---
type: Person
title: "Ray Canterbury"
description: "WV House District 47 — WV State House of Representatives District 47"
role: "WV House District 47"
party: "R"
level: "state"
branch: "legislative"
state: "WV"
district: "WV State House of Representatives District 47"
represents: "us/states/wv/districts/house/47"
tenure:
  start: "2024-12-01"
  current: true
election:
  term_length: 2
  term_limit: "varies"
ids:
  person: "d3d97aaa-7689-4d29-819c-fd4508e41b36"
  office: "1bf14654-1edc-40f5-88af-d271cc16a658"
  tenure: "663a8ba3-44b1-43cb-83ca-c3026e602f0a"
  jurisdiction: "3e43f5be-958b-4784-b072-a49431de031f"
sources:
  - field: tenure
    source: "OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20"
  - field: jurisdiction
    source: "SLDL (Census 2025)"
confidence: official
tags: [officeholder, state, legislative, wv]
timestamp: "2026-07-04"
---

# Ray Canterbury

Current WV House District 47 (WV State House of Representatives District 47).

Represents [WV State House of Representatives District 47](/us/states/wv/districts/house/47.md).

## Sources

- tenure: OpenStates YAML via GitHub 2026-06-20
- jurisdiction: SLDL (Census 2025)

Generated from the Atlas officeholders v3 export (2026-07-04).