Following the 1994 Progress Party national convention she left the Progress Party . Ahead of the convention she had submitted party-critical resolutions together with Ellen Wibe , Roy Wetterstad , Oscar Hillgaar and Stephen Bråthen . The group had some support , but was a clear minority . Christiansen left her post in the central board already during the convention , and she left the party two weeks after the convention . She continued the rest of the term as an independent , but was a founding member of the new political organization Free Democrats . She chaired this organization from 1994 to 1996
1994 Progress Party national convention
1994 Progress Party national convention
Ellen Christine Christiansen