Dan Reitz [SEP] position held
Dan Reitz
Dan Reitz (born 1954) is a former Democratic member of the Illinois House of Representatives, representing the 116th District from his July 23, 1997 appointment until he stepped down in May 2011. Jerry Costello II was appointed to serve the remainder of Reitz's term.
Prior to his service in the Illinois House, he was a member of the Randolph County Board. He was succeeded by Jerry Costello.
External links.
- Illinois General Assembly - Representative Dan Reitz (D) 116th District official
which he perceived the British government to have marginalized the Cape Dutch community, treating them on an unequal basis with British colonists.
Together with John Fairbairn, he campaigned for representative government and supported the Anti-Convict Movement. Together with F.W. Reitz, Sr. (father of State President Francis William Reitz of the Orange Free State), Fairbairn and Stockenström, he agitated for an elected Legislative Assembly. When representative government was finally introduced, Brand became the first Speaker of the Cape House of Assembly – a position he held