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Marie Louise Bjelobrk
Member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives
from the Grafton 5th district
Incumbent
Assumed office
December 4, 2024
Serving with Rick Ladd
Preceded byMatthew Coulon
Personal details
BornDecember 1968 (age 56)
Political partyRepublican[1]
SpouseMatthew Dominic Bjelobrk
Residence(s)North Haverhill, New Hampshire, U.S.[2]
Occupation
  • Physical therapist
  • politician

Marie Louise Bjelobrk is an American Republican party politician, physical therapist,[3] and a practictioner of myofascial release, an alternative medicine therapy.[4] She is a member of the New Hampshire House of Representatives from the Grafton 5th district.[5]

She is a proponent of New Hampshire's school voucher program, known as Education Freedom Accounts. Bjelobrk has said she opposes school funding for diversity, equity, and inclusion programs or "for instruction in critical race theory".[3]

Marie Louise Bjelobrk was formerly known as Marie Louise Francis. She is the owner and the Orthopedic Manual Physical Therapist of North Shore Myofascial Physical Therapy, which had a location in Port Jefferson Station, New York,[4] and now operates as Blackmount Physical Therapy in North Haverhill, New Hampshire. She is the president of Blackmount Physical Therapy,[6] and speaks French.[7] She has been a licensed physical therapist in New York and New Hampshire.[8]

Her husband, Matthew Dominic Bjelobrk, is a former selectman of Haverhill, New Hampshire,[9][10] and filed a $30 million lawsuit against his former employer, the Suffolk County Police Department, in 2020.[11] Matthew Dominic Bjelobrk ran in the Republican party primary election for New Hampshire's 2nd congressional district in 2020, but only received 6.9% of the vote, losing to Steve Negron. He received the third-most votes out of four candidates.[12] He also ran in 2022 to be a county commissioner for Grafton County, New Hampshire, but only received 28.7% of the vote in the Republican party primary election.[13]

Marie Louise Bjelobrk received the second-most votes in both the 2024 Republican party primary election[14] and the 2024 general election for the two-member Grafton 5th district in the New Hampshire House of Representatives.[15]

Electoral history

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New Hampshire House of Representatives general election for the Grafton 5th district, 2024      Source:[16]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Ladd 2,126 31.24
Republican Marie Louise Bjelobrk 2,088 30.68
Democratic Rachael Booth 1,375 20.20
Democratic Dustin Vigneault 1,217 17.88
Total votes 6,806 100
New Hampshire House of Representatives Republican party primary election for the Grafton 5th district, 2024     Source:[14]
Party Candidate Votes %
Republican Rick Ladd 454 39
Republican Marie Louise Bjelobrk 411 35
Republican Greg Mathieson 302 26
Total votes 1,167 100

References

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  1. ^ "Marie Louise Bjelobrk". CitizensCount. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  2. ^ "Grafton County Delegation". Grafton County. Archived from the original on May 29, 2024.
  3. ^ a b Adrian, Patrick (August 25, 2024). "Three Haverhill Republicans vie for nomination for two House seats". Valley News. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  4. ^ a b "North Shore Myofascial Physical Therapy". North Shore Myofascial Physical Therapy. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  5. ^ "Marie Louise Bjelobrk". Ballotpedia. Retrieved November 25, 2024.
  6. ^ "North Shore Myofascial Physical Therapy P.C." New Hampshire Company Registry. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  7. ^ "Marie Louise Francis". ChoosePT. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  8. ^ "Provider Information for 1881637379". National Provider Identifier Registry. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  9. ^ "Hatch, Bjelobrk Elected To Haverhill Board of Selectmen". Caledonian Record. March 25, 2019. (subscription required)
  10. ^ Hayes, Paul (April 25, 2023). "Select Board Chair Answers "Undue Influence" Accusation". Caledonian Record. (subscription required)
  11. ^ O'Keefe, Michael (September 2, 2020). "Former Suffolk cop files $30 million lawsuit against the county". Newsday. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  12. ^ "New Hampshire Primary Election Results: Second Congressional District". The New York Times. Retrieved May 8, 2025.
  13. ^ "Matthew D. Bjelobrk". New Hampshire Public Radio. Retrieved May 13, 2025.
  14. ^ a b "Ladd, Bjelobrk win contested Republican primary for Haverhill-area House seats". Valley News. September 11, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  15. ^ "2024 New Hampshire State House Grafton District 5 election results". The Boston Globe. Retrieved May 2, 2025.
  16. ^ "Full New Hampshire State House election results for Nov. 5, 2024". WMUR-TV. November 5, 2024.


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