Representative may refer to: Politics Representative democracy, type of democracy in which elected officials represent a group of people House of Representatives, legislative body in various countries or sub-national entities Legislator, someone who is a member of a legislature Mathematics Representative (mathematics), an element of an equivalence class representing the class Other uses Sales representative Manufacturers' representative Customer service representative Holiday rep Representative sample, in statistics a sample or subset meant to represent a population Representative director (Japan), most senior executive in charge of managing a corporation in Japan The Representative (newspaper), unsuccessful 1826 London newspaper See also Representation (disambiguation) Rep (disambiguation) Presentative (disambiguation) Special Representative, a diplomatic rank The Representative (disambiguation)