Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Suffolk district

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Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Suffolk district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census
Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives districts for Suffolk County, apportioned in 2011

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 17th Suffolk 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 the city of Boston in Suffolk County.[1][2] Since 1995, Kevin G. Honan of the Democratic Party has represented the district.[3] Candidates running for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Jordan Meehan.[4][5]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Middlesex and Suffolk district and 2nd Suffolk and Middlesex district.[6]

Representatives[]

  • Frederick Sheenan [7]
  • James Conboy
  • Daniel Murphy
  • Joseph McGrath
  • Coleman Kelly
  • Patrick Sullivan
  • Thomas Dorgan
  • John Wickes
  • Charles Louis Patrone
  • James A. Burke
  • Michael Paul Feeney
  • John F. Melia
  • Michael Daly [8]
  • Daniel Pokaski [3]
  • Kevin Fitzgerald [3]
  • Kevin Honan[3]

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Images[]

Portraits of legislators

References[]

  1. ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  2. ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  3. ^ a b c d Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 17th Suffolk district". PD43+. Retrieved August 19, 2020.
  4. ^ "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 27, 2020
  5. ^ "Directory: Massachusetts 2020", Runforsomething.net, Washington, D.C., retrieved August 27, 2020
  6. ^ 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
  7. ^ Who's Who in State Politics. Boston: Practical Politics. 1908.
  8. ^ Norman L. Pidgeon and William C. Maiers. 1967–1968 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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