Michigan's 3rd House of Representatives district is a legislative district within the Michigan House of Representatives located in Wayne County. The district was created in 1965, when the Michigan Supreme Court ordered the reapportionment of state legislative districts from a county-based system to a proportional one following the Supreme Court case Reynolds v. Sims. It is currently represented by Democrat Alabas Farhat of Dearborn.
List of representatives Representative Party Years Residence Notes William A. Ryan Democratic 1965–1972 Detroit Reapportioned from the former Wayne County, 3rd district; redistricted to the 14th district. Casmer P. Ogonowski 1973–1982 Detroit Redistricted from the 19th district; resigned March 1982 after pleading guilty to extortion charges. Clement Bykowski 1982 Detroit Matthew McNeely 1983–1986 Detroit Redistricted from the 16th district. Ilona Varga 1987–1992 Detroit Redistricted to the 8th district. Joseph F. Young Sr. 1993 Detroit Redistricted from the 14th district; died April 1993. Mary Lou Parks 1993–1998 Detroit Term limited. Artina Tinsley Hardman 1999–2004 Detroit Term limited. LaMar Lemmons III 2005–2006 Detroit Previously served in the 2nd district; term limited. Bettie Cook Scott 2007–2010 Detroit Alberta Tinsley Talabi 2011–2012 Detroit Redistricted to the 2nd district. John Olumba 2013 Detroit Redistricted from the 5th district; elected as a Democrat but left the party and departed the caucus in February 2013 to form the Independent Urban Democracy Caucus. Independent 2013–2014 Wendell Byrd Democratic 2015–2020 Detroit Term limited. Shri Thanedar 2021–2022 Detroit Alabas Farhat 2023–present Dearborn
Historical district boundaries Map Description Apportionment Plan Notes Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) 1964 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) 1972 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part) 1982 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part; Lower East Side) 1992 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part; Lower East Side) 2001 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Detroit (part; Upper East Side and much of the area around Palmer Park) 2011 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Dearborn (part) Detroit (part) Melvindale 2021 Apportionment Plan Wayne County (part) Dearborn (part) Detroit (part) Remedial 2021 Apportionment Plan Approved in 2024
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