LEGISLATORS REPRESENTING ST. LOUIS PARK

Many thanks to Keith Meland for providing much of the following information. It may not be complete, however; please contact us with additions or corrections.

The Minnesota Legislative Reference Library maintains an excellent historical repository, including pictures, of persons who have served in the Minnesota Legislature. Their web site is located here: http://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/

 

Note: The Minnesota Senate districts were reapportioned in 1913, and 1915 was the election for the new districts. The state was not reapportioned until 1966 following the Baker v. Carr decision in 1965. In 1966 the house districts within a senate district were designated as district A and B. Prior to 1966 the house members ran at-large within the Senate district; that is the reason that some dates seem to overlap. Included is the city that the member resided in. The years shown are when the term began.

 

MINNESOTA STATE SENATE

Lowell Jepson, 1899 – 1906

John W. Pauly, 1907 – 1914

George A. Turnham, 1915-1930

Archie Miller (1886-1958) Hopkins 1931-1943, 1945-1958  (Lt. Governor 1943-1945)

Alf Bergerud (b.1899) Edina 1959-1966  (President of Red Owl Stores, Inc.)

Kenneth Wolfe (b. 1908), 1967-72 (District 30)  (Owner, Associated Litho; former Mayor, School Board member)

B. Robert “Bob” Lewis, Sr., 1973-79 (District 41) – Veterinarian

Irving Stern, 1979-82 (District 41)

Phyllis McQuaid, 1983-90 (District 44)

Ted Mondale (b. 1957), 1991-96 (District 44)

Steve Kelley (b. 1953) 1997 – 2006

Ron Latz, 2007-2012 (District 44), 2013-present (District 46)


MINNESOTA HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Note: The State has been redistricted numerous times, so this list is not linear.  More than one Representative covers St. Louis Park. This is not a complete list.

John J. Baston, 1893-96 (District 34)

George Wallace Armstrong, 1901 – 1906

Frank S. Lane, 1901-1902

Thomas Girling – Robbinsdale, 1903-1904

John G. Lund, 1905-1906

Alex McNeil, 1907-1912

George W. Higgins, 1907 – 1908

George M. Nye, 1909-1912

Thomas Girling – Robbinsdale, 1915-1924

Charles E. Hulbert, 1915-1932

Rollin Dutton – Robbinsdale,  1925-1926

Charles Munn, 1927 – 1934

Allan Johnson – Wayzata 1933-1935

Lawrence F. Haeg – Robbinsdale 1941-1954

George “Doc” Matchan –  1943-1950 (District 36)

Alf Bergerud (b. 1899) 1941-1958

C. Donald Peterson (b.1918) 1959-1962 Associate Justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court

Ernest Jacobsen (b. 1905), 1963-1966 (District 33) – Ran the Beltline Pay Dump

Bill Frenzel (b. 1928) 1963-1970

Robert McFarlin (b. 1929), 1967-70 (District 30B), 1973-74 (District 41B) – Civil Engineer

Julian Hook, 1971-72 (District 30A), 1973-74 (District 41A)

John Arlandson 1975-1978

Paul “Pete” Petrafeso, 1971-72 (District 30B), 1975-78 (District 41B)

Sally Olsen, 1979-82 (District 41A), 1983-92 (District 44A) – Attorney

Elliot C. Rothenberg, 1979-82 (District 41B) – Attorney

Gloria M. Segal,  1983-92 (District 44B)

Jim Rhodes (b. 1942), 1993-2002 (District 44B), 2003-04 (District 44A)

Steve Kelley, 1993 – 1996

Betty Folliard – Hopkins 1997 – 2002

Ron Latz, 2003-2006 (District 44B)

Steve Simon, 2005-12 (District 44A), 2013-14 (District 46B) (elected Minnesota Secretary of State in 2014)

Ryan Winkler, 2007 –

Cheryl Youakim, 2015 –

 


HENNEPIN COUNTY COMMISSIONER

C.B. Waddell:  1912 – 1924

S. Earl Ainsworth:  1944 – 1966

Gail Dorfman:  1999 – 2014 (resigned)

Marion Greene:  May 2014 special and November regular elections