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Representative Gary Forby (D) - Previous General Assembly (93rd)

Photograph of  Representative  Gary Forby (D)
 

Springfield Office:
Senator 117th District
257-S Stratton Office Building
Springfield, IL 62706
(217) 782-1051
 
District Office:
P.O. Box 1000
Benton, IL 62812
(618) 439-2504
(618) 438-3704 FAX

Years served: 2001 - 2003

Committee assignments:

Biography: Former farmer and past owner of Forby Excavating, Inc. in Benton. Former member and chairman of the Franklin County board and former member of the Franklin-Williamson Human Services Board. He serves on the Southern Illinois Workforce Man-Tra-Con Board. He has been a member of the Operating Engineers and Laborers' International unions for 30 years. He and his wife, Angie, have four children.