Gerry Pollet

{{Short description|American lawyer and politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| name = Gerry Pollet

| image = Gerry Pollet 03A.jpg

| caption =

| state_house = Washington

| district = 46th

| alongside = Darya Farivar

| term_start = December 5, 2011

| preceded = David Frockt

| succeeded = Incumbent

| party = Democratic

| birth_name = Gerald Martin Pollet

| birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1958}}

| birth_place = New York, U.S.

| death_date =

| death_place =

| spouse =

| profession = lawyer, environmental activist

| residence = Seattle, Washington

| alma_mater = University of Washington School of Law (JD)|

|signature=Gerry Pollet Signature.jpg

}}

Gerald Martin Pollet{{cite web|url=https://www.mywsba.org/PersonifyEbusiness/LegalDirectory/LegalProfile.aspx?Usr_ID=000000013620|title=Legal Profile, Gerald Martin Pollet|work=Washington State Bar Association|access-date=2021-12-24}} (born 1958){{Cite web|title=Legislative Manual 2021-2022|url=https://leg.wa.gov/LIC/Documents/Historical/Legislative%20Manuals/Legislative%20Manual%20-%20Red%20Book%202021_ONLINE.pdf|publisher=Washington State Legislature}} is a lawyer and a Democratic member of the Washington House of Representatives, representing the 46th District. He lost the race for that seat in 2008 to Scott White, but was appointed to fill the seat December 5, 2011 after Rep. David Frockt, who was elected in 2010, moved over to the Washington State Senate to replace White, who had shifted to the senate in the 2010 election, then died in office.Bob Young, [http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2016942924_pollet06m.html Environmental activist Gerry Pollet tapped for House seat], Seattle Times, 5 December 2011. Accessed 11 December 2011.

At the time of his appointment to the legislature, Pollet was serving as executive director of Heart of America Northwest, a watchdog group focused on the Hanford Nuclear Reservation cleanup. He has also been an officer of the state Coalition for Open Government, working there with former Republican state legislator Toby Nixon.