district website predecessor religion birth_place profession party state_house birth_date term_start residence article_title name
111th -lsb- http://www.repfrey.com repfrey.com -rsb- christopher scalzo roman catholic greenwich , connecticut owner , century 21 landmark properties ; public official republican connecticut 08 february 1963 january , 1999 ridgefield , connecticut john h. frey
 john h. frey
john h. frey

john h. frey -lrb- born in greenwich , connecticut , on february 8 , 1963 -rrb- is an american real estate broker , businessman and politician .
a member of the republican party , he is the state representative from the 111th district -lrb- ridgefield , connecticut -rrb- , first elected in 1998 .
in the 2004 election , frey won with 68.7 % of the vote and was the highest vote-getter in the 151-member connecticut house of representatives .
in 2008 , he received nearly 3,000 more votes than his opponent and garnered the most votes of any contested house candidates .
in 2010 , he was elected to his seventh term in an election where he garnered 70 % of the vote against his democratic challenger .
serving in his seventh term as ridgefield 's chief advocate in hartford , frey was re-appointed by the house minority leader larry cafero to serve as republican whip .
he serves on the finance , revenue and bonding committee ; the bank committee and the aging committee , where he is the ranking republican member .
he also serves on the state aging commission .
frey has supported measures to improve education for students at all grade levels , to protect benefits of seniors and veterans residing in connecticut , to preserve consumers ' rights , to reform state government , and to secure pristine areas of open space .
frey has also been instrumental in securing state aid for local projects in ridgefield , including the ridgefield playhouse , school construction and improvements , the ridgefield veterans community center , the aldrich museum , tiger hollow and the ridgefield boys & girls club .
he is largely credited for gaining funding for the bennetts pond state park .
in february 2008 , the state bond commission approved $ 3.25 million to fund 12 unit expansion of ballard green senior housing and rehabilitation of 120 units of affordable and senior housing in ridgefield .
connecticut governor m. jodi rell thanks rep. john frey for his perseverance in advocating for funding for the project .
in october 2008 , he secured an additional $ 640,000 to cover unanticipated funding shortfalls .
before winning election to the state house of representatives , former governor john g. rowland appointed frey chairman of the connecticut real estate commission in 1995 , holding the distinct honor as the commission 's youngest chairman in state history .
representative frey was also appointed ` government representative ' for the university of connecticut business school center for real estate and economic studies , a position he still holds .
in june 2008 , he was appointed by president george w. bush to the president 's commission on white house fellows .
