Tom Hooper

Tom Hooper IV (born March 26, 1961) is an Ivalician politician, who is known for his advocacy for education and social equality. He served as the seventeenth at-large Senator from Forriedor, and as ambassador to the Spanish Islands under President John Martin. He resigned his post as ambassador in July 2010, to campaign for election as mayor of Londinium.

Early Life and Family
Tom Hooper IV, great-grandson of industrialist tycoon Tom Hooper, was born on March 26, 1961 to Tom and Taylor Hooper at Londinium Protestant Hospital. Tom attended the Phillips Academy in his hometown, Charlestown, Forriedor, in the southern exurbs of Londinium. He graduated from Reynolds University with a B.A. in Education Policy in May 1979. A firm believer in his family's philanthropic values, he donated a sum of ten million intos to a trust fund promoting higher education for residents of inner cities, which led to the establishment of the Tom Hooper Institute for Public Policy in Koiwai.

Entry to National Politics
Unsatisfied with the direction the state and nation were going, Hooper announced his run for the Ivalician Senate on October 23, 1995. He subsequently challenged incumbent senior senator from Forriefor, William Stevenson (C) to a series of debates, which Stevenson declined as a "misguided stunt" by Hooper to gain attention. The local media coverage of the campaign chided Stevenson for his failure to take Hooper's campaign seriously, and the incumbent's numbers began to dip in the polls. Finally, the Stevenson campaign agreed to a debate, one week before the Conservative primaries, on October 2, 1995. Stevenson's main points of the debate centered on Hooper's inexperience in politics, and Stevenson's own storied career as one of the longest serving Senators in the Senate. Hooper countered with accusations that the incumbents' methods were perceived as ineffective, and results as inadequate, by the majority of the electorate.

The next week, Hooper won the Conservative primary, and sailed to a victory over Unity's and Rights' candidates in the Forriedor General election, where Conservatives outnumber Unity and Rights members 3 to 1. Tom Hooper was inaugurated to the Ivalician Senate on April 4, 1996.