Pennsylvania House of Representatives, District 168

The 168th Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Pennsylvania House of Representatives
The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two year terms from single member districts....

District is made up of parts of Chester County, Pennsylvania

Chester County, Pennsylvania

-State parks:*French Creek State Park*Marsh Creek State Park*White Clay Creek Preserve-Demographics:As of the 2010 census, the county was 85.5% White, 6.1% Black or African American, 0.2% Native American or Alaskan Native, 3.9% Asian, 0.0% Native Hawaiian, 1.8% were two or more races, and 2.4% were...

and Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Delaware County, Pennsylvania

Delaware County is a county located in the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. As of 2010, the population was 558,979, making it Pennsylvania's fifth most populous county, behind Philadelphia, Allegheny, Montgomery, and Bucks counties....

. The district includes the following areas:

Chester County
- Westtown Township
  Westtown Township, Pennsylvania
  Westtown Township is a township in Chester County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 10,827 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the township has a total area of , of which is land and , or 0.23%, is water.-Demographics:As of the census of 2000,...

Delaware County
- Edgmont Township
  Edgmont Township, Pennsylvania
  Edgmont Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 3,918 at the 2000 census.-History and Socioeconomics:...
- Middletown Township
  Middletown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
  Middletown Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 16,064 at the 2000 census. The Pennsylvania State University has an undergraduate satellite campus located in the north-central portion of the township, while Neumann College, a private...
- Nether Providence Township
  Nether Providence Township, Pennsylvania
  Nether Providence Township is a first class township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Many residents refer to the township by the name of its largest community, Wallingford, because the Wallingford postal code is used for most of the township....
  
  (PART, Ward 06)
- Newtown Township
  Newtown Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
  Newtown Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States . Newtown Township is the oldest township in Delaware County. The population was 11,700 as of the 2000 census.-History:...
  
  (PART, Precincts 01, 03, 04, 05, 06 and 08)
- Thornbury Township
  Thornbury Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
  Thornbury Township is a township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 7,093 at the 2000 census. It is adjacent to, and was once joined with, Thornbury Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.-Geography:...
- Upper Providence Township
  Upper Providence Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania
  Upper Providence Township is a census-designated place and township in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States, located around and north of the borough of Media, between Ridley Creek and Crum Creek. The population was 10,509 at the 2000 census. Ridley Creek State Park is inside the...
  
  (PART, Precincts 01, 04 and 05)
- Media
  Media, Pennsylvania
  The borough of Media is the county seat of Delaware County, Pennsylvania and is located west of Philadelphia. Media was incorporated in 1850 at the same time that it was named the county seat. The population was 5,533 at the 2000 census. Its school district is the Rose Tree Media School District...
- Rose Valley
  Rose Valley, Pennsylvania
  Rose Valley is a small but historic borough in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States. Its area is and the population was 944 at the 2000 census. It was settled by Quaker farmers in 1682, and later water mills along Ridley Creek drove manufacturing in the nineteenth century...

Representatives

Representative	Party	Years	Note
Prior to 1969, seats were apportioned by county.
Matthew J. Ryan Matthew J. Ryan Matthew J. Ryan was a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for over 40 years and served as Speaker of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives.Ryan was a 1950 graduate of Saint Joseph's Preparatory School, in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania...	Republican Republican Party (United States) The Republican Party is one of the two major contemporary political parties in the United States, along with the Democratic Party. Founded by anti-slavery expansion activists in 1854, it is often called the GOP . The party's platform generally reflects American conservatism in the U.S...	1969 – 2003	Died March 29, 2003.
Thomas Killion	Republican	2003 – present	Elected on June 17, 2003 to fill vacancy

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