Michigan's 63rd House of Representatives district

Michigan's 63rd State House of Representatives district
Representative	Jay DeBoyer R – Clay
Demographics	88%  White 5%  Black 3%  Hispanic 1%  Asian 3%  Multiracial
Population (2022)	91,051
Notes	[1]

Michigan's 63rd House of Representatives district (also referred to as Michigan's 63rd House district) is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in part of Macomb and St. Clair counties. ^[2] The district was created in 1965, when the Michigan House of Representatives district naming scheme changed from a county-based system to a numerical one. ^[3]

List of representatives

Representative	Party		Dates	Residence	Notes
Robert James Slingerlend		Democratic	1965–1966	Lake Orion	[4]
Donald E. Bishop		Republican	1967–1970	Rochester	[5]
James Damman		Republican	1971–1974	Troy	[6]
Ruth McNamee		Republican	1975–1982	Birmingham	[7]
Gordon R. Sparks		Republican	1983–1992	Troy	[8]
Donald H. Gilmer		Republican	1993–1998	Augusta	[9]
Jerry VanderRoest		Republican	1999–2002	Galesburg	[10]
Lorence Wenke		Republican	2003–2008	Richland	[11]
Jase Bolger		Republican	2009–2014	Marshall	Served as House Speaker from 2011 to 2014. [12]
David Maturen		Republican	2015–2018	Vicksburg	Lived in Portage until around 2017. [13]
Matt Hall		Republican	2019–2022	Battle Creek	[14]
Jay DeBoyer		Republican	2023–present	Clay	[15]

Recent elections

2024 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[16]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay DeBoyer	37,308	67.7
	Democratic	Robert Kelly-McFarland	17,801	32.3
Total votes			55,108	100
	Republican hold

2022 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[17]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jay DeBoyer	28,050	64.3
	Democratic	Kelly Noland	15,598	35.7
Total votes			43,648	100
	Republican hold

2020 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[18]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Hall	31,379	60.6
	Democratic	Luke Howell	18,613	36.0
	Libertarian	Rafael Wolf	1,093	2.1
	Green	John Anthony La Pietra	660	1.3
	Democratic	Ron Hawkins (Write-in)	6	0.0
Total votes			51,751	100
	Republican hold

2018 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[19]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Matt Hall	22,711	56.6
	Democratic	Jennifer Aniano	15,809	39.4
	Libertarian	Ronald Hawkins	1,059	2.6
	Green	John Anthony La Pietra	557	1.4
Total votes			40,136	100
	Republican hold

2016 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[20]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Maturen	26,878	60.9
	Democratic	Lynn Shiflea	14,749	33.4
	Green	John Anthony La Pietra	2,523	5.7
Total votes			44,150	100
	Republican hold

2014 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[21]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	David Maturen	16,718	56.2
	Democratic	Bill Farmer	13,023	43.8
Total votes			29,741	100
	Republican hold

2012 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[22]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jase Bolger	22,196	50.9
	Democratic	Bill Farmer	21,440	49.1
Total votes			43,636	100
	Republican hold

2010 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[23]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jase Bolger	20,931	62.8
	Democratic	Dave Morgan	12,407	37.2
Total votes			33,338	100
	Republican hold

2008 Michigan House of Representatives election ^[24]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%
	Republican	Jase Bolger	27,641	56.6
	Democratic	Phyllis Smith	21,179	43.4
Total votes			48,820	100
	Republican hold

Historical district boundaries

Map	Description	Apportionment Plan	Notes
	Oakland County (part) Addison Township Avon Township Oakland Township Orion Township Oxford Township Pontiac (part) Pontiac Township Troy (part)	1964 Apportionment Plan	[25]
	Oakland County (part) Avon Township Birmingham Bloomfield Township Rochester Royal Oak (part) Troy (part)	1972 Apportionment Plan	[26]
	Oakland County (part) Avon Township Rochester Troy (part)	1982 Apportionment Plan	[27]
	Calhoun County (part) Albion Albion Township Athens Township Burlington Township Clarence Township Clarendon Township Convis Township Eckford Township Fredonia Township Homer Township Lee Township Leroy Township Marengo Township Marshall Marshall Township Newton Township Sheridan Township Tekonsha Township Kalamazoo County (part) Brady Township Charleston Township Climax Township Comstock Township Galesburg Pavilion Township Prairie Ronde Township Ross Township Schoolcraft Township Wakeshma Township	1992 Apportionment Plan	[28]
	Calhoun County (part) Battle Creek (part) Bedford Township (part) Eckford Township (part) Emmett Township Fredonia Township (part) Marshall (part) Marshall Township Newton Township Pennfield Township Kalamazoo County (part) Brady Township Charleston Township Climax Township Comstock Township Galesburg Pavilion Township Richland Township Ross Township Schoolcraft Township Wakeshma Township	2001 Apportionment Plan	[29]
	Calhoun County (part) Athens Township Burlington Township Clarendon Township Eckford Township Emmett Township Fredonia Township Homer Township Leroy Township Marengo Township Marshall Marshall Township Newton Township Tekonsha Township Kalamazoo County (part) Brady Township Charleston Township Climax Township Comstock Township Galesburg Kalamazoo Township (part) Pavilion Township Richland Township Ross Township Wakeshma Township	2011 Apportionment Plan	[30]

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