Judson S. Gilbert II | |
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| Member of theMichigan House of Representatives from the81st district | |
| In office January 1, 2011 – December 31, 2012 | |
| Preceded by | Phil Pavlov |
| Succeeded by | Dan Lauwers |
| Member of theMichigan Senate from the25th district | |
| In office January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2010 | |
| Preceded by | Dianne Byrum |
| Succeeded by | Phil Pavlov |
| Member of theMichigan House of Representatives from the82nd district | |
| In office January 1, 1999 – December 31, 2002 | |
| Preceded by | Karen Willard |
| Succeeded by | John Stahl |
| Personal details | |
| Born | (1952-01-22)January 22, 1952 (age 74) |
| Party | Republican |
| Residence | Algonac, Michigan |
Judson "Jud" Gilbert II (born January 22, 1952) was a member of theMichigan Legislature. Immediately prior to this term (2010-2012) he was a member of theMichigan State Senate, where he has served since 2002. Prior to that he was a member of theMichigan House of Representatives from 1998 to 2002. Gilbert is a Roman Catholic.[citation needed] In 2010 Gilbert was elected to a third term in the Michigan State House.
Gilbert's House district covered most ofSt. Clair County. His former Senate District covered all ofSt. Clair County andLapeer County He is a native of Algonac. He graduated from Algonac High School and St. Clair County Community College. He later went toWayne State University, where he studied mortuary science. He then spent several years as a funeral home director.
Gilbert is term limited and thus not running for re-election in 2010. However, since the term limit in the state house is 3 terms and he only served two, Gilbert is running for theState House District 81.
While in the State Senate Gilbert was an early fighter for replacing theSingle Business Tax and was endorsed by the state chamber of commerce for these actions.[1] Gilbert is the chair of the Senate Transportation Committee and as such has been involved in negotiations to build theDetroit River International Crossing.[2] He has stalled this project to some extent with his inquiries about particulars of the project, such as who will pay the owners of the land condemned to build the bridge crossings and what will happen if toll revenue is below projections.[3]