Tojima Social Democratic Party

The Tojima Social Democratic Party (Japanese: 東島社会民主党, Hepburn: Tōjima Shakai Minshu-tō, commonly known as the Tojima Social Democrats or 社民党 Shamin-tō in Japanese) is the branch of the Social Democratic Party of Enderron operating in Tojima Prefecture. The party is the one of the three major political parties in Tojiman politics, the others being the Liberal Party of Tojima and Tojima First. The current party leader is Premier Jason Calderon, since 2014.

The Social Democratic Party is historically the most dominant party in Tojiman prefectural politics; it has won 14 of 19 legislative elections and served in government for 58 of the 75 years since Enderronian independence in 1946. It has controlled the Tojima Prefectural Assembly since 1998.

Like its federal counterpart, the Tojima SDP espouses a social democratic, social liberal and pro-multiculturalism platform. It is most popular among middle class Tojimans of Asian descent, particularly Japanese and Chinese, and working class Tojimans of all ethnicities. Its vote is the strongest in the city of Shirakawa and its eastern suburbs, Harvey Island, and the urbanised western coast. The party is perceived as the most moderate option on the localism question in Tojiman politics. It is in favour of reforms allowing Tojima to maintain a level of autonomy while supporting the existing federalist system of Enderronian government. It is also pro-multiculturalism and pro-multilingualism in contrast to both the Liberals and Tojima First, which are more assimilationist and autonomist respectively. In recent years, the Tojima SDP has become strongly divided over its policy direction due to the rise of Tojima First and other Tojiman localist groups.

The Social Democrats' most notable premiers of Tojima include Michael Wentworth (1950–1958), Chuck Jin (1961–1966, 1970–1973) and David Suzuki (1975–1989).

Deputy party leaders

 * 1) Thomas Lue (1946–1952)
 * 2) Toru Kojima (1952–1955)
 * 3) Robert Hirano (1955–1958)
 * 4) Art Robertson (1958–1966)
 * 5) Daniel Mondale (1966–1974)
 * 6) Sho Kawata (1974–1977)
 * 7) Alexander Laing (1977–1989)
 * 8) Tom Harmon (1989–1993)
 * 9) Annie Baxter (1993–1998)
 * 10) Philip Watanabe (1998–2001)
 * 11) Anna Kobayashi (2001–2002)
 * 12) Maria Katsonis (2002–2011)
 * 13) Jason Calderon (2011–2014)
 * 14) Yoko Enomoto (2014–2018)
 * 15) Mina Mataichi (2018–present)