Edward Verland

Edward Verland (born 12 February 1970) is a politican for the Liberal Republican Party in Berringsland. He is the son of two Dutch immigrants and represents the riding of Lambeth in Bornett Province.

Early life and family
Verland was born in the Walcott district of Adelford in 1970. His parents, Jan (1943-1983) and Maria Verland (1944-2001), came to Berringsland as young children along with their parents who fled the overcrowded Netherlands in the late 1940's. They arrived on the same ship and the families knew each other early on. Jan and Maria were married in 1966. Edward Verland has three siblings: Benedict (b. 1964), Charlotte (1967-2005) and Ronald (b.1973). His sister was killed in Adelford during the anti-government riots of 2005.

Verland's parents ran an import company in Walcott. The company prospered throughout the early 1970s, but was forced out of business when the National Party began isolating the country, finally closing down in 1980. Edward's father committed suicide in 1983, and his mother reluctantly remarried to a National Party-affiliated bureaucrat to provide for her children.

At their new home in Hamilton Springs, Edward Verland was forced to watch his mother being abused by her new husband, but completed his high school education in 1988.

Education and working life
He graduated from the local high school in 1988 and began studying at the University of Adelford, graduating with an MBA in 1992. Having attempted to flee the country for two years, near-starvation eventually forced Verland to work at the accounting department at Runia Motors. The near-nervous breakdown he suffered, working for a company deeply involved in the system that had killed his father, led to him fleeing to the rural province of Bornett in 1997. Here, he found work doing accounting for a large farmer.

Entering politics
Although naturally interested in hitting back at the government that had killed his parents, Verland kept his head low during the revolution of 2009-10 for the sake of his family. When the dust had settled, he joined the Liberal Republican Party (LRP) and, with the support of the community leaders in the area, ran as the candidate for the Lambeth riding at the 2010 elections. He was elected with a comfortable majority.

Parliament
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Personal life
Verland is married to Andrea Bosworth, the daughter of his former employer, Michael Bosworth. The couple reside on the outskirts of the Bosworth Farm with their three children: Charlotte (b.1999), Simon (b.2001) and Caroline (b.2006).

Verlands interests include soccer, reading, rock/punk music and grilling (barbecuing). He is an avid fan of Fulham Football Club in England, AC/DC and Green Day.