The 5th Assembly district of

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is one of 99 districts in the

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. Located in northeast

, the district comprises parts of eastern Outagamie County and western Brown County, including the city of

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, most of the city of Little Chute, and the northern half of Kaukauna. The district also includes all of the Oneida reservation spanning the two counties. The district is represented by Republican

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, since January 2023. The 5th Assembly district is located within

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, along with the

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and 6th Assembly districts.

History

The district was created in the 1972 redistricting act
1971 Wisc. Act 304
which first established the numbered district system, replacing the previous system which allocated districts to specific counties. The 5th district was drawn with novel boundaries in southeast Outagamie County and part of southwest Brown County. The majority of the population of the new district came from Appleton suburbs in what had previously been the Outagamie County 3rd district. The last representative of the Outagamie 3rd district, William J. Rogers, was elected as the first representative of the 5th Assembly district in the 1972 election. Other than the 1982 court ordered redistricting plan, which temporarily moved the 5th district to

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, the district has remained in the same vicinity of eastern Outagamie County.

List of past representatives

References

{{Wisconsin state legislature districts Wisconsin State Assembly districts Brown County, Wisconsin Outagamie County, Wisconsin