The 133rd Delaware General Assembly was a meeting of the legislative branch of the state government, consisting of the Delaware Senate and the Delaware House of Representatives. Elections were held the first Tuesday after November 1 and terms began in Dover on the first Tuesday in January. This date was January 8, 1985, which was two weeks before the beginning of the first administrative year of Republican Governor Mike Castle from New Castle County and the first year for Democratic Lieutenant Governor S. B. Woo, also from New Castle County.
Currently the distribution of seats for both houses was based on the interpretation of the federal 1980 census. It resulted in a large numbers of membership numbers in the New Castle County area and ruling that the election districts would abandonment of county lines for their boundaries, but would design whatever district boundaries that would accomplish such population equals.
In the 133rd Delaware General Assembly session the Senate had a Democratic majority and the House had a Republican majority.
Leadership
Senate Richard S. Cordrey, Sussex County, Democratic
House of Representatives Charles L. Hebner, New Castle County, Republican
Members
Senate About half the State Senators were elected every two years for a four-year term, except the decade district redesign year, when all served two years. They were designed for equal populations from all districts and its accomplishment occasionally included some territory from two counties.
New Castle County 1. Harris McDowell III 2. Herman M. Holloway Sr. 3. Robert I. Marshall 4. Robert J. Berndt 5. Myrna L. Bair 6. Andrew G. Knox 7. Angelo T. Citro New Castle County 8. John H. Arnold Margo E. Bane 9. Thomas B. Sharp 10. James P. Neal 11. Roger A. Martin 12. Robert T. Connor 13. David B. McBride 14. James T. VaughnKent County 15. Nancy W. Cook 16. William C. Torbert 17. Jacob W. Zimmerman 18. Ruth Ann Minner
Sussex County 19. Thurman G. Adams Jr. 20. Richard S. Cordrey 21. William A. Slatcher
House of Representatives All the State Representatives were elected every two years for a two-year term. They were designed for equal populations from all districts and its accomplishment occasionally included some territory from two counties.
New Castle County 1. Orlando J. George Jr. 2. Al O. Plant Sr. 3. James H. Sills Jr. 4. Kevin Free 5. Casimir S. Jonkiert 6. David H. Ennis 7. Gwynne P. Smith 8. David D. Brady 9. Charles L. Hebner Sr. 10. Jane P. Maroney 11. Marybeth T. Boykin 12. Philip J. Corrozi 13. John F. Van Sant III 14. John A. Campanelli New Castle County 15. Bruce C. Reynolds 16. William I. Houghton 17. Jeffrey G. Mack 18. Terry R. Spence 19. Robert F. Gilligan 20. Roger P. Roy 21. Steven C. Taylor 22. Joseph R. Petrilli 23. Ada Leigh Soles 24. William A. Oberle Jr. 25. Marian P. Anderson 26. Richard F. Davis 27. Katherine M. JesterKent County 28: Bruce C. Ennis 29. Donald M. Clark 30. George R. Quillen 31. E. Stuart Outten Jr. 32. Edward J. Bennett 33. G. Wallace Caulk Jr. 34. Gerald A. Buckworth
Sussex County 35. B. Bradford Barnes 36. V. George Carey 37. Jay D. Wingate 38. Charles W. Steele 39. Evelyn K. Fallon 40. Carroll B. Cordrey 41. Charles P. West
References
Places with more information Delaware Historical Society; website; 505 North Market Street, Wilmington, Delaware 19801; (302) 655-7161. University of Delaware; Library website; 181 South College Avenue, Newark, Delaware 19717; (302) 831-2965.