Pennsylvania Senate, District 50

Pennsylvania's 9th State Senate district
Senator	Michele Brooks R – Jamestown
Population (2021)	263,540

Pennsylvania State Senate District 50 includes part of Lawrence County and all of Crawford County and Mercer County. It is currently represented by Republican Michele Brooks.

District profile

The district includes the following areas: ^[1]

All of Crawford County

Lawrence County:

• Bessemer
• Hickory Township
• Mahoning Township
• Neshannock Township
• New Castle
• New Wilmington
• North Beaver Township
• Plain Grove Township
• Pulaski Township
• Scott Township
• Shenango Township
• Slippery Rock Township
• S.N.P.J.
• South New Castle
• Taylor Township
• Union Township
• Volant
• Washington Township
• Wilmington Township

All of Mercer County

Senators

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note	Counties
Rowland B. Mahany	Republican	1947–1958			Crawford, Mercer [2]
Raymond P. Shafer	Republican	1959–1962			Crawford, Mercer [3]
Rowland B. Mahany	Republican	1963 – 1968			Crawford, Mercer, Erie (part) [2]
James E. Willard	Republican	1969–1970			Crawford, Mercer, Erie (part) [4]
R. Budd Dwyer	Republican	1971–1972		Resigned January 20, 1981 to become Treasurer of Pennsylvania [5]	Crawford, Mercer, Erie (part) [6]
		1973–1981			Mercer, Crawford (part), Erie (part) [6]
Roy W. Wilt	Republican	1981–1982		Seated April 21, 1981 [7]	Mercer, Crawford (part), Erie (part) [4]
		1983–1990			Crawford, Mercer, Venango (part) [4]
Robert D. Robbins	Republican	1991– 1992			Crawford, Mercer, Venango (part) [8]
		1993–2003			Crawford, Mercer, Erie (part) [8]
		2004–2012			Crawford, Mercer, Butler (part), Lawrence (part) [9]
		2013–2014			Crawford, Mercer, Erie (part), Warren (part) [10]
Michele Brooks	Republican	2015–present

References

1. "2021 Final Reapportionment Plan" (PDF). Pennsylvania Department of State . Retrieved November 11, 2022.
2. Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "M"". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Retrieved January 17, 2020.
3. Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "S"". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Retrieved January 17, 2020.
4. Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "W"". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Retrieved January 17, 2020.
5. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1981-1981" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Wilkes University.
6. Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "D"". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Retrieved January 17, 2020.
7. Cox, Harold (2004). "Pennsylvania Senate - 1981-1982" (PDF). Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Wilkes University.
8. Cox, Harold. "Senate Members "R"". Pennsylvania Election Statistics: 1682–2004. Wilkes University Election Statistics Project . Retrieved January 17, 2020.
9. "Senate Districts 2001" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 16, 2020.
10. "Pennsylvania Senate Districts 2012" (PDF). Pennsylvania Redistricting. Retrieved January 16, 2020.