17th Guam Legislature

The 17th Guam Legislature was a meeting of the Guam Legislature. It convened in Hagatna, Guam on January 3, 1983 and ended on January 7, 1985, during the 1st and 2nd years of Ricardo J. Bordallo's 2nd Gubernatorial Term.

In the 1982 Guamanian legislative election, the Democratic Party of Guam won a fourteen-to-seven (14-7) supermajority of seats in the Guam Legislature.^[1]

Party summary

Affiliation	Party (shading indicates majority caucus)		Total
	Democratic	Republican
End of previous legislature	10	11	21
Begin	14	7	21
Latest Voting share	66.7%	33.3%
Beginning of the next legislature	11	10	21

Membership

Senator	Party		Assumed office[1]
Carl T.C. Gutierrez		Democratic	1981
Don Parkinson			1983
Ted S. Nelson			1983
Elizabeth P. Arriola			1983
Joe T. San Agustin			1977
Franklin J. Gutierrez			1983
Edward T. Charfauros			1975
Franklin J.A. Quitugua			1977
Marcia K. Hartsock			1983
Francisco R. Santos			1971
Eugene Ramsey			1983
John P. Aguon			1983
John F. Quan			1979
Pilar C. Lujan			1983
Joseph F. Ada		Republican	1983
Thomas V.C. Tanaka			1975
Marilyn D.A. Manibusan			1983
Edward R. Duenas			1975
Antonio R. Unpingco			1977
Alberto C. Lamorena, III			1979
James H. Underwood			1975