Colin Brennan

Colin Eugene Brennan (b. 21 October 1959) is a Georgeland politician who has been Chief Minister of Delmago Island since 2018. He is a member and the state leader of the Georgeland Alliance, and represents the constituency of Central North in the Legislature of Delmago Island.

A journalist and teacher by trade, Brennan entered state politics in 2007 and became Chief Minister after his party gained a majority on the floor of the legislature. He was re-elected to office in 2019.

Early life and education
Brennan was born and raised in Huzzah. His father, John Brennan, was an Irish migrant and police officer who arrived after World War II; his mother, Catherine, was a nuclear chemist. The Brennans separated in 1964, and their three children were raised by their mother alone until she committed suicide in 1970. Brennan, aged ten at the time, was then sent to live with his grandmother, and finally raised by his elder sister and her partner. The family was not able to afford much formal education after 1970, and Brennan was mostly home-schooled until much later.

Brennan discovered a talent for writing at an early age and in 1976 went to work as a cadet journalist at the ''Huzzah Evening Post. He subsequently worked for a number of local publications before accepting a job as an assistant editor at the Doubledance Times ''in 1991. In 1994 he moved with his partner to Delmago Island and began teaching journalism at the University of Georgetown part-time.

From 1998 to 2002, Brennan worked part-time while studying for a communications degree, but dropped out when he was offered a full-time position as Communications Director for the local branch of the Conservative Party, which he had joined in 1980. He served in this capacity until 2006, when he broke with the Tories over their support for the Iraq War and their opposition to the Families Act which legalised same-sex marriage. Brennan had long been a supporter of LGBT rights as his two sisters both came out in school.

State legislature
In 2007, Brennan was selected to contest the upcoming state election for the Alliance, which he joined upon leaving the Tories. He was elected to the seat of North Central, and was the only Alliance member of the Assembly. Due to the Tory government's majority of one, Brennan was asked to become Speaker by Chief Minister Daniel Mahoney, and accepted. As Speaker, Brennan took impartiality seriously, and at the 2010 election, while he was an Alliance candidate, he refused to act as a party spokesman. He was re-elected at the 2010 poll and joined by one other Alliance legislator, Liz Buckley.

Alliance leadership
At the 2010 election, the government won eight of the thirteen seats, and Brennan was not re-elected as Speaker. He became the Alliance's formal leader in Delmago Island, with Buckley his deputy.

Personal life and interests
Brennan's domestic partner is Sandra King (b. 1972), whom he started dating in the 1990s. The couple have a son, Stephen Brennan-King (b. 1998). His elder sister is LGBT activist Geraldine Brennan and his younger sister is musician Felicity Brennan.

Brennan is a keen amateur boxer and motorist, and participates in charity boxing matches and races. In 2015 he participated in the Delmago Island Grand Prix and finished 8th in a field of 19.

Brennan is Roman Catholic but describes himself as "not particularly religious".