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Catherine M. Harper
Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
from the 61st district
Assumed office
January 2, 2001[1]
Preceded byJoseph M. Gladeck, Jr.
Personal details
Born (1956-04-05) April 5, 1956 (age 68)
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Political partyRepublican
SpousePaul J. Kelly III
ChildrenPaul Kelly IV, Thomas Kelly
ResidenceLower Gwynedd Township, Pennsylvania
Alma materLa Salle University
Villanova University

Catherine M. "Kate" Harper is a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives. She has represented the 61st Legislative District in Montgomery County, Pennsylvania since 2000 and is a member of the Republican Party.

Biography

Harper was first elected to the House of Representatives in 2000 and has been re-elected four times. Prior to her election to the House, Harper was a member of the Lower Gwynedd Township Board of Supervisors.

Representative Harper is chairman of the House Transportation Committee’s Subcommittee on Aviation. She is Vice Chairman of the House Ethics Committee and also serves on the House Environmental Resources and Energy, Judiciary, Transportation, and Urban Affairs Committees.[2]

Personal

Harper is a graduate of Gwynedd Mercy Academy High School, La Salle University, and Villanova University Law School. In addition to her legislative work, Harper is an attorney at law firm, Timoney Knox.

Representative Harper and her husband reside in Lower Gwynedd Township and have two sons. She is of Irish descent.

In 2002, the political website PoliticsPA named her to the list of "Smartest Legislators," describing her as a "policy wonk of policy wonks."[3]

References

  1. ^ "SESSION OF 2001 - 185TH OF THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY - No. 1" (PDF). Legislative Journal. Pennsylvania House of Representatives. 2001-01-02.
  2. ^ PA House Profile
  3. ^ "Smartest Legislators". PoliticsPA. The Publius Group. 2002. Archived from the original on 2002-01-15.

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