Purpose

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{{Representative}} looks up information about an incumbent member of a representative body. When this information is replicated across many articles, corrections and updates become laborious. Gathering it together on a single wiki page (herein called a 'dataset') eases the maintenance burden.

Parameters

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Positional parameters

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  • The first positional parameter indicates which dataset to use for lookup.
  • The second positional parameter, usually a numeric value, indicates which district or seat.

Named parameters

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  • format= to specify the display format (name of formatting template)
  • fmt= to specify the display format (shorthand)

Examples

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  • {{Representative|nycd|1}}
displays the representative of New York's 1st congressional district in the default format:
Nick LaLota (R)
  • {{Representative|caad|2|format=Representative/format/nameonly}}
displays the representative of California's 2nd State Assembly district using {{Representative/format/nameonly}} for formatting:
Jim Wood
  • {{Representative|cacd|3|fmt=linked}}
displays the representative of California's 3rd congressional district using {{Representative/format/linked}} for formatting:
Kevin Kiley

Datasets

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Updates and corrections to data (such as the representative's name or political affiliation) should be made to the "dataset template". There are six dataset templates:

California
Parameter value Scope Dataset template default fmt=
cacd current U.S. representatives from California {{Representative/current/California congressional}} us
caad current members of the California State Assembly {{Representative/current/California assembly}} linked
casd current members of the California State Senate {{Representative/current/California state senate}} linked
Massachusetts
Parameter value Scope Dataset template default fmt=
macd current U.S. representatives from Massachusetts {{Representative/current/Massachusetts congressional}} us
maad current members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives {{Representative/current/Massachusetts assembly}} linked
macd current members of the Massachusetts State Senate {{Representative/current/Massachusetts state senate}} linked
New York (state)
Parameter value Scope Dataset template default fmt=
nycd current U.S. representatives from New York {{Representative/current/New York congressional}} us
nyad current members of the New York State Assembly {{Representative/current/New York assembly}} linked
nysd current members of the New York State Senate {{Representative/current/New York state senate}} linked
San Francisco
Parameter value Scope Dataset template default fmt=
sfbos Current members of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors {{Representative/current/San Francisco Board of Supervisors}} linked

Display formats

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fmt= Sample output Information displayed Formatting template
adistrict the 25th Assembly District, represented by Democrat Ash Kalra state assembly district, party affiliation, and rep's name {{Representative/format/adistrict}}
block Ash Kalra (D) colored block, linked name, and party affiliation (single letter) {{Representative/format/block}}
district California's 25th congressional district, represented by Democrat Raul Ruiz congressional district, party affiliation, and rep's name {{Representative/format/district}}
linked Raul Ruiz rep's full name, linked {{Representative/format/linked}}
nameonly Raul Ruiz rep's full name without link {{Representative/format/nameonly}}
party Democratic party affiliation without link {{Representative/format/party}}
pfl Democrat Raul Ruiz party affiliation and rep's name {{Representative/format/pfl}}
residence Indio place of residence without link {{Representative/format/residence}}
sdistrict the 25th Senate District, represented by Democrat Anthony Portantino state senate district, party affiliation, and rep's name {{Representative/format/sdistrict}}
sleader Raul Ruiz (D) rep's name and state party affiliation {{Representative/format/sleader}}
spfl Democrat Raul Ruiz state party affiliation and rep's name {{Representative/format/spfl}}
us Raul Ruiz (DIndio) rep's name, party affiliation, and place of residence {{Representative/format/us}}
usleader Raul Ruiz (D) rep's name and party affiliation (single letter) {{Representative/format/usleader}}
usleader3 Raul Ruiz (Dem) rep's name and party affiliation (3-letter abbreviation) {{Representative/format/usleader3}}

See also

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