Parker Space

Parker Space
Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 24th Legislative District
Assumed office
February 23, 2013
Serving with Alison Littell McHose
Preceded by Gary R. Chiusano
Sussex County Freeholder
In office
June 2010 – February 23, 2013
Preceded by Harold J. Wirths
Succeeded by George Graham
Personal details
Born (1968-12-04) December 4, 1968
Political party Republican
Spouse(s) Jill
Children three
Residence Wantage Township, New Jersey
Website Legislative biography

F. Parker Space (born December 4, 1968) is an American Republican Party politician, who has served in the New Jersey General Assembly since February 2013, where he represents the 24th Legislative District.[1]

Space is a farmer and restaurant owner who also owns Space Farms Zoo and Museum in the Beemerville section of Wantage Township in Sussex County, New Jersey.[1] He attended the Sussex County Vocational Technical School and Sussex County Fire Academy.[1] He has served with the Wantage Fire Department as a volunteer firefighter since 1989 and the department's chief 2001-2002.[2] Space served on the township's Land Use Boards (2000-2008), and for two three-year terms on the Wantage Township committee (2004-2009), serving for three years as mayor (2005, 2008-2009), and two years as deputy mayor (2006-2007).[1] He was appointed to the Sussex County Board of Chosen Freeholders in 2010 following the appointment of Harold J. Wirths to head the New Jersey Department of Labor and Workforce Development. Space won a full three-year term in the 2010 general election and was chosen as Freeholder Director in 2013.[3]

He served until his appointment to the General Assembly filling a vacancy left by the resignation of Gary R. Chiusano in 2013.[1][4][5] Chiusano was appointed to the vacant position of Sussex County Surrogate, and Space was chosen by a convention called of party delegates from municipalities to fill the vacancy per New Jersey state law.[5] Space received 103 of the 158 delegate votes cast, defeating Bader Qarmout, John Wroblewski, and Mark Quick.[5]

In the Assembly, Space serves on the Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee and the Labor Committee.[1]

Space was criticized for playing Solitaire on the job during a debate on minimum wages. [6]

District 24

As of 2013, the 24th Legislative District covers 36 municipalities in Sussex, Morris and Warren counties in northwestern New Jersey, including: Allamuchy, Andover Borough, Andover Township, Belvidere, Blairstown, Branchville, Byram, Frankford, Franklin (Sussex), Fredon, Frelinghuysen, Green, Hamburg, Hampton (Sussex), Hardwick, Hardyston, Hopatcong, Hope, Independence, Knowlton, Lafayette, Liberty, Montague, Mount Olive, Newton, Ogdensburg, Oxford, Sandyston, Sparta, Stanhope, Stillwater, Sussex, Vernon, Walpack, Wantage, White. [5][7]

Each of the 40 districts in the New Jersey Legislature has one representative in the New Jersey Senate and two members in the New Jersey General Assembly.[8] The other representatives from the 24th Legislative District for the 2016-2017 Legislative Session are:[9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 New Jersey State Legislature. Members: Legislative District 24 - Assemblyman Parker Space (R) (2013). Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  2. ↑ "ssemblyman Parker Space". New Jersey Assembly Republicans. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  3. ↑ "PARKER SPACE AND RICHARD VOHDEN TO LEAD SUSSEX COUNTY BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLDERS IN 2013" (Press release). Sussex County. January 4, 2013. Retrieved September 14, 2015.
  4. ↑ George, Andrew. "N.J. Assembly seat open as Gary Chiusano is confirmed for Sussex County surrogate post" in The Express-Times (7 February 2013). Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  5. 1 2 3 4 George, Andrew. "Parker Space selected to fill 24th District vacancy in N.J. Assembly" in The Express-Times (25 February 2013). Retrieved 9 July 2013.
  6. ↑ "Assemblyman Parker Space Plays Games While We Work For Poverty Wages". 15nownj.org. Retrieved 2016-10-12.
  7. ↑ Districts by Number, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed August 4, 2010.
  8. ↑ Article IV, New Jersey State Constitution (1947).
  9. ↑ Legislative Roster 2016-2017 Session, New Jersey Legislature. Accessed July 20, 2016.
New Jersey General Assembly
Preceded by
Gary R. Chiusano		 Member of the New Jersey General Assembly for the 24th District
February 23, 2013 – present
With: Alison Littell McHose		 Succeeded by
Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Harold J. Wirths		 Sussex County At-large Freeholder
June 2010 – February 23, 2013 		Succeeded by
George Graham
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