George C. Edwards
MSA SC 3520-12217
Biography:
Born in Grantsville, Maryland, April 9, 1948. Attended Northern High School, Accident, Maryland; Fairmont State College, B.S., business administration, cum laude, 1970; Frostburg State College, teacher certification, 1971-74. Married; two children.
General Assembly:
Maryland State Senate, Legislative District 1 (R), Allegany, Garrett
and Washington Counties, 2007-. Member, Budget and Taxation Committee, 2007- (capital budget subcommittee, 2008-; health, education & human resources subcommittee, 2008-10; pensions subcommittee, 2011-15; public safety, transportation & environment subcommittee, 2011-); Executive Nominations Committee, 2011-; Rules Committee, 2011-. Member, Joint Audit Committee, 2007-; Joint Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation, 2007-; Special Joint Committee on Pensions, 2011-; Spending Affordability Committee, 2011-; Joint Committee on Gaming Oversight, 2013-; Legislative Policy Committee, 2013-. Senate Co-Chair, Protocol Committee, 2015-. Member, Finance Committee, 2007; Senate Committee on Reapportionment and Redistricting, 2011-12; Special Joint Commission on Public Safety and Security in State and Local Correctional Facilities, 2013; Joint Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2015. Senate Chair, Allegany County Delegation, 2007-; Garrett County Delegation, 2007-. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (environment & natural resources committee, 2005-07; agriculture, environment & energy committee, 2007-08; agriculture & energy committee, 2008-; environment committee, 2008-). Member, Small Business Task Force, 2009; Marcellus Shale Safe-Drilling Initiative Advisory Commission, 2011-15. Alternate member, Work Group to Consider Gaming Expansion, 2012. Member, Local and Regional Transportation Funding Task Force, 2013; Local [Video Lottery] Development Council, Allegany County, 2015-; Maryland Redistricting Reform Commission, 2015-; Rural Maryland Council, 2015-.
House of Delegates, Legislative District 1A (R), Allegany, Garrett
counties, 1983-2007. Minority Leader, 2003-07. Member,
Appropriations Committee, 1983-2007 (capital budget subcommittee,
1992-2007; health & the environment subcommittee, 1992-94;
transportation & the environment subcommittee, 1995-2007; oversight
committee on pensions, 1995-2007; chair, oversight committee on program
open space & agricultural land preservation, 1994-2002; oversight
committee on personnel, 2003-07, chair, 2003). Member, Joint
Subcommittee on Program Open Space and Agricultural Land Preservation,
1991-2007 (house chair, 1991-2003). Member, Rules and Executive
Nominations Committee, 1995-2007; Special Joint Committee on Pensions,
1995-2007; Joint Committee on Legislative Ethics, 2003-07; Legislative
Policy Committee, 2003-07 (management subcommittee, 2003-07). Member,
Special Joint Task Force on Transportation, 1995-97; Joint Committee on
the Management of Public Funds, 1995-2003; Special Joint Committee on
Competitive Taxation and Economic Development, 1996-97; Special
Committee on School Enrollment Management, 1996-97. Deputy Minority
Whip, 1996-97. Member, Special Committee on Rail Mergers, 1997; Joint
Committee on the Selection of the State Treasurer, 2003; Spending
Affordability Committee, 2003-07; Special Committee on State Employee
Rights and Protections, 2005-07; Joint Commission on the Maryland Port
Administration, 2005-07. Chair, Garrett County Delegation, 1983-2007.
Chair, Western Maryland Delegation, 1995-2004. Chair, Allegany County
Delegation, 1998-2007. Member, Maryland Legislative Sportsmen's Caucus,
2001-07; Maryland Rural Caucus, 2002-07; Maryland Veterans Caucus,
2005-07. Member, National Conference of State Legislatures (environment
& natural resources committee).
Member, Town Council, Town of Grantsville, 1972-74, 1980-82. Member, Board of County Commissioners, Garrett County, 1974-78. Member, Tri-County Council for Western Maryland, 1983-; Citizens Advisory Board for Brandenburg Center, 1991-2000; Maryland Advisory Commission on Manufacturing Competitiveness, 1995-98; Governor's Flood Mitigation Task Force for Western Maryland, 1996-2002; Maryland Comprehensive Transit Plan Transit Advisory Panel, 1998-99; Task Force to Study the Governance, Coordination, and Funding of the University System of Maryland, 1998-99; Western Maryland Economic Development Task Force, 1998-2002; Transit Policy Panel, 2000; State Advisory Board for Juvenile Services, 2000-05; Deep Creek Lake Policy and Review Board, 2000-07; Task Force to Study Public School Facilities, 2002-04; Youth Centers Advisory Board, Department of Juvenile Services, 2002-; Governor's Commission on the Structure and Efficiency of State Government, 2003 (environmental programs subcommittee); Transportation Task Force, 2003. Past member, Deep Creek Lake Advisory and Review Committee.
Private Career and Other Public Service:
Drafted by Baltimore Colts, 1970; NAIA Football All-American Fullback. Frostburg State College, teacher certification, 1971-74. Served in Maryland National Guard, 1970-76. Retail businessman. Former teacher. Member, Garrett County Development Corporation, 1974-. Member, Legislative Committee, Maryland Association of Counties, 1975-78. Delegate, Republican Party National Convention, 2004. Member, National Rifle Association; American Legion; Lonaconing Republican Club; Lions Club (president, 1982-83). Associate member, Lodge 40, Fraternal Order of Police. Legislator Recognition Award, Maryland Association of Counties, 1997. Certificate of Appreciation, Maryland Municipal League, 2008, 2009, 2011. Thomas Kennedy Award, House of Delegates, 2012. Outstanding Legislator, Rural Action Assembly, 2013. Member, St. Paul's United Methodist Church.
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