George S. Robinson

George S. Robinson is a North Carolina Republican politician who served in the North Carolina House of Representatives from 1980–86 and 1988-96[2] and was selected by Caldwell County party leaders in 2015 to return to the legislature to fill an unexpired term. Through the end of 2016, Robinson will fill the 87th District seat vacated by Edgar Starnes, who resigned to accept a position with the North Carolina State Treasurer's office.[3] Robinson ran for a new full term but was defeated by Destin Hall in the March 15, 2016 Republican primary.[4]

Representative

George Robinson
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 87th district
In office
February 2, 2015[1]  January 1, 2017
Preceded byEdgar V. Starnes
Succeeded byDestin Hall
Personal details
Born (1945-11-15) November 15, 1945
Political partyRepublican
ResidenceCedar Rock, North Carolina
Alma materUniversity of Tennessee
OccupationLumber company executive
Project Vote Smart Biography

Robinson, a native of Lenoir, North Carolina, is a veteran of the United States Air Force and an alumnus of the University of Tennessee.[5]

After Robinson served his first three terms, he gave up his seat to run for the United States House of Representatives, but was defeated by Cass Ballenger in a Republican primary election. Robinson then served as deputy assistant secretary of the North Carolina Department of Transportation under Governor James G. Martin. He returned to the legislature in the 1988 election and was re-elected in 1990, 1992 and 1994. Concerns about his family’s timber company’s financial situation made him decide not to run for re-election in 1996. In 1997, he became mayor of the village of Cedar Rock, North Carolina.[6]

Robinson was also an unsuccessful candidate for the North Carolina Senate in 2004 (losing to Jim Jacumin in a Republican primary election) and in 2012 (losing to Dan Soucek in a Republican primary election).[7][8][9][10]

References

North Carolina House of Representatives
Preceded by
Eugene Morrison White
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 34th district

1981–1983
Served alongside: John Walter Brown, George Milton Holmes
Succeeded by
Dwight Wilson Quinn
Betty Marie Dorton Thomas
Robert L. Slaughter
Joseph Richardson Hudson
Preceded by
District created
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 46th district

1983–1987
Served alongside: James Frank Hughes, Swan Burnett Lacey, Jr., Charles Franklin Buchanan
Succeeded by
Edgar V. Starnes
Preceded by
James Frank Hughes
Edgar V. Starnes
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 46th district

1989–1993
Served alongside: David Thomas Flaherty, Jr., Charles Franklin Buchanan
Succeeded by
David Thomas Flaherty, Jr.
Gregory James Thompson
Preceded by
District created
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 91st district

1993–1997
Succeeded by
Edgar V. Starnes
Preceded by
Edgar V. Starnes
Member of the North Carolina House of Representatives
from the 87th district

2015–2017
Succeeded by
Destin Hall
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