Edmund Quercus

EARLY LIFE


Edmund Hilary Aethelred Quercus (pronounced 'Quercooze') was born on December 11th 1971 in Salisbury, Wiltshire.

His parents Quincy and Qadisha Quercus were scientists who died in an earthquake in South Asia in 1974; after, he was brought up by his second cousin, Aethelred Oakes.

Edmund, known as 'Q', was educated privately until he reached university age. At this point he attended Oxford University, graduating in Law and Political Science. It was while he was at Oxford that he joined the Conservative Party.

Upon leaving university, he became a junior political sketch writer for the Daily Telegraph, and later edited The Rant, a satirical political magazine. After four years, it was time for a change, and he became very active in his local Conservative Party. At the same time as he began working as a Private Personal Secretary to Lord Tebbit, he was elected as a County Councillor.

In 2007, Q was selected to stand as the Conservative candidate for Salisbury, his local seat.

2007 GENERAL ELECTION
Q ran a hard-hitting campaign and easily won his local seat in the General Election of October 5th 2007, despite the Conservatives losing the overall election.

PERSONAL LIFE
In 2008, Q met his wife Qadira, a fashion magazine owner and a director at Lamborghini cars. After a whirlwind romance, they were married in the Caribbean. They have no children.

Q's interests outside of politics are chess, driving his Lamborghini Diablo convertible, skiing, football (he is a season-ticket holder at Liverpool FC), motor-racing, and classical music. He is an accomplished pianist and enjoys cooking and entertaining guests.

Q and his wife live in an Elizabethan manor house at the edge of his constituency of Salisbury, Wiltshire.

PARLIAMENTARY CAREER
Q was a backbench Conservative MP until March 2010, when his eloquence and acidic debating style, coupled with a more right-wing viewpoint than many of the new intake of MPs, came to the attention of the Conservative leader Evan Burnham, who invited him to join the Shadow Cabinet as Minister Without Portfolio.

2010 GENERAL ELECTION
Two months after Q accepted an invitation to join the Shadow Cabinet, a General Election was called. On May 20th 2010, two-and-a-half years after entering Parliament, Q successfully retained his seat at Salisbury. The GE result saw Labour enter into a coalition government with the Liberal Democrats. Within days of becoming Prime Minister again, Martin Morland announced he would stand down as leader of the Labour Party. Almost immediately after, Evan Burnham resigned as leader of the Opposition. In his last Shadow Cabinet, he promoted Q to the position of Shadow Home Secretary.