Yolly Roberson

{{short description|American politician}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | name=Yolly Roberson | image= | state_house=Florida | state=Florida | district=104 | preceded=John Aaver | succeeded=John Patrick Julien | term_start=November 20, 2002 | term_end=November 8, 2010 | birth_date={{birth date and age|1955|10|26}} | spouse= | profession=Attorney | party=Democratic | children=1 }}

'''Yolly Roberson''' is a Miami, Florida attorney and Democratic politician who serves as the representative for District 104 of the Florida House of Representatives. She was first elected to the Florida House in 2002 and then reelected successively to three more terms. She served as Democratic Whip from 2004 to 2006.

Representative Roberson was born in Mirebalais, Haiti on October 26, 1955. She earned her Bachelor of Science in Nursing at the University of Massachusetts Boston in 1983 and her Juris Doctor at the New England School of Law in 1988. She has worked as a public defender in Boston and as a senior assistant attorney general in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.

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==External links== *[http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Representatives/details.aspx?MemberId=4283 Representative Yolly Roberson] ''official Florida House of Representatives site'' *[https://web.archive.org/web/20100312102847/http://voteyolly.com/ Yolly Roberson for U.S. Congress] ''official campaign site'' * {{CongLinks | congbio= | votesmart=30830 | fec=H0FL17043 | congress= }}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Roberson, Yolly}} Category:Democratic Party members of the Florida House of Representatives Category:1955 births Category:Living people Category:Women state legislators in Florida Category:University of Massachusetts Boston alumni Category:New England Law Boston alumni Category:Haitian emigrants to the United States Category:American politicians of Haitian descent Category:Public defenders Category:21st-century American women politicians Category:21st-century members of the Florida Legislature