Beverly "Bev" D. Mackereth is a former member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives

Pennsylvania House of Representatives

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. She represented the 196th state legislative district in York County, Pennsylvania

York County, Pennsylvania

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 and is a member of the Republican Party

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.

Mackereth is a 1979 graduate of Frostburg State University

Frostburg State University

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. Following college, she worked at the York County Blind Center. Later she became a Supervisor at York County Children and Youth Services, and a Victim Witness Coordinator at the York County Attorney’s office. In 1997, Governor Tom Ridge

Tom Ridge

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 appointed her Deputy Director of the Governor’s Community Partnership for Safe Children.

Mackereth served on the Spring Grove, Pennsylvania

Spring Grove, Pennsylvania

Spring Grove is a borough in York County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 2,167 at the 2010 census.-History:The site of Spring Grove was laid out in 1747 on the banks of Codorus Creek, midway between York and Hanover, by a surveyor for the Penns. Its growth since that time falls...

 borough council and then as Mayor of from 1996-2000. In 2000, she ran for the State House of Representatives, when incumbent Todd Platts opted to run for Congress instead of running for re-election. She defeated Democratic

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 nominee Donald Hake by a wide margin, and took office in 2001. She has been re-elected in every election since.

Representative Mackereth chaired the Subcommittee on Drugs and Alcohol, and was a member of the committees of Judiciary, Children and Youth, Education, and Health and Human Services. She remains a resident of Spring Grove, and is married with four children.

Mackereth announced in July 2008 that she would retire at the end of her term in order to take a position as York County's Director of Human Services.

External links

• Pennsylvania House of Representatives - Beverly Mackereth official PA House website (archived)
• Pennsylvania House Republican Caucus - Representative Beverly Mackereth official party website (archived)
• Biography, voting record, and interest group ratings at Project Vote Smart
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