Definitions of representative
(US; also Representative) someone who has been elected to the US House of Representatives
Democrat Mark Cusack was elected state representative for the Fifth Norfolk District.
a person who acts as a person's heir (=a person who will receive money, property, assets or a title from someone when that person dies) or successor (=someone who takes a job or position that was earlier held by someone else) when that person dies
A lump sum may be paid to the personal representative of the deceased.
a person who has been chosen to speak, vote for, attend an event or do something officially for another person, a country or an organisation etc
Megan Hughes, union representative, takes a professional approach to her work.