Wesley A. Meredith is a first term Republican member of the North Carolina State Senate representing the state’s nineteenth Senatorial district.[1] The 19th district includes all of Bladen County and a portion of Cumberland County.
Meredith is a landscape contractor from Fayetteville, North Carolina who was elected to his first term as a State Senator in 2010. He beat incumbent Margaret Dixon who had replaced Tony Rand when he retired in 2009. Previous to being a state senator, Meredith served on Fayetteville City Council for three terms spanning from 2005 to 2010. From 2007 to 2009, Meredith held the position of Mayor Pro Tempore.
Meredith is on the following Senate Standing Committees: Appropriations on Department of Transportation; Commerce; Finance; Health Care; Insurance; Pensions & Retirement and Aging; and Rules and Operations of the Senate.
Meredith was born in Tupelo, Mississippi and moved to Fort Bragg, North Carolina where he was a combat engineer for the 82 Airborne Division. He left the military with a Honorable Discharge rank of Sergeant having received the Army Service Ribbon, the Army Achievement Medal with 2 Oak Leaf Clusters, and the NCO Professional Development Ribbon. After serving his time, Meredith started his own landscaping business, Cardinal Landscaping. He also received an Associate’s Degree in Applied Science in 2004 from Fayetteville Technical Community College.