Margo McDermed is an American politician.

Education

In 1973, McDermed earned a BA in communications from Simmons College. In 1976, McDermed earned a JD in law from

DePaul University College of Law DePaul University College of Law is the law school of DePaul University, a private Catholic research university in Chicago, Illinois. It employs more than 125 full- and part-time faculty members and enrolls more than 500 students in its Juri ...

Career

McDermed is a Republican member of the

Illinois House of Representatives The Illinois House of Representatives is the lower house of the Illinois General Assembly. The body was created by the first Illinois Constitution adopted in 1818. The House under the constitution as amended in 1980 consists of 118 representativ ...

who represents the 37th district. The 37th district, located in the

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, includes all or parts of Frankfort, Frankfort Square, Homer Glen, Ingalls Park, Mokena, New Lenox, Orland Park, and

Tinley Park Tinley Park is a village in Cook and Will counties in the U.S. state of Illinois. The population was 55,971 at the 2020 census. It is a suburb in the Chicago metropolitan area. History 19th century Modern settlement of the area now known as Ti ...

. McDermed was an attorney working in the

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for thirty years before retiring. Prior to her election to the Illinois House of Representatives, she served as the Township Collector, a Township Trustee, and Township Clerk in Frankfort Township and a member of the Will County Board. McDermed opted not to run for reelection in 2020 and stepped down on January 4, 2021, with several days remaining in the 101st General Assembly. The Republican Representative Committee of the Republican Party of the 37th Representative District appointed Tim Ozinga, winner of the 2020 general election to serve the remainder of McDermed's term.

Electoral history

Personal life

McDermed's husband is Edward. They have two children.

References

External links

Official profile
at

Illinois General Assembly The Illinois General Assembly is the legislature of the U.S. state of Illinois. It has two chambers, the Illinois House of Representatives and the Illinois Senate. The General Assembly was created by the first state constitution adopted in ...

Margo McDermed at votesmart.org
{{DEFAULTSORT:McDermed, Margo Living people DePaul University College of Law alumni Simmons University alumni Republican Party members of the Illinois House of Representatives People from Mokena, Illinois Women state legislators in Illinois Year of birth missing (living people) 21st-century American women politicians 21st-century members of the Illinois General Assembly