Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Norfolk district
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County Commissioners: Joseph P. Shea (D, Quincy), Peter H. Collins (D, Milton), Richard R. Staiti (D, Canton) |
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Clerk of Courts: Walter Timilty (D, Milton) |
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District Attorney: Michael W. Morrissey (D, Quincy) |
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Register of Deeds: William P. O'Donnell (D, Norwood) |
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Register of Probate: Colleen M Brierley (D, Norwood) |
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County Sheriff: Patrick W. McDermott (D, Quincy) |
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County Treasurer: Michael G. Bellotti (D, Quincy) |
| State Government |
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State Senate Districts: List |
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State House of Rep. Districts: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th |
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Governors Council Districts: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th |
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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Norfolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Norfolk County.[1] Democrat Mark Cusack of Braintree has represented the district since 2011.[2]
Towns represented
[edit]The district includes the following localities:[3]
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk and Plymouth district and Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district.[4]
Former locales
[edit]The district previously covered:
- Dorchester, circa 1872 [5]
- Weymouth, circa 1927 [6]
Representatives
[edit]- George M. Browne, circa 1858 [7]
- George Rankin, circa 1859 [8]
- Edward H. R. Ruggles, circa 1858-1859 [7][8]
- John Adams Holbrook, circa 1888 [9]
- John Flint Merrill, circa 1888 [9]
- Josiah Quincy, circa 1888 [9]
- Prince H. Tirrell, circa 1920 [10]
- Francis Richard Atkinson, circa 1951 [11]
- William Augustine Connell, Jr., circa 1975 [12]
- Mark Fitzsimmons
- Elizabeth Metayer
- Suzanne M. Bump
- Joseph C. Sullivan
- Joseph R. Driscoll
- Mark James Cusack, 2011-current[2][13]
See also
[edit]- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Norfolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
[edit]- Portraits of legislators
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Eugene Hultman -
Burgess Spinney -
Prince Tirrell -
William Hannaford -
John Webster -
Arthur Dykeman -
Joseph Semensi -
M. Joseph Manning -
William Connell -
Elizabeth Metayer -
Suzanne Bump -
Joseph Sullivan -
Joseph Driscoll
References
[edit]- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 5th Norfolk district". PD43+. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos,
State House Districts to State Senate Districts
- ^ "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. October 16, 2023. pp. 196–206.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ a b c Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Norfolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 2020
External links
[edit]- Ballotpedia
- "5th Norfolk District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
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