Ridgeway June 11th, 1989 Roanoke, Alexandria |
| Political party | Farmer-Labor |
| Spouse(s) | Christian Grenville |
| Children | Henry |
| Parents | George Ridgeway, Maria Jameson |
| Residence | Highgrove |
| Alma mater | University of Ventura (BA) Concord University (JD, PhD) |
| Occupation | Lawyer, politician |
Parker Connor Ridgeway (born June 11th, 1989) is a Manneoisan politician and lawyer who has been serving as the 27th Chancellor of Mannenois and leader of the Farmer-Labor Party since 2020. A member of the Farmer-Labor Party, He has been a member of the Mannenoisan House of Representative for Ventura's 57th District since 2012 representing parts of San Fierro and Bay Shore. Prior to becoming chancellor, he served as Secretary of State in Chelsea Grey's third cabinet and as a deputy attorney general in the Ventura attorney general's office.
Born in Roanoke, Alexandria, Ridgeway was raised in Palisade City, Sierra before attending the University of Ventura, Palmdale. After graduating in 2010, he earned his Juris Doctor from Concord University cum laude. Ridgeway worked for Ventura attorney general Jennifer Hyde for a year before launching his successful campaign for Parliament in the 2013 special election. Upon his swearing in, he became one of the youngest House members at the age of 24. He has been re-elected twice in 2016 and 2020.
Ridgeway won the leadership of the Farmer-Labor Party in October 2020 after the resignation of Chelsea Grey, a month before the 2020 Federal Election, and led his party to victory, moving the second-placed Farmer-Laborers from 112 seats to 271 seats, the largest-ever numerical increase by a party in a Mannenoisan federal election. He was sworn in by President Richard Bentinck on March 1st, 2021 at the age of 31 becoming the youngest chancellor since Lucille Underwood in 1976 and the first openly gay person to serve in the position.
Ridgeway describes himself as a "moderate and centrist." A Manhattan Beach Tribune profile of Ridgeway after his 2020 election described him as "truly your grandfather's Farmer-Laborer, a pragmatist whose life is defined by a sense of self-awareness and a deep belief in how government can improve the lives of ordinarily people." As Chancellor, he was successful in passing the National Infrastructure Improvement Act, the Education Improvement Act, and the Diplomacy Act of 2022. Ridgeway proposed an unprecedented expansion of military spending but those efforts mostly failed in Parliament. In foreign policy, Ridgeway normalized historically rocky relations with the International Democratic Union and World Assembly but initiated a trade war with Sainterre.