Peter R. Vroon (January 6, 1917 – April 8, 1997) was a Republican member of the

Pennsylvania House of Representatives The Pennsylvania House of Representatives is the lower house of the bicameral Pennsylvania General Assembly, the legislature of the U.S. state of Pennsylvania. There are 203 members, elected for two-year terms from single member districts. It ...

. In 1988, Vroon ran for the State Senate from the

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district, but was defeated in the Republican primary by County Commissioner Earl Baker.The Philadelphia Inquirer
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Donald Vroon Donald Richard Vroon (born 1942) is an American music critic, chief editor and co-owner of ''American Record Guide'', a bi-monthly magazine containing reviews of classical music events, compact discs, DVDs, and books related to classical music as ...

, music critic and the editor of '' American Record Guide.''

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Republican Party members of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives 1997 deaths 1917 births 20th-century American legislators 20th-century Pennsylvania politicians {{Pennsylvania-PARepresentative-stub