Please answer the following question: Facts:   - successor: james tayoun michael ozzie myers joseph howlett    - state house: pennsylvania    - party: republican -lrb- when a city councilman -rrb- -lrb- when a state representative -rrb- ; democrat    - predecessor: james tayoun district created michael ozzie myers    - office: member district of the philadelphia city council from the 1st      - district: 184th    - term end: august 3 , 1984 4 , 1987 november 30 , 1970 may    - term start: may 4 , 1977 3 , 1984 january 7 , 1969 january    - birth date: 17 april 1942    - name: leland beloff    - birth place: philadelphia , pennsylvania    - occupation: boxer   Based on these bullet points, write a short biography describing the life of leland beloff .
Answer:
leland m. beloff -lrb- born april 17 , 1942 -rrb- is a former democratic member of the pennsylvania house of representatives and the philadelphia city council , who resigned from office after being convicted in federal court on extortion charges .beloff has been a resident of longport , new jersey and gladwyne , pa. .