Harold Brubaker
Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 1995 – January 1, 1999
Preceded byDan Blue
Succeeded byJim Black
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
In office
January 1, 1977 – July 12, 2012
Preceded byGilbert Ray Davis
Succeeded byAllen Ray McNeill
Constituency24th District (1977-1983)
38th District (1983-2003)
78th District (2003-2012)
Personal details
Born
(1946-11-11) November 11, 1946 (age 77)[1]

Asheboro, North Carolina
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceAsheboro, North Carolina
OccupationReal estate appraiser and cattle breeder and economist

Harold J. Brubaker is a Republican politician who served in the North Carolina General Assembly. He represented the state's seventy-eighth House district, including constituents in Randolph County, for 35 years. He resigned in 2012 with plans to become a lobbyist.[2] At the time he was the longest-serving sitting member of the House.[3]

He was born and grew up in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania.

Brubaker was Speaker of the House for two terms (1995–1998). He was the only Republican Speaker in North Carolina in the twentieth century, the first Republican speaker since Zeb V. Walser (1895) and the first non-Democrat to be speaker since Populist A. F. Hileman (1897).

A real estate appraiser and cattle breeder from Asheboro, North Carolina, Brubaker was first elected to the House in 1976 and in 2011 became chairman of the House Appropriations Committee.[4]

He is a board member and chairman emeritus of the American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).[5]

Election history

2010

North Carolina House of Representatives District 49, November 2, 2010[6]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Harold Brubaker 13,823 100

Controversies

In 1989, the New York Times reported that Brubaker was paid $10,000 to assist developers in Durham, North Carolina, regarding a real estate project that drew scrutiny from authorities.[7] The project involved converting a hosiery mill into homes for the elderly, and caused concern when subordinates had reportedly been against the project, but funds were appropriated nevertheless.[7]

References

  1. ^ "The Voter's Self Defense System". Vote Smart. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  2. ^ News & Observer News & Observer: Brubaker resigning House seat to go into lobbying
  3. ^ WRAL (January 19, 2011). "GOP House leaders name committee chairs". WRAL.com. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  4. ^ News & Observer: Brubaker will lead Appropriations panel Archived October 1, 2012, at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Leadership". www.ALEC.org. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  6. ^ "N.C. Board of Elections: 2010 General Election Results". ClarityElections.com. Retrieved April 21, 2019.
  7. ^ a b Philip Shenon (September 22, 1989). "H.U.D. Inquiry Links Five More to Big Fees". The New York Times. Retrieved December 31, 2010. Mr. Adams told the Senate banking and housing committee today that follow-up audits had identified payments to the five additional housing consultants, including Harold J. Brubaker, a Republican State Representative in North Carolina, who got $10,000 to assist developers in Durham. That project, converting a hosiery mill into homes for the elderly, has drawn scrutiny following disclosure that Housing Secretary Samuel R. Pierce Jr. overruled subordinates and ordered funds for it.

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North Carolina House of Representatives Preceded byGilbert Ray Davis Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 24th district 1977–1983 Served alongside: Jesse Thomas Pugh Jr., William Frank Redding III Succeeded byAnne Craig Barnes Joe Hackney Preceded bySam Lee Beam E. Graham Bell David Webster Bumgardner Jr. David Rudisill Mauney Jr. Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 38th district 1983–2003 Succeeded byDeborah Ross Preceded byStanley Fox Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the 78th district 2003–2012 Succeeded byAllen Ray McNeill Political offices Preceded byDan Blue Speaker of the North Carolina House of Representatives 1995–1999 Succeeded byJim Black
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