State: | Pennsylvania |
District: | 22 |
Chamber: | House of Representatives |
Representative: | Joshua Siegel |
Party: | Democratic |
Residence: | Allentown |
Population: | 62,468 |
Population Year: | 2022 |
The 22nd Pennsylvania House of Representatives District is in southeastern Pennsylvania and has been represented by Joshua Siegel since 2023.
The 22nd District is located within Lehigh County and includes following areas:[1]
Representative | Party | Years | District home | Note | |
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Before 1969, seats were apportioned by county. | |||||
Frank W. O'Brien | Democrat | 1969 – 1970 | |||
William J. Coyne | Democrat | 1971 – 1972 | Pittsburgh | ||
James A. Romanelli | Democrat | 1973 – 1975 | Resigned November 17, 1975.[2] | ||
Charles Logue | Democrat | 1976 – 1978 | Elected to fill Romanelli's unexpired term in April 1976 | ||
Steve Seventy | Democrat | 1979 – 1988 | Died in office 1988[3] | ||
Frank Gigliotti | Democrat | 1989 – 2000 | Resigned on June 15, 2000[4] | ||
Michael Diven | Democratic | 2001 – 2005 | Switched party in 2005 | ||
Republican | 2005 – 2006 | ||||
Chelsa Wagner | Democrat | 2007 – 2012 | Pittsburgh | Resigned to take office as Allegheny County Controller | |
Martin Schmotzer | Democrat | 2012 – 2013 | Pittsburgh | Elected in special election on April 24, 2012; lost concurrent primary to serve a full term to Erin Molchany. | |
Erin Molchany | Democrat | 2013 – 2014 | Redistricting moved this seat; Molchany lost a primary election against fellow incumbent Harry Readshaw[5] | ||
District moved from Allegheny County to Lehigh County after 2014 | |||||
Peter Schweyer | Democrat | 2015 – 2023 | Allentown | Sworn in on January 6, 2015 | |
Joshua Siegel | Democrat | 2023 – present | Allentown | Sworn in on January 3, 2023 |