Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack

Delegate Hatem Bonsack was born in Havre de Grace, Maryland, in 1933. Before becoming a politician, she was a physician. She is a past president of the Maryland Academy of Family Physicians, serving from 1989 until 1990.[1]

Delegate Hatem Bonsack graduated from Washington College with her Bachelor of Science degree, cum laude in 1955. She attended the University of Maryland Medical School and in 1960, she received her M.D. from the Medical College of Pennsylvania.

While a member of the Maryland House of Delegates Hatem Bonsack was a member of the Environmental Matters Committee from 1991 until 1994, and the Joint Committee on Health Care Delivery and Financing from 1993 until 1999. She was also Vice-Chair of the Rules and Executive Nominations Committee from 1994 until 1999. Finally, she was chair of the Harford County Delegation in 1994 and again from 1998 until 1999.

She died on September 27, 2020, in Havre de Grace, Maryland at age 86.[2]

• 1994 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 34[3]

Voters choose three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Nancy Jacobs, Rep.	18,091	20%	Won
Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, Dem.	17,762	20%	Won
Mary Louise Preis, Dem.	17,380	19%	Won
B. Daniel Riley, Dem.	13,891	15%	Lost
Scott Williams, Rep.	12,362	14%	Lost
Kenneth A. Thompson, Rep.	10,576	12%	Lost

• 1990 Race for Maryland House of Delegates – District 34 - Harford County[4]

Voters to choose three:

Name	Votes	Percent	Outcome
Rose Mary Hatem Bonsack, Dem.	13,373	19%	Won
Mary Louise Preis, Dem.	13,045	19%	Won
David R. Craig, Rep.	12,031	18%	Won
William H. Cox Jr., Dem.	10,296	15%	Lost
David M. Meadows, Rep.	10,069	15%	Lost
Cecil W. Wood, Rep.	9,840	14%	Lost

• http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/mdmanual/06hse/former/html/msa12189.html
• http://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=20273