# Terry Beyer

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{{short description|American politician (born 1951)}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| name        = Terry Beyer
| image       =
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| state_house = Oregon
| district    = 12th
| term_start  = 2001
| term_end    = 2013
| preceded    = [Bill Morrissette](/source/Bill_Morrissette)
| succeeded   = [John Lively](/source/John_Lively_(politician))
| birth_date  = {{Birth date and age|1951|01|26}}
| birth_place = [Eugene, Oregon](/source/Eugene%2C_Oregon)
| death_date  = 
| death_place = 
| party       = [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_(United_States))
| spouse      = [Lee Beyer](/source/Lee_Beyer)
| profession  = 
| footnotes   =  
}}

'''Elizabeth Terry Beyer''' (born January 26, 1951) is a [Democratic](/source/Democratic_Party_of_Oregon) politician from the [U.S. state](/source/U.S._state) of [Oregon](/source/Oregon). She served in the [Oregon House of Representatives](/source/Oregon_House_of_Representatives) representing District 12 in the city of [Springfield](/source/Springfield%2C_Oregon) from 2001 to 2013.

==Early life and career==
Beyer was born in [Eugene, Oregon](/source/Eugene%2C_Oregon), where she attended [Lane Community College](/source/Lane_Community_College).<ref name=vs>{{cite web|title=Elizabeth Terry Beyer|url=http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=46578|publisher=Project VoteSmart|accessdate=February 8, 2011}}</ref> She was a member of the Springfield City Council from 1993 to 1999, and worked as a legislative assistant to her husband [Lee](/source/Lee_Beyer), a member of the Oregon House, and later the [Oregon State Senate](/source/Oregon_State_Senate), beginning in 1991.<ref name=steves>{{cite news
|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=BUZWAAAAIBAJ&sjid=f-sDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6300,1543274
|title=Terry Beyer selected for post
|newspaper=[The Register-Guard](/source/The_Register-Guard)
|date=November 6, 2001
|last=Steves
|first=David
|accessdate=February 8, 2011
}}</ref>

==Political career==
In 2001, her husband Lee resigned from the Oregon Senate to take a position on the [Oregon Public Utility Commission](/source/Oregon_Public_Utility_Commission). Oregon state representative [Bill Morrisette](/source/Bill_Morrisette) was appointed to replace him in the Senate, leaving an opening in House District 42.<ref name=steves/> A list of potential replacements for Morrisette was submitted to the Lane County Board of Commissioners by a Democratic precinct nominating committee, but all were rejected, leaving the responsibility of the appointment to Governor [John Kitzhaber](/source/John_Kitzhaber), who chose Terry Beyer for the position.<ref name=steves/>

In 2002, she was elected to a full term in the district (now renumbered 12), and has been re-elected four times since then.<ref name=housebio>{{cite web|url=http://www.leg.state.or.us/beyert/bio.htm|title=Representative Terry Beyer|publisher=Oregon State Legislature|accessdate=February 8, 2011|url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110611144119/http://www.leg.state.or.us/beyert/bio.htm|archivedate=June 11, 2011}}</ref> Beyer is the Chair of the House Transportation Committee and is a member of the Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Rural Communities Committee and the Ways and Means Sub-Committee on Transportation and Economic Development.<ref name=housebio/>

==Personal==
Beyer and her husband Lee have been married more than 40 years and have three children.<ref name=housebio/>

== References ==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20101212053338/http://www.leg.state.or.us/beyert/ Legislative website]
* [http://www.votesmart.org/bio.php?can_id=46578 Project VoteSmart biography]

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Category:Democratic Party members of the Oregon House of Representatives
Category:21st-century members of the Oregon Legislative Assembly
Category:Politicians from Eugene, Oregon
Category:Politicians from Springfield, Oregon
Category:Living people
Category:1951 births
Category:Oregon city council members
Category:Women state legislators in Oregon
Category:Women city councillors in Oregon
Category:Lane Community College alumni
Category:21st-century American women politicians

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