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Lyn Bankes (1941) is a former member of the
Michigan House of Representatives The Michigan House of Representatives is the lower house of the Michigan Legislature. There are 110 members, each of whom is elected from constituencies having approximately 77,000 to 91,000 residents, based on population figures from the 2010 ...
, representing areas near
Livonia, Michigan Livonia is a city in Wayne County, Michigan, Wayne County in the U.S. state of Michigan. The population was 95,535 at the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, which ranked it as Michigan's ninth most-populated municipality. Livonia is a part ...
and Redford, Michigan in House District 19 from 1982 to 1998. The district was originally labeled as district 35 until 1993. In 1995, it was noted that she coordinated "a yearly event to recognize business leaders who provide support for their employee's child care needs." The next year,
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noted that she did not provide voters answers to their National Political Awareness test, a survey on political officials' political views. In 1998, she ended her term in the House due to term limits. Bankes was born in
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in 1941. She attended Schoolcraft Community College before transferring to
Madonna University Madonna University is a private Roman Catholic university in Livonia, Michigan. It was founded as the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary Junior College by the Felician Sisters in 1937. It became Madonna College in 1947 and Madonna Univers ...
, earning a degree in social sciences in 1982.


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