By Mimi Penhale, Legislative Director

With the general election this past fall, our Delegation saw the return of 10 of our 11 members from last quadrennium. The sole new member ran unopposed for Senate District 15, which was previously held by Senator Slade Blackwell. Blackwell did not seek re-election.  

Shelby County Legislative Delegation members were sworn-in at 2:30pm on Sunday, December 2, 2018 in Liberty Hall at American Village in Montevallo, AL.  Proceeding the Swearing-In Ceremony, the Legislators and their families attended a Prayer Service at Lucille Ryals Thompson Colonial Chapel at American Village. The Swearing- In Ceremony was presided over by the CEO and Founder of American Village, Mr. Tom Walker, and the keynote address was given by former member of the House of Representatives and of the Shelby County Legislative Delegation, the Honorable Mary Sue McClurkin. The Oaths of office were administered by Chief Justice Elect Tom Parker to eight of the eleven members who comprise the Shelby County Legislative Delegation: Representative Corley Ellis, Representative Allen Farley, Representative Matt Fridy, Representative Arnold Mooney, Representative April Weaver, Senator Dan Roberts, Senator Jabo Waggoner, and Senator Cam Ward.

The next Legislative Session for the Alabama Legislature will begin in March 2019. The elected officials that were elected in the statewide general election held in November 2018 will serve four-year terms.   The members of the Shelby County Legislative Delegation are as follows:

Alabama State Senate

District 11 – Senator Jim McClendon

District 14 – Senator Cam Ward

District 15 – Senator Dan Roberts

District 16 – Senator J.T. (Jabo) Waggoner

Alabama House of Representatives

District 15 – Representative Allen Farley

District 41 – Representative Corley Ellis

District 43 – Representative Arnold Mooney

District 45 – Representative Dickie Drake

District 48 – Representative Jim Carns

District 49 – Representative April Weaver

District 73 – Representative Matt Fridy