William Robert Bastian (October 21, 1938 July 13, 2019) was a
Republican member of the
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.
It ...
, representing the
69th District.
Biography
Bastian and his wife lived in
Friedens, Pennsylvania, and had five children. He retired prior to the
2008 election, having joined in 1999, and was succeeded by Republican
Carl Walker Metzgar.
On July 11, 2019, Bastian was accidentally crushed by a rolling tractor's wheel on his farm. He died on July 13 at Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center in
Johnstown, Pennsylvania
Johnstown is the largest city in Cambria County, Pennsylvania, United States. The population was 18,411 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. Located east of Pittsburgh, it is the principal city of the Metropolitan statistical area ...
.
References
External links
Pennsylvania House of Representatives - Bob BastianPennsylvania House Republican Caucus - Representative Bob BastianBiographyvoting record
an
interest group ratings
at Project Vote Smart
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1938 births
2019 deaths
Accidental deaths in Pennsylvania
Cornell University alumni
Farming accident deaths
Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives
Military personnel from Pennsylvania
American veterinarians
People from Lycoming County, Pennsylvania
People from Somerset County, Pennsylvania
United States Air Force officers
20th-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly
21st-century members of the Pennsylvania General Assembly