Leslie Steele

Leslie Sarah "Liz" Steele, (born May 5, 1933; née Cole) DHK is a Sierran, politician, and member of the Royalist Party who served three terms as the 32nd Governor of Kings from 2000 to 2012. She is the running mate of K.S. Senator Daniel McComb from San Joaquin, the nominee of the Royalists, in the ongoing 2016 prime ministerial election. In addition to having served as governor, Steele has previously served as the Attorney General of Kings from 1995 to 1999 under Governor Dick Shae, and as the Dean of the University of Kings, Santa Barbara from 1986 to 1994.

Born in, Steele worked as an intern for MP Jack Roberts, a Royalist in her district at the age of 17. She is a 1960 graduate from the University of Kings, Santa Barbara, where she earned a in law at the Frémont and Pico Hall School of Law. She practiced law with a local law firm starting in 1966, and then independently in 1975 with a focus on civil rights and employment law. Steele began teaching law at her old university in 1980 and chaired the law school, before being elected as Dean in 1986. Steele was appointed as Attorney General of Kings in 1995 by Governor Dick Shae, becoming the first black Sierran and first woman to have served as the province's attorney general. While Attorney General, she began campaigning for governorship as a Royalist, and won, defeating Democratic-Republican opponent Mitch Fantano in the 1999 Kings gubernatorial election.