State Delegate: | Virginia |
District: | 70th |
Term Start: | January 12, 1983 |
Term End: | March 23, 1992 |
Predecessor: | None (district created) |
Successor: | Lawrence D. Wilder Jr. |
Birthname: | Roland J. Ealey |
Birth Date: | 20 June 1914 |
Birth Place: | Kershaw, South Carolina, U.S. |
Death Place: | Richmond, Virginia, U.S. |
Spouse: | Bessie Mae Binford |
Alma Mater: | Virginia Union University (BA) Howard University (LLB) |
Party: | Democratic |
Roland J. "Duke" Ealey (June 20, 1914 – March 23, 1992) is a former member of the Virginia House of Delegates from Richmond. In 1983, following the death of Delegate James S. Christian, Jr.,[1] who had been elected to represent the newly created 70th district, Ealey won a special election for the position. He served until his own death in 1992.[2]
In 2004 the House of Delegates designated June 20 as "Delegate Roland J. Ealey Day" in Virginia.