| Vermont House of Representatives | |
|---|---|
| Vermont General Assembly | |
| Type | |
| Type | Lower house |
| Term limits | None |
| New session started | January 5, 2011 |
| Leadership | |
| Speaker | Shap Smith, (D) since January 8, 2009 |
| Majority Leader | Lucy Leriche, (D) since January 5, 2011 |
| Minority Leader | Donald H. Turner, (R) since January 5, 2011 |
| Structure | |
| Members | 150 |
| Political groups | Democratic Party (96) Republican Party (46) Progressive Party (5) Independent (3) |
| Length of term | 2 years |
| Authority | Section 7, Legislative Department, Vermont Constitution |
| Salary | $636/week + per diem |
| Elections | |
| Last election | November 2, 2010 (150 seats) |
| Next election | November 6, 2012 (150 seats) |
| Redistricting | Legislative Control |
| Meeting place | |
| Representatives Hall Vermont State House Montpelier, Vermont |
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| Website | |
| Vermont House of Representatives | |
The Vermont House of Representatives is the lower house of the Vermont General Assembly, the state legislature of the U.S. state of Vermont. The House comprises 150 members. Vermont legislative districting divides representing districts into 66 single-member districts and 42 two-member constituences, with each member representing around 4,100 citizens. Representatives are elected to a two year term without term limits.
The House meets in Representatives Hall at the Vermont State House in Montpelier.
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The Speaker of the House presides over the House of Representatives. The Speaker is elected by the full House by Australian Ballot. If there is only one candidate for Speaker it is commonly a voice vote for the election of the Speaker. In addition to presiding over the body, the Speaker is also the chief leadership position, and controls the flow of legislation and committee assignments. Other House leaders, such as the majority and minority leaders, are elected by their respective party caucuses relative to their party's strength in the chamber.
The current Speaker is Democrat Shap Smith of the Lamoille-Washington-1 District. The Majority Leader is Lucy Leriche of the Caledonia-2 District. The Minority Leader is Republican Donald H. Turner of the Chittenden-9 District. The current Clerk of the House is Donald Milne, First Assistant Clerk is William MaGill and the Second Assistant Clerk is H. Gwynn Zakov.[1]
| Position | Name | Party | Residence | District |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Speaker of the House | Shap Smith | Democratic | Morristown | Lamoille-Washington-1 |
| Majority Leader | Lucy Leriche | Democratic | Lamoille | Caledonia-2 |
| Assistant Majority Leader | Willem Jewett | Democratic | Ripton | Addison-2 |
| Minority Leader | Donald H. Turner | Republican | Milton | Chittenden-9 |
| Assistant Minority Leader | Brian K. Savage | Republican | Swanton | Franklin-5 |
| Progressive Leader | Christopher Pearson | Progressive | Burlington | Chittenden-3-4 |
| Affiliation | Party
(Shading indicates majority caucus)
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Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Democratic | Prog | Ind | Republican | Vacant | ||
| End of previous legislature | 94 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 150 | 0 |
| Begin | 94 | 5 | 3 | 48 | 150 | 0 |
| Latest voting share | 68% | 32% | ||||
| District | Representative | Party | Residence |
|---|---|---|---|
| Addison-1 | Betty Nuovo | Dem | Middlebury |
| Paul Ralston | Dem | Middlebury | |
| Addison-2 | Willem Jewett | Dem | Ripton |
| Addison-3 | Gregory Clark | Rep | Vergennes |
| Diane Lanpher | Dem | Vergennes | |
| Addison-4 | Michael Fisher | Dem | Lincoln |
| David Sharpe | Dem | Bristol | |
| Addison-5 | Harvey Smith | Rep | New Haven |
| Addison-Rutland-1 | Will Stevens | Ind | Shoreham |
| Bennington-1 | Bill Botzow | Dem | Bennington |
| Bennington-2-1 | Timothy Corcoran II | Dem | Bennington |
| Brian Campion | Dem | Bennington | |
| Bennington-2-2 | Anne Mook | Dem | Bennington |
| Mary Morrissey | Rep | Bennington | |
| Bennington-3 | Alice Miller | Dem | Shaftsbury |
| Bennington-4 | Jeff Wilson | Dem | Manchester Center |
| Bennington-5 | Cynthia Browning | Dem | Arlington |
| Bennington-Rutland-1 | Patti Komline | Rep | Dorset |
| Caledonia-1 | Leigh Larocque | Rep | St. Johnsbury |
| Caledonia-2 | Lucy Leriche | Dem | Hardwick |
| Caledonia-3 | Gerald Reis | Rep | St. Johnsbury |
| Robert South | Dem | St. Johnsbury | |
| Caledonia-4 | Howard Crawford | Rep | St. Johnsbury |
| Richard Lawrence | Rep | Lyndonville | |
| Caledonia-Washington-1 | Kitty Beattie Toll | Dem | Danville |
| Chittenden-1-1 | William J. Lippert | Dem | Hinesburg |
| Chittenden-1-2 | Mike Yantachka | Dem | Charlotte |
| Chittenden-2 | Terence Macaig | Dem | Williston |
| Jim McCullough | Dem | Williston | |
| Chittenden-3-1 | William Aswad | Dem | Burlington |
| Kurt Wright | Rep | Burlington | |
| Chittenden-3-2 | Mark Larson | Dem | Burlington |
| Chittenden-3-3 | Jason P. Lorber | Dem | Burlington |
| Rachel Weston | Dem | Burlington | |
| Chittenden-3-4 | Kesha Ram | Dem | Burlington |
| Christopher Pearson | Prog | Burlington | |
| Chittenden-3-5 | Johannah Leddy Donovan | Dem | Burlington |
| Suzi Wizowaty | Dem | Burlington | |
| Chittenden-3-6 | Kenneth Atkins | Dem | Winooski |
| Clem Bissonnette | Dem | Winooski | |
| Chittenden-3-7 | Michele Kupersmith | Dem | South Burlington |
| Chittenden-3-8 | Ann Pugh | Dem | South Burlington |
| Chittenden-3-9 | Bert Munger | Dem | South Burlington |
| Chittenden-3-10 | Helen Head | Dem | South Burlington |
| Chittenden-4 | Anne Therea O'Brien | Dem | Richmond |
| Chittenden-5-1 | Kate Webb | Dem | Shelburne |
| Chittenden-5-2 | Joan Lenes | Dem | Shelburne |
| Chittenden-6-1 | Debbie Evans | Dem | Essex Junction |
| Linda Myers | Rep | Essex Junction | |
| Chittenden-6-2 | Linda Waite-Simpson | Dem | Essex Junction |
| Tim Jerman | Dem | Essex Junction | |
| Chittenden-6-3 | Martha Heath | Dem | Westford |
| Chittenden-7-1 | Jim Condon | Dem | Colchester |
| Bob Bouchard | Rep | Colchester | |
| Chittenden-7-2 | Patrick Brennan | Rep | Colchester |
| Kristy Spengler | Dem | Colchester | |
| Chittenden-8 | William Frank | Dem | Underhill |
| George Till | Dem | Jericho | |
| Chittenden-9 | Ronald Hubert | Rep | Milton |
| Donald H. Turner | Rep | Milton | |
| Essex-Caledonia | Janice Peaslee | Rep | Guildhall |
| Essex-Caledonia-Orleans | William Johnson | Rep | Canaan |
| Franklin-1 | Carolyn Whitney Branagan | Rep | Georgia |
| Gary Gilbert | Dem | Fairfax | |
| Franklin-2 | Eileen Dickinson | Rep | St. Albans |
| Richard Howrigan | Dem | Fairfield | |
| Franklin-3 | Dustin Allard Degree | Rep | St. Albans |
| Kathleen Keenan | Dem | St. Albans | |
| Franklin-4 | Peter Perley | Rep | Enosburg Falls |
| Franklin-5 | Brian K. Savage | Rep | Swanton |
| Michel Consejo | Dem | Sheldon Springs | |
| Franklin-6 | Norman McAllister | Rep | Franklin |
| Albert Pearce | Rep | Richford | |
| Grand Isle-Chittenden-1-1 | Mitzi Johnson | Dem | South Hero |
| Robert Krebs | Dem | Grand Isle | |
| Lamoille-1 | Heidi Scheurermann | Rep | Stowe |
| Lamoille-2 | Linda Martin | Dem | Walcott |
| Lamoille-3 | Mark Woodward | Dem | Johnson |
| Lamoille-4 | Adam Howard | Rep | Cambridge |
| Lamoille-Washington-1 | Peter Peltz | Dem | Woodbury |
| Shap Smith | Dem | Morrisville | |
| Orange-1 | Susan Davis | Prog | West Topsham |
| Philip Winters | Rep | Williamstown | |
| Orange-2 | Sarah Copeland-Hanzas | Dem | Bradford |
| Orange-Addison-1 | Patsy French | Dem | Randolph |
| Lawrence Townsend | Dem | Randolph | |
| Orange-Caledonia-1 | Chip Conquest | Dem | Wells River |
| Orleans-1 | Robert Lewis | Rep | Derby |
| Lynn Batchelor | Rep | Derby Line | |
| Orleans-2 | Duncan Kilmartin | Rep | Newport |
| Michael Marcotte | Rep | Newport | |
| Orleans-Caledonia-1 | Vicki Strong | Rep | Irasburg |
| Sam Young | Dem | West Glover | |
| Orleans-Franklin-1 | Mark Higley | Rep | Lowell |
| Rutland-1-1 | Andrew Donaghy | Rep | Poultney |
| Rutland-1-2 | Joseph Burditt | Rep | West Rutland |
| Dave Potter | Dem | Clarendon | |
| Rutland-2 | William Canfield | Rep | Fair Haven |
| Robert Helm | Rep | Fair Haven | |
| Rutland-3 | Eldred French | Dem | Cuttingsville |
| Rutland-4 | James McNeil | Rep | Rutland Town |
| Rutland-5-1 | Peter Fagan | Rep | Rutland |
| Rutland-5-2 | Margaret Andrews | Dem | Rutland |
| Rutland-5-3 | Herb Font-Russell | Dem | Rutland |
| Rutland-5-4 | Gale Courcelle | Dem | Rutland |
| Rutland-6 | Butch Shaw | Rep | Pittsford |
| Rutland-7 | Joe Acinapura | Rep | Brandon |
| Rutland-8 | John Malcolm | Dem | Pawlet |
| Rutland-Windsor-1 | Jim Eckhardt | Rep | Chittenden |
| Washington-1 | Adam Greshin | Ind | Warren |
| Washington-2 | Anne Donahue | Rep | Northfield |
| Maxine Jo Grad | Dem | Moretown | |
| Washington-3-1 | Paul Poirier | Ind | Barre |
| Washington-3-2 | Tess Taylor | Dem | Barre |
| Washington-3-3 | Patti Lewis | Rep | Berlin |
| Washington-4 | Thomas Koch | Rep | Barre |
| Francis McFaun | Rep | Barre | |
| Washington-5 | Mary Hooper | Dem | Montpelier |
| Warren F. Kitzmiller | Dem | Montpelier | |
| Washington-6 | Janet Ancel | Dem | Calais |
| Washington-7 | Tony Klein | Dem | Montpelier |
| Washington-Chittenden-1 | Tom Stevens | Dem | Waterbury |
| Rebecca Ellis | Dem | Waterbury Center | |
| Windham-1 | Michael Herbert | Rep | Vernon |
| Windham-2 | Ann Manwaring | Dem | Wilmington |
| Windham-3-1 | Valerie Stewart | Dem | Brattleboro |
| Windham-3-2 | Mollie S. Burke | Prog | Brattleboro |
| Windham-3-3 | Sarah Edwards | Prog | Brattleboro |
| Windham-4 | Matthew A. Trieber | Dem | Bellows Falls |
| Carolyn Partridge | Dem | Windham | |
| Windham-5 | David Deen | Dem | Putney |
| Mike Mrowicki | Dem | Putney | |
| Windham-6 | Richard Marek | Dem | Newfane |
| Windham-Bennington-1 | John Moran | Dem | Wardsboro |
| Windham-Bennington-Windsor-1 | Oliver Olsen | Rep | Jamaica |
| Windsor-1-1 | Leigh Dakin | Dem | Chester |
| Windsor-1-2 | Alice Emmons | Dem | Springfield |
| Cynthia Martin | Dem | Springfield | |
| Windsor-2 | Ernest Shand | Dem | Windsor |
| Windsor-3 | Donna Sweaney | Dem | Windsor |
| Windsor-4 | Jon Batholomew | Dem | Hartland |
| Windsor-5 | Alison Clarkson | Dem | Woodstock |
| Windsor-6-1 | Mark Mitchell | Dem | Barnard |
| Windsor-6-2 | Kevin Christie | Dem | White River Junction |
| Charles Bohi | Dem | White River Junction | |
| Windsor-Orange-1 | Sarah Buxton | Dem | South Royalton |
| Windsor-Orange-2 | Margaret Cheney | Dem | Norwich |
| Jim Masland | Dem | Thetford Center | |
| Windsor-Rutland-1 | Dennis Devereux | Rep | Belmont |
| Windsor-Rutland-2 | Sandy Haas | Prog | Rochester |
Nearly all of the governors of the state, most US representatives and most US senators, were first members of this house. The following were also members:
The house typically meets Tuesday through Friday during the session.[2]
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