Margaret Carpenter
Margaret Mary Carpenter was a Republican member of the North Carolina House of Representatives from the fifty-second district for one term. Carpenter, a resident of Waynesville, North Carolina, defeated Haywood County Commissioner and former Hazelwood Mayor, Mary Ann Enloe, by a narrow margin in 2000.
Carpenter was defeated by Mars Hill Mayor Ray Rapp for the newly drawn 118th district in 2002.
She is the daughter-in law of former State Senator Bob Carpenter of Macon County.
