Leland Beloff
| Leland Beloff | |
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| Member of the Philadelphia City Council from the 1st District | |
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In office May 3, 1984 – August 4, 1987 |
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| Preceded by | James Tayoun |
| Succeeded by | James Tayoun |
| Member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives from the 184th district |
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In office January 4, 1977 – May 3, 1984 |
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| Preceded by | Michael Ozzie Myers |
| Succeeded by | Joseph Howlett |
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In office January 7, 1969 – November 30, 1970 |
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| Preceded by | District Created |
| Succeeded by | Michael Ozzie Myers |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
April 17, 1942 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Political party | Republican (when a state representative); Democrat (when a city councilman) |
| Occupation | Boxer |
Leland M. Beloff (born April 17, 1942) is a former Democratic member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives and the Philadelphia City Council, who resigned from office after being convicted in Federal court on extortion charges. He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for extorting money from a Center City developer along with Philadelphia Mob boss Nicodemo Scarfo. In 1998 he and his wife were convicted on voter fraud charges. He received a three-year sentence served concurrently with his earlier sentence. He was paroled in 1993 and went on to become Democratic ward chairperson. He was arrested in 2011 on disorderly conduct but the charges were later dropped.
Beloff has been a resident of Longport, New Jersey and Gladwyne, PA.
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