MARYLAND HOUSE OF DELEGATES

JOHN F. WOOD, JR., Democrat, District 29A, St. Mary's County.

Lowe House Office Building, Room 141
6 Governor Bladen Blvd.
Annapolis, MD 21401 - 1991
(301) 858-3502
(410) 841-3502

District office:
P.O. Box 406
Mechanicsville, MD 20659
(301) 884-2345
(301) 934-9645

Member of House of Delegates since 1987. Acting Chair, Commerce and Government Matters Committee, 1998- (vice-chair, 1994-98; chair, financial institutions subcommittee). Member, Rules and Executive Nominations Committee, 1993- (vice-chair, 1993). Member, Economic Matters Committee, 1987-93 (unemployment insurance subcommittee); Special Joint Committee on Energy Pricing, 1990-91. Past chair, Charles County Delegation.

Member, Park and Recreation Board, St. Mary's County, 1979-; County Hospital Board, St. Mary's County, 1982-. Member, Partnership for Workforce Quality Advisory Board; Interdepartmental Committee on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits; Maryland Veterans Home Commission; 7th Judicial Nominating Commission, 1980-86; Tri-County Council for Southern Maryland, 1987-; Subcommittee on Mandated Health Insurance Benefits of Governor's Commission on Health Care Policy and Financing, 1988-89; Chesapeake Bay Commission, 1991-; U.S. 301 South Corridor Transportation Study Task Force, 1994-95; Task Force to Review the State's Election Law, 1995; Forvm for Rural Maryland, 1995-. Co-Chair, Task Force to Study Motor Vehicle Liens, Regulation of Towing Practices, and the Disposition of Unclaimed Vehicles, 1997. Member, Task Force to Study Bank Charter Modernization, 1997-; State Use Industries Advisory Committee, 1998-.

Born in Leonardtown, Maryland, January 13, 1936. Attended Charlotte Hall Military Academy. Maryland National Guard (sergeant), 1952-60. Owner and operator, Wood's Food Rite. Board of Directors, Mid-Atlantic Food Dealers Association, 1976-83 (president, 1980). Member, Charles County and St. Mary's County Democratic Clubs; Rescue Squad, Mechanicsville Fire Department; Mechanicsville and 7th District Optimist Clubs; Mechanicsville Moose. Married; nine children.

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