Virginia E. Haines | |
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Member of the New Jersey General Assembly from the 10th Legislative District |
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In office January 7, 1992 – June 30, 1994 Serving with David W. Wolfe |
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Preceded by | John Paul Doyle and Marlene Lynch Ford |
Succeeded by | James W. Holzapfel |
Executive Director of the New Jersey Lottery | |
In office July 1994 – February 2002 |
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Preceded by | Frank M. Pelly |
Succeeded by | Virginia Bauer |
Ocean County Board of chosen freeholders | |
In office January 27, 2016 – December 31, 2016 |
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Preceded by | James F. Lacey |
Personal details | |
Born |
Point Pleasant, New Jersey |
June 6, 1946
Political party | Republican |
Residence | Toms River, New Jersey |
Alma mater | Ocean County College |
Virginia E. "Ginny" Haines (born June 6, 1946) is an American Republican Party politician from New Jersey who serves on the Ocean County Board of chosen freeholders. She had served in the New Jersey General Assembly from 1992 to 1994 and had been appointed to head the New Jersey Lottery from 1994 to 2002.
Born in Point Pleasant, New Jersey on June 6, 1946, Haines graduated from Lakewood High School in 1964 and attended Ocean County College. She served on the Dover Township Municipal Utilities Authority and was the Clerk of the New Jersey General Assembly from May 1987 to January 1990.
A resident of Toms River (then Dover Township), Haines and her Republican running mates in the 1991 general election – David W. Wolfe for the second assembly seat and Andrew R. Ciesla for the State Senate – were elected to office in the 10th Legislative District, covering portions of both Monmouth County and Ocean County. The slate of Ciesla, Haines and Wolfe were all re-elected to office in November 1993.
Haines resigned from office on June 30, 1994, after Governor of New Jersey Christine Whitman nominated her to become executive director of the New Jersey Lottery to succeed Frank M. Pelly. She held the position until February 2002. James W. Holzapfel was appointed to fill the assembly seat vacated by Haines, taking office on August 15, 1994, before winning a November 1994 special election to serve the balance of Haines' term of office.