District 1B of Minnesota is one of 134 districts in the Minnesota House of Representatives. Located in northwest Minnesota, the district comprises all of Clay, Norman, Polk, and Red Lake counties. The district is represented by Republican Representative Steve Gander since January 2025. [1]
District 1B is located within Minnesota's 1st Senate district, alongside district 1A.
| Member | Party | Residence | Counties represented | Term start | Term end | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| District created | ||||||
| Lloyd L. Duxbury | NP. Con. | Caledonia | Houston, Winona | January 2, 1967 | January 3, 1971 | [2] |
| Leonard C. Myrah | NP. Con. | Spring Grove | January 4, 1971 | December 31, 1972 | [3] | |
| Andrew O. Skaar | NP. Con. | Thief River Falls | Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | January 1, 1973 | January 5, 1975 | [4] |
| John R. Corbid | DFL | Oklee | January 6, 1975 | January 4, 1981 | [5] | |
| LeRoy Stumpf | DFL | Plummer | January 5, 1981 | January 2, 1983 | [6] | |
| Wallace A. Sparby | DFL | Thief River Falls | Marshall, Pennington, Red Lake | January 3, 1983 | January 3, 1993 | [7] |
| Marshall, Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | January 4, 1993 | May 18, 1993 | ||||
| --Vacant-- | May 18, 1993 | July 22, 1993 | ||||
| Tim Finseth | Ind. Rep. | Angus | July 22, 1993 | January 4, 1997 | [8] | |
| Rep. | January 5, 1997 | January 5, 2003 | ||||
| Bernard Lieder | DFL | Crookston | January 6, 2003 | January 2, 2011 | [9] | |
| Deb Kiel | Rep. | January 3, 2011 | January 6, 2013 | [10] | ||
| Pennington, Polk, Red Lake | January 7, 2013 | January 1, 2023 | ||||
| Clay, Norman, Polk, Red Lake | January 2, 2023 | January 5, 2025 | ||||
| Steve Gander | Rep. | East Grand Forks | January 6, 2025 | Current | [1] | |