73rd Minnesota Legislature

{{Short description|1983 and 1984 legislative sessions}} {{Use American English|date=February 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

{{Infobox legislative session | name = Seventy-third Minnesota Legislature | image = Minnesota State Capitol.jpg | image_size = 200px | caption = | body = Minnesota Legislature | country = United States | state = Minnesota | meeting_place = Minnesota State Capitol | election = | government = | term_start = {{Start date|1983|01|04}} | term_end = {{End date|1985|01|08}} | before = 72nd Minnesota Legislature | after = 74th Minnesota Legislature | website = {{URL|www.leg.state.mn.us/}} | chamber1 = Minnesota State Senate | membership1 = 67 Senators | control1 = Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party | chamber1_leader1_type = President | chamber1_leader1 = Jerome M. Hughes | chamber1_leader2_type = Majority Leader | chamber1_leader2 = Roger Moe | chamber1_leader3_type = Minority Leader | chamber1_leader3 = James E. Ulland | chamber1_leader4_type = | chamber1_leader4 = | chamber1_leader5_type = | chamber1_leader5 = | chamber2 = Minnesota House of Representatives | membership2 = 134 Representatives | control2 = Democratic-Farmer-Labor Party | chamber2_leader1_type = Speaker | chamber2_leader1 = Harry A. Sieben | chamber2_leader2_type = Majority Leader | chamber2_leader2 = Willis Eken,<br>Harry A. Sieben | chamber2_leader3_type = Minority Leader | chamber2_leader3 = David M. Jennings | chamber2_leader4_type = | chamber2_leader4 = | chamber2_leader5_type = | chamber2_leader5 = | session1_start = | session1_end = }} The '''seventy-third Minnesota Legislature''' first convened on January 4, 1983. The 67 members of the Minnesota Senate and the 134 members of the Minnesota House of Representatives were elected during the General Election of November 2, 1982.

== Sessions == The legislature met in a '''regular session''' from January 4, 1983 to May 23, 1983. A continuation of the regular session was held between March 6, 1984 and April 24, 1984. There were no special sessions of the seventy-third Minnesota Legislature.<ref name="sessions">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/sessions.aspx|title=Sessions of the Minnesota State Legislature and the Minnesota Territorial Legislature, 1849-present.|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref>

== Party summary == :''Resignations and new members are discussed in the "Membership changes" section, below.''

=== Senate === {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=2 | Party<ref name="party_control_senate">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/caucus.aspx?body=s|title=Party Control of the Minnesota Senate, 1951-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref> <div style="font-size:80%">(Shading indicates majority caucus)</div> ! rowspan=3 | Total ! rowspan=3 | Vacant |- style="height:5px" | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | |- ! DFL ! IR |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Legislature | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 44 | 23 ! 67 | 0 |- | colspan=5 | |- ! style="font-size:80%" | Begin | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 42 | 25 ! 67 | 0 |- ! Latest voting share ! {{percentage|42|67|0}} ! {{percentage|25|67|0}} ! colspan=2 | |- | colspan=4 | |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 42 | 25 ! 67 | 0 |}

=== House of Representatives === {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! rowspan=3 | ! colspan=2 | Party<ref name="party_control_house">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/caucus.aspx?body=h|title=Party Control of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1951-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref> <div style="font-size:80%">(Shading indicates majority caucus)</div> ! rowspan=3 | Total ! rowspan=3 | Vacant |- style="height:5px" | style="background-color:{{party color|Democratic Party (United States)}}" | | style="background-color:{{party color|Republican Party (United States)}}" | |- ! DFL ! IR |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| End of previous Legislature | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 70 | 64 ! 134 | 0 |- | colspan=5 | |- ! style="font-size:80%" | Begin | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 77 | rowspan="2" | 57 ! 134 | 0 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | September 12, 1983  | rowspan="2" {{party shading/Democratic}} | 76 ! 133 | 1 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | January 11, 1984  | rowspan="3" | 58 ! 134 | 0 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | June 4, 1984  | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 75 ! 133 | 1 |- ! style="font-size:80%" | August 1, 1984  | {{party shading/Democratic}} | 74 ! 132 | 2 |- ! Latest voting share ! {{percentage|74|132|0}} ! {{percentage|58|132|0}} ! colspan=2 | |- | colspan=5 | |- ! style="white-space:nowrap; font-size:80%;"| Beginning of the next Legislature | 65 | {{party shading/Republican}} | 69 ! 134 | 0 |}

== Leadership == === Senate === ;President of the Senate :Jerome M. Hughes (DFL-Maplewood)<ref name="spres">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/spres.aspx|title=President and President Pro Tempore of the Minnesota Senate, 1849-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref>

;Senate Majority Leader :Roger Moe (DFL-Ada)<ref name="smajmin">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/smajmin.aspx|title=Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota Senate, 1933-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref>

;Senate Minority Leader :James E. Ulland (IR-Duluth)<ref name="smajmin"/>

=== House of Representatives === ;Speaker of the House :Harry A. Sieben (DFL-Hastings)<ref name="speaker">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/speakers.aspx|title=Speakers of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1849-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref>

;House Majority Leader :Until August 1, 1984 Willis Eken (DFL-Twin Valley)<ref name="hmajmin">{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.mn.us/lrl/histleg/hmajmin.aspx|title=Majority and Minority Leaders of the Minnesota House of Representatives, 1901-present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref> :After August 1, 1984 Harry A. Sieben (DFL-Hastings)<ref name="hmajmin"/>

;House Minority Leader :David M. Jennings (IR-Truman)<ref name="hmajmin"/>

== Members == === Senate === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Name ! District ! City ! Party |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Adkins, Betty | 22 | St. Michael | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Anderson, Don A. | 12 | Wadena | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Belanger, William | 41 | Bloomington | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Benson, Duane | 32 | Lanesboro | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Berg, Charlie | 11 | Chokio | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Berglin, Linda | 60 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Bernhagen, John | 21 | Hutchinson | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Bertram, Joe | 16 | Paynesville | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Brataas, Nancy | 33 | Rochester | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Chmielewski, Florian | 14 | Sturgeon Lake | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dahl, Gregory | 50 | Lino Lakes | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Davis, Chuck | 18 | Princeton | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | DeCramer, Gary | 27 | Ghent | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dicklich, Ron | 05 | Hibbing | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Diessner, Bill | 56 | Afton | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Dieterich, Neil | 63 | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Frank, Don | 51 | Spring Lake Park | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Frederick, Mel | 30 | Owatonna | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Frederickson, Dennis | 23 | New Ulm | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Freeman, Michael O. | 40 | Richfield | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Hughes, Jerome M. | 54 | Maplewood | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Isackson, Doran L. | 28 | Storden | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Johnson, Dean | 15 | Willmar | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Johnson, Doug | 06 | Tower | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Jude, Tad | 48 | Maple Grove | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Kamrath, Randy P. | 20 | Canby | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Knaak, Fritz | 53 | White Bear Lake | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Knutson, Howard A. | 38 | Burnsville | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kroening, Carl | 57 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Kronebusch, Patricia Louise | 34 | Rollingstone | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Laidig, Gary | 55 | Stillwater | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Langseth, Keith | 09 | Glyndon | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Lantry, Marilyn | 67 | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Lessard, Bob | 03 | International Falls | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Luther, Bill | 47 | Brooklyn Park | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | McQuaid, Phyllis W. | 44 | Saint Louis Park | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Mehrkens, Lyle | 26 | Red Wing | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Merriam, Gene | 49 | Coon Rapids | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Moe, Donald | 65 | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Moe, Roger | 02 | Ada | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Nelson, Tom A. | 31 | Austin | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Novak, Steve | 52 | New Brighton | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Olson, Gen | 43 | Minnetrista | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Pehler, Jim | 17 | St. Cloud | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Peterson, Collin Clark | 10 | Detroit Lakes | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Peterson, Darrel L. | 29 | Fairmont | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Peterson, Donna C. | 61 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Peterson, Randolph W. | 19 | Wyoming | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Petty, Eric D. | 62 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Pogemiller, Larry | 58 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Purfeerst, Clarence | 25 | Faribault | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Ramstad, Jim | 45 | Plymouth | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Reichgott Junge, Ember | 46 | New Hope | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Renneke, Earl | 35 | Le Sueur | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Samuelson, Don | 13 | Brainerd | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Schmitz, Robert J. | 36 | Jordan | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Sieloff, Ron | 64 | St. Paul | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Solon, Sam | 07 | Duluth | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Spear, Allan | 59 | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Storm, Don | 42 | Edina | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Stumpf, LeRoy | 01 | Thief River Falls | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Taylor, Glen | 24 | Mankato | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Ulland, James E. | 08 | Duluth | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Vega, Conrad | 39 | South St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Waldorf, Gene | 66 | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Wegscheid, Darril | 37 | Apple Valley | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Willet, Gerald | 04 | Park Rapids | DFL |}

=== House of Representatives === {| class="wikitable sortable" ! Name ! District ! City ! Party |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Anderson, Bob | 10B | Ottertail | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Anderson, Bruce W. | 28A | Slayton | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Anderson, Glen H. | 20A | Bellingham | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Battaglia, David Peter | 06A | Two Harbors | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Beard, Pat | 56B | Cottage Grove | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Begich, Joseph | 06B | Eveleth | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Bennett, Tony | 53A | Shoreview | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Berkelman, Thomas R. | 08B | Duluth | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Bishop, Dave | 33B | Rochester | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Blatz, Kathleen | 41B | Bloomington | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Boo, Ben | 08B | Duluth | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Bergstrom, Don | 18B | Big Lake | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Brandl, John | 62B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Brinkman, Bernard J. | 16B | Richmond | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Burger, John | 43A | Long Lake | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Carlson, Doug | 14B | Sandstone | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Carlson, Lyndon | 46B | Crystal | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Clark, Janet H. | 60B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Clark, Karen | 60A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Clawson, John T. | 19B | Lindstrom | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Cohen, Richard | 64B | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Coleman, Sharon L. | 51A | Spring Lake Park | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Dempsey, Terry | 23A | New Ulm | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Den Ouden, Gaylin | 21B | Prinsburg | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Dimler, Chuck | 36A | Chanhassen | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Eken, Willis | 02B | Twin Valley | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Elioff, Dominic J. | 05A | Virginia | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Ellingson, Robert L. | 47B | Brooklyn Center | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Erickson, Wendell O. | 27B | Hills | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Evans, James | 10A | Detroit Lakes | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Findlay, Gary | 11A | Herman | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Fjoslien, David O. | 11B | Brandon | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Forsythe, Mary | 42B | Edina | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Frerichs, Don | 32A | Rochester | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Graba, Jerome Clifford | 12A | Sebeka | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Greenfield, Lee | 61A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Gruenes, Dave | 17B | St. Cloud | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Gustafson, Ben E. | 07B | Duluth | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Gutknecht, Gil | 33A | Rochester | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Halberg, Chuck | 38A | Burnsville | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Haukoos, Bob | 31A | Albert Lea | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Heap, Jim | 45B | Golden Valley | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Heinitz, Orlando Jacob | 48A | Plymouth | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Himle, John | 41A | Bloomington | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Hoberg, Dwaine | 09A | Moorhead | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Hoffman, Chuck | 55B | Stillwater | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Hokr, Dorothy | 46A | New Hope | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Jacobs, Joel | 49B | Coon Rapids | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Jennings, David M. | 29A | Truman | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Jensen, Robert C. | 36B | Farmington | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Johnson, Virgil | 34A | Caledonia | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kahn, Phyllis | 58B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kalis, Henry | 29B | Walters | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kelly, Randy | 67A | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Knickerbocker, Jerry | 43B | Minnetonka | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Knuth, Daniel | 52B | New Brighton | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Kostohryz, Dick | 54B | North St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Krueger, Rick | 12B | Staples | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Kvam, Adolph Leonard | 21A | Litchfield | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Larsen, Ernest A. | 50A | Anoka | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Levi, Connie | 55A | Dellwood | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Long, Dee | 59A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Ludeman, Cal | 27A | Tracy | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Mann, George | 28B | Windom | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Marsh, Marcus M. | 17A | Sauk Rapids | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | McDonald, K. J. | 35B | Watertown | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | McEachern, Bob | 22A | St. Michael | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | McKasy, Bert | 39A | Mendota Heights | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Metzen, James P. | 39B | South St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Minne, Lona | 05B | Hibbing | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Munger, Willard | 07A | Duluth | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Murphy, Mary | 08A | Hermantown | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Nelson, Darby | 49A | Champlin | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Nelson, Ken | 62A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Neuenschwander, Bob | 03A | International Falls | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Norton, Fred C. | 65A | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | O'Connor, Rich | 66B | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Ogren, Paul Anders | 14A | Aitkin | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Olsen, Sally | 44A | Saint Louis Park | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Omann, Ben | 16A | St. Joseph | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Onnen, Tony | 22B | Cokato | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Osthoff, Tom | 66A | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Otis, Todd | 59B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Pauly, Sidney | 42A | Eden Prairie | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Peterson, J.P. | 18A | Princeton | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Piepho, Mark J. | 24A | Mankato | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Piper, Pat | 31B | Austin | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Price, Leonard | 56A | Woodbury | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Quinn, Joe | 50B | Blaine | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Quist, Allen | 23B | St. Peter | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Redalen, Elton | 32B | Fountain | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Reif, Robert W. | 53B | White Bear Lake | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Rice, Jim | 57A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Riveness, Phil | 40B | Bloomington | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Rodosovich, Peter | 25B | Faribault | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Rodriguez, Carolyn Jane | 37A | Apple Valley | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Rodriguez, Frank J. | 65B | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Rose, John | 63A | Roseville | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Sarna, John | 58A | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Schafer, Gary | 35A | Gibbon | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Scheid, Linda | 47A | Brooklyn Park | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Schoenfeld, Jerry E. | 30B | Waseca | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Schreiber, Bill | 48B | Brooklyn Park | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Seaberg, Art | 38B | Mendota Heights | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Segal, Gloria | 44B | St. Louis Park | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Shaver, Craig H. | 45A | Wayzata | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Shea, Tom J. | 30A | Owatonna | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Sherman, Tim | 34B | Winona | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Sieben, Harry A. | 37B | Hastings | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Simoneau, Wayne | 51B | Fridley | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Skoglund, Wes | 61B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Solberg, Loren | 03B | Bovey | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Sparby, Wally | 01B | Thief River Falls | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | St. Onge, Doug J. | 04A | Bemidji | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Stadum, Tony | 02A | Ada | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Staten, Sr., Randolph Wilbert | 57B | Minneapolis | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Sviggum, Steve | 26A | Kenyon | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Swanson, James C. | 40A | Richfield | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Thiede, Paul M. | 13A | Pequot Lakes | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Tomlinson, John D. | 67B | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Tunheim, Jim | 01A | Kennedy | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Uphus, Sylvester | 15A | Sauk Centre | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Valan, Merlyn Orville | 09B | Moorhead | IR |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Valento, Don | 54A | Little Canada | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Vanasek, Robert | 25A | New Prague | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Vellenga, Kathleen | 64A | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Voss, Gordon | 52A | Blaine | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Waltman, Bobby Joe | 26B | Elgin | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Welch, Richard J. | 19A | Cambridge | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Welker, Ray | 20B | Montevideo | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Welle, Alan | 15B | Willmar | DFL |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Wenzel, Steve | 13B | Little Falls | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Wigley, Richard E. | 24B | Lake Crystal | IR |-{{Party shading/Democratic}} | Wynia, Ann | 63B | St. Paul | DFL |-{{Party shading/Republican}} | Zaffke, Maurice J. | 04B | Backus | IR |}

==Membership changes== === House of Representatives === {| class="wikitable sortable" |- style="vertical-align:bottom;" ! District ! Vacated by ! Reason for change ! Successor ! Date successor<br/>seated |- | 08B | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Thomas R. Berkelman<br/>(DFL) | Resigned on September 12, 1983 to become a lobbyist for AT&T.<ref name="tom_berkelman">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10050|title=Berkelman, Thomas R.|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref> | nowrap {{party shading/Republican}} | Ben Boo<br/>(IR) | January 11, 1984<ref name="ben_boo">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10069|title=Boo, Ben|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref> |- | 28B | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | George Mann<br/>(DFL) | Died on June 4, 1984, after having been comatose since having a heart attack on April 29, 1984.<ref name="geo_mann">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10397|title=Mann, George L. "Geo."|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref> | colspan="2" | ''Remained vacant'' |- | 02B | nowrap {{party shading/Democratic}} | Willis Eken<br/>(DFL) | Resigned on August 1, 1984 to become President of the Minnesota Farmers Union.<ref name="willis_eken">{{cite web|url=https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/fulldetail?ID=10158|title=Eken, Willis Roy|work=Legislators Past & Present|publisher=Minnesota Legislative Reference Library|access-date=5 November 2016}}</ref> | colspan="2" | ''Remained vacant'' |}

== References == {{Reflist}} * [https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results?search=session&gender=both&sess=73&body=senate&q= Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 73, Senate)] * [https://www.leg.state.mn.us/legdb/results?search=session&gender=both&sess=73&body=house&q= Minnesota Legislators Past & Present - Session Search Results (Session 73, House)] {{S-start}} {{Succession box | title = Seventy-third Minnesota Legislature | before = Seventy-second Minnesota Legislature | after = Seventy-fourth Minnesota Legislature | years = 1983—1984 }} {{S-end}}

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