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History and Government—Congressional Biographies—MassachusettsPeter Gerard TORKILDSEN
(1958- )
TORKILDSEN, Peter Gerard,
a Representative from Massachusetts; born in Milwaukee, Wis.,
January 28, 1958; B.A., University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
Mass., 1980; M.P.A., John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard
University, Cambridge, Mass., 1990; service coordinator, Visiting
Nurse Association of Boston, 1982-1984; member of the Massachusetts
state house of representatives, 1985-1990; delegate, Republican
National Convention, 1988, 1996, and 2008; commissioner,
Massachusetts department of labor and industries, 1991-1992;
elected as a Republican to the One Hundred Third and to the
succeeding Congress (January 3, 1993-January 3, 1997); unsuccessful
candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Fifth Congress in 1996;
unsuccessful candidate for election to the One Hundred Sixth
Congress in 1998; commissioner, Massachuetts labor relations
commission, 2001-2003; executive director, Massachusetts workforce
investment board, 2004-2007; chairman, Massachusetts Republican
Party, 2007-2009; businessman.
Source: Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1771-Present
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