Minority Leader of the Virginia House of Delegates
In office November 19, 1991 – January 12, 2000
Preceded by
Andy Guest
Succeeded by
Richard Cranwell
Member of the Virginia House of Delegates
In office January 11, 1978 – June 15, 2002
Preceded by
Donald G. Pendleton
Succeeded by
Ben Cline
Constituency
11th district (1978–1983)
24th district (1983–2002)
Personal details
Born
Shirley Vance Wilkins Jr.
(1936-08-12) August 12, 1936 (age 87) Amherst, Virginia, U.S.
Political party
Republican
Spouse
Leona Elena Ehlert
Alma mater
Virginia Tech (BS)
Occupation
General contractor
Military service
Allegiance
United States
Branch/service
United States Air Force
Years of service
1958–1960
Shirley Vance Wilkins Jr. (born August 12, 1936) is a retired American politician of the Republican Party. He was a member of the Virginia House of Delegates from 1978 to 2002. In 2000 he became the first-ever Republican Speaker of the Virginia House and first non-Democratic Speaker since the Readjuster Party controlled the House in the early 1880s.
Wilkins was considered the driving force in the expansion of Republican House membership in the 1980s and 1990s, especially after he became minority leader in 1992. In his first term as Speaker, he oversaw the redistricting of the House after the 2000 census that led to an increase in the Republican majority from 52–47 (1 independent) to 64–34 (2 independents) after the November 2001 election.
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