James "Jamie" Larry Boles Jr. (born January 16, 1961) is a former Republican member of the

North Carolina House of Representatives The North Carolina House of Representatives is one of the two houses of the North Carolina General Assembly. The House is a 120-member body led by a Speaker of the House, who holds powers similar to those of the President pro-tem in the North Ca ...

. He represented the 52nd district (which includes most of Moore County) from 2009 to 2023. A funeral home owner from Whispering Pines, North Carolina, Boles previously served as one of the Deputy Majority Whips.

Life and career

Boles graduated from Sandhills Community College and graduated from Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science in 1982. He established Boles Funeral Homes and Crematory, Inc., in

Moore County, North Carolina Moore County is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina. As of the 2020 census, its population was 99,727. Its county seat is Carthage and its largest municipality is the Village of Pinehurst. It is a border county between the Pi ...

, in 1984.

Committee assignments

2021-2022 Session

*Appropriations (Vice Chair) *Appropriations - Justice and Public Safety Committee (Senior Chair) *Alcoholic Beverage Control (Vice Chair) *State Government (Vice Chair) *Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs *Local Government *Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House *Transportation

2019-2020 Session

*Appropriations (Vice Chair) *Appropriations - Justice and Public Safety (Senior Chair) *Alcoholic Beverage Control (Chair) *State and Local Government *Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs *Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House *Transportation

2017-2018 Session

*Appropriations (Vice Chair) *Appropriations on Justice and Public Safety (Chair) *Alcoholic Beverage Control (Chair) *State and Local Government II *Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House *Transportation *Commerce and Job Development *Ethics

2015-2016 Session

*Appropriations (Vice Chair) *Appropriations - Information Technology *Appropriations - Justice and Public Safety (Chair) *Alcoholic Beverage Control (Chair) *Local Government *Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House *Transportation *Commerce and Job Development *Ethics *Insurance

2013-2014 Session

*Appropriations (Vice Chair) *Government (Vice Chair) *Homeland Security, Military, and Veterans Affairs *Rules, Calendar, and Operations of the House *Transportation *Commerce and Job Development *Ethics

2011-2012 Session

*Appropriations *Government (Vice Chair) *Transportation *Commerce and Job Development *State Personnel

2009-2010 Session

*Appropriations *Commerce, Small Business, and Entrepreneurship *Local Government I *Aging *Water Resources and Infrastructure

Electoral history

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2020

2018

2016

2014

2012

2010

2008

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Boles, James L Living people 1961 births People from Moore County, North Carolina Cincinnati College of Mortuary Science alumni Republican Party members of the North Carolina House of Representatives 21st-century American legislators 21st-century North Carolina politicians