Assemblyman Wayne DeAngelo
Assemblyman Wayne P. DeAngelo currently is serving his seventh term in the New Jersey General Assembly having been first elected in 2007. In the Legislature, he serves as Deputy Speaker; Chairman of the Assembly Telecommunications and Utilities Committee; Vice-Chairman of the Assembly Military and Veterans Committee, member of the Appropriation Committee; and as a member of the New Jersey Council on Armed Forces and Veterans Affairs.
During his tenure in the General Assembly, DeAngelo notable laws such as creating hiring preference for veterans in the New Jersey State Police; routing out fraud in the unemployment insurance system by stopping payments to the incarcerated or deceased from receiving benefits and strengthening consumer interaction with third-party energy providers and a host of solar and renewable energy generation laws. He has worked to change school board elections to November; protected New Jersey’s military bases and those businesses connected to them; cracked down on deadly road-rage and auto insurance fraud; create civilian job opportunities for veterans in nursing and teaching; and established the Blue Alert and Silver Alert system for missing individuals.
Wayne served on the Hamilton Township Council, including a term as President. While on Council, Wayne pushed for the creation of Pedophile-Free Zones in the Township to protect children from predators while at school or at play in a community park. He also worked to reform local government by banning nepotism in hiring, and requiring developers to disclose campaign contributions. Wayne serves as a member of the Township's Planning Board, and was previously a member of the Hamilton Township Zoning Board of Adjustments to prevent over-development of our communities.
An active leader in local, regional and state labor union organizations, Wayne serves as the President of the Mercer/Burlington Counties Building Trades. he previously served as the secretary/ treasurer of the organization. He is also the President of the New Jersey State Mechanical and Allied Crafts Council and Vice President of the Mercer County Central Labor Council
Wayne became a journeyman electrician after serving his apprenticeship in 1991, with the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) Local 269 after graduating from Hamilton Township's Steinert High School in 1983. He worked his way through the ranks of IBEW Local 269 as the recording secretary to become President/Assistant Business Manager, a post he held since 1999. As a leader of IBEW Local 269, Wayne led the implementation of one of the state's first large solar panel systems to encourage energy independence and promote use of alternative sources of energy.
Currently, Wayne is a member of the board of trustees of the Mercer County ARC, a division member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians division 10, a foundation member of the Ancient Order of Hibernians division 1, the Hamilton Elks Club #2262, the Friendly Sons of the Shillelagh Belmar, and has coached youth soccer coach for over 20 years with the Hamilton Wildcats and past President of the Hibernian Athletic Association. He previously sat of the Board of Trustees of the United Way of Mercer County.
The Assemblyman has received honors including Legislator of the Year by the New Jersey Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW), New Jersey State Police Fraternal Association and the Library Association of New Jersey. He has also received Legislative Leadership award from the New Jersey Association of Community Providers. DeAngelo has been named by Irish Echo as a Top 50 Irish Labor Leader in 2011. Earlier the same year, DeAngelo was chosen to serve as the Grand Marshall of the Hamilton St. Patrick’s Day Parade. He also has been recognized with the Distinguished Citizenship Award by the Elks Lodge.
The Assemblyman has resided most of his life in Hamilton Township, with his wife, Toni. The Assemblyman has two adult daughters, Natalie DeAngelo-Neal, who resides in San Diego with her husband Cole and Julia DeAngelo who resides in Hamilton.