Frank Smizik

{{short description|Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = 2005 Frank Smizik Massachusetts House of Representatives.png | image_size = | name = Frank Smizik | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1944|09|4}} | birth_place = Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | website = | occupation = Attorney<br>Politician | party = Democrat | spouse = | alma_mater = University of Pittsburgh, B.A, 1966<br>Duquesne University School of Law, J.D., 1971 | title = Member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 15th Norfolk District | term_start = January 3, 2001 | term_end = January 2, 2019 | predecessor = Ronny Sydney | successor = Tommy Vitolo | caption = Portrait of Frank Smizik }} '''Frank Israel Smizik''' (born September 4, 1944 in Pittsburgh) is an American attorney and politician who represented the 15th Norfolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives January 2001 until January 2, 2019.<ref name=PublicOfficers>{{cite book |title=2007-2008 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |url=https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof20072008bost#page/212/mode/2up}}</ref><ref name=GeneralCourt>{{cite web|title=Frank I. Smizik|url=http://www.malegislature.gov/People/Profile/FIS1|work=The 187th General Court of The Commonwealth of Massachusetts|publisher=The General Court|access-date=30 July 2011}}</ref>

Prior to being elected to the House, Smizik was a member of the Brookline, Massachusetts School Committee from 1992 to 2000 and was a member of the Brookline Housing Authority from 1982 to 1992.<ref name=PublicOfficers /><ref name=GeneralCourt />

Smizik ran unopposed for his Massachusetts legislative seat until 2014, when he defeated Republican challenger Curt Myers 80–20%.

For twenty-five years, Smizik worked as a legal services lawyer addressing housing and other civil issues facing low income persons.<ref name=GeneralCourt />

In December 2017, Smizik announced he would not seek reelection at the end of his then current term. He retired in January 2019.

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