Politics related, but more of a poll than a debate, so I’ll stick it in here.
Does your MP / Congressperson / Deputy at the national level live in your electoral district? How about your local representative?
My MP (Parliament of Canada) does live in the district, with his family. His kids go to a local school, and he still plays rec hockey with a friend of mine, when he’s in town.
My local MLA (provincial Legislative Assembly) lives in my district; just down the street from us, in fact, and we occasionally chat when bump into her when out for a walk. (Before she was elected our MLA, she was just one of the neighbours on the street.)
My Representative (Joe Morelle) lives in my district (NY 25th). I think it would be unusual in America for a Congressional Representative to not live in the district they’re representing.
Senators have to reside in their state. Representatives don’t but it’s pretty rare. There might be a dozen or so in every congress, mostly because they are incumbents and there was redistricting that put them across the line.
Actually I think a great many of them basically live in the Washington, D.C. area and just frequently visit a second home in their district. Any statistics on where their kids go to school?
Nancy Pelosi has a house in San Francisco. I did once see her in a restaurant a few blocks from my house. She also has a house in D.C. and a vineyard in Napa Valley.
My MP lives–and used to be mayor of–the town adjacent to mine, so yes he lives in the district. The first time he ran, he canvassed door-to-door and I had an interesting conversation with him.