Pennsylvania Senate, District 8

Pennsylvania State Senate District 8 includes parts of Delaware County and Philadelphia County. It includes the following areas:

Delaware County

• Collingdale
• Colwyn
• Darby
• Darby Township
• Folcroft
• Lansdowne
• Norwood
• Sharon Hill
• Yeadon

Philadelphia County

• Ward 03
• Ward 27 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 04, 05, 07, 08, 09, 10, 12, 14, 15, 16, 17, 19, 20, 21, 22 and 23]
• Ward 36
• Ward 40 [PART, Divisions 01, 02, 03, 04, 05, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30 (only blocks 1094, 1095, and 1098), 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 39, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50 and 51]
• Ward 46
• Ward 48 [PART, Divisions 03, 04, 06, 07, 08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 15, 16, 17, 19, 21, 22 and 23]
• Ward 51
• Ward 60 [PART, Divisions 05, 06, 07, 10, 11, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21 and 22]

Senators

Representative	Party	Years	District home	Note
Thomas McCreesh	Democrat	1969 – 1974		Previously represented the 4th senatorial district
Paul McKinney	Democrat	1975 – 1982
Hardy Williams	Democrat	1983 – 1998
Anthony Hardy Williams	Democrat	1999 – present