Wyoming House of Representatives
The House of Representatives from Wyoming (English Wyoming House of Representatives ) is the lower house of the Wyoming Legislature , the Legislature of the State of Wyoming .
The Chamber of Parliament consists of 60 members, each representing an electoral district. Each of these fixed units comprises an average of 9,000 inhabitants. The MPs are each elected for two-year terms; there is currently no limit to the terms of office.
After 77 percent of voters initially voted in a direct democratic referendum in 1992 for a limit on terms of office, such term restrictions were declared unconstitutional in 2004 by the Wyoming Supreme Court , which removes the two decades of restrictions on the term of office of MPs became void for a maximum of six terms of office (twelve years).
The House of Representatives boardroom, along with the State Senate, is located in the Wyoming State Capitol in the capital, Cheyenne .
composition
| Political party | MPs | |
|---|---|---|
| Republican Party | 50 | |
| Democratic Party | 10 | |
| total | 60 | |
| majority | 40 | |
Important members
| position | Surname | Political party |
|---|---|---|
| Speaker | Steve Harshman | republican |
| Speaker per tempore | Albert Sommers | republican |
| Majority leader ( Majority Leader ) | Eric Barlow | republican |
| Opposition Leader ( Minority Leader ) | Cathy Connolly | democrat |
former members
In the past, the speakers of the House of Representatives included:
- Herman F. Krueger (1937-1939)
- Frank Mockler (1951)
- Edness Kimball Wilkins (1966-1967)
- Verda James (1969-1970)
- Nels J. Smith (1977-1979)
- Bill McIlvain (1989-1991)
- Rory Cross (1991-1993)
- Eli Bebout (1999-2001)
- Roy Cohee (2007-2009)
- Colin M. Simpson (2009-2011)
- Edward Buchanan (2011-2013)
- Tom Lubnau (2013-2015)
- Kermit Brown (2015-2017)
Web links
- House of Representatives from Wyoming (Engl.)
- Project Vote Smart - House of Representatives from Wyoming (Engl.)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Wyoming lawmaker pushes for another vote on term limits. May 4, 2004, accessed September 29, 2019 .
- ↑ CATHCART v. MEYER. May 4, 2004, accessed September 29, 2019 .
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