Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 17

[[Pennsylvania House|]]	Parke Wentling R–Greenville
Demographics	96% White 2.1% Black 1% Hispanic
Population (2011)  • Citizens of voting age	62,402 48,774

The 17th Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is located in northwestern Pennsylvania and has been represented by Republican Parke Wentling since 2015.

District profile

The 17th District comprises parts of Crawford County, Erie County, Lawrence County, and Mercer County. It is home to Westminster College (Pennsylvania). The following areas are included in the 17th District:

Crawford County

• Cochranton
• Conneaut Lake
• Conneautville
• Beaver Township
• Conneaut Township
• East Fallowfield Township
• Fairfield Township
• Greenwood Township
• Linesville
• North Shenango Township
• Pine Township
• Sadsbury Township
• South Shenango Township
• Summerhill Township
• Summit Township
• West Fallowfield Township
• West Shenango Township

Erie County

• Albion
• Conneaut Township

Erie County(continued)

• Girard
• Girard Township
• Lake City
• Platea
• Springfield Township

Lawrence County

• New Wilmington
• Wilmington Township

Mercer County

• Delaware Township
• East Lackawannock Township
• Greene Township
• Hempfield Township
• Jamestown
• Jefferson Township
• Otter Creek Township
• Salem Township
• Sugar Grove Township
• Wilmington Township

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Prior to 1969, seats were apportioned by county.
Eugene F. Scanlon	Democrat	1969 – 1974
Leonard E. Sweeney	Democrat	1975		Convicted of mail fraud and expelled on August 27, 1975
Robert P. Ravenstahl	Democrat	1975 – 1978
Thomas J. Murphy, Jr.	Democrat	1979 – 1982		Moved to the 20th District
Robert D. Robbins	Republican	1983 – 1990	Greenville	Elected to the Pennsylvania Senate
David Orr King	Republican	1991 – 1996
Rod E. Wilt	Republican	1997 – 2006
Michele Brooks	Republican	2007 – 2014	Jamestown
Parke Wentling	Republican	2015 – present	Greenville	Incumbent

Recent election results

PA House election, 2010:
Pennsylvania House, District 17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michele Brooks	15,563	100.0
Margin of victory			15,563	100
Turnout			15,563	100

PA House election, 2012:
Pennsylvania House, District 17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Michele Brooks	19,904	100.0
Margin of victory			19,904	100
Turnout			19,904	100

PA House election, 2014:
Pennsylvania House, District 17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Parke Wentling	11,197	67.32
	Democratic	Wayne Hanson	5,435	32.68
Margin of victory			5,762	34.64
Turnout			16,632	100

PA House election, 2016:
Pennsylvania House, District 17

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Republican	Parke Wentling	18,937	71.27
	Democratic	Wayne Hanson	7,633	28.73
Margin of victory			11,304	42.54	7.9
Turnout			26,570	100

References

• Cox, Harold (2004). "Legislatures - 1776-2004". Wilkes University Election Statistics Project. Wilkes University.

External links

• District map from the United States Census Bureau
• Pennsylvania House Legislative District Maps from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.
• Population Data for District 17 from the Pennsylvania Redistricting Commission.