Jack Darvill was elected to Parliament in August 3279. In 3282, Darvill ousted Deputy Leader Ursula Everts in a leadership coup. Working under Prime Minister Paul Kilgariff proved to be difficult. Kilgariff was only expected to be leader of the party for a short period of time, however, he overwhelmingly won the general elections and became Prime Minister. While in government, Darvill was not named to the cabinet, a decision that greatly angered him. Following the disastrous 3287 elections, Darvill forced Kilgariff to resign. In the resulting leadership election, Darvill was elected leader.