Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Norfolk district

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Norfolk district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census
Norfolk County, MA Government
County Level Elected Officials
County Commissioners: Joseph P. Shea (D, Quincy), Peter H. Collins (D, Milton), Richard R. Staiti (D, Canton)
Clerk of Courts: Walter Timilty
(D, Milton)
District Attorney: Michael W. Morrissey
(D, Quincy)
Register of Deeds: William P. O'Donnell
(D, Norwood)
Register of Probate: Colleen M Brierley
(D, Norwood)
County Sheriff: Patrick W. McDermott
(D, Quincy)
County Treasurer: Michael G. Bellotti
(D, Quincy)
State Government
State Senate Districts:
List
State House of Rep. Districts:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th
Governors Council Districts:
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th
Website
  • v
  • t

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th 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] Republican Shawn Dooley of Norfolk has represented the district since 2015.[2][3]

Towns represented[]

The district includes the following localities:[4]

  • part of Medfield
  • part of Millis
  • Norfolk
  • Plainville
  • part of Walpole
  • Wrentham

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Bristol and Norfolk district and Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex district.[5]

Former locales[]

The district previously covered:

  • Avon, circa 1927 [6]
  • Holbrook, circa 1927 [6]
  • Randolph, circa 1872, 1927 [7][6]

Representatives[]

  • Jonathan Wales, circa 1858 [8]
  • Daniel Howard, circa 1859 [9]
  • Albert E. Miller, circa 1888 [10]
  • Elijah Baron Stowe, circa 1888 [10]
  • Clarence F. Telford, circa 1951 [11]
  • Edna Telford, 1955-1960
  • M. Joseph Manning, circa 1975 [12]
  • Scott P. Brown, 1999-2004 [13]
  • Richard J. Ross
  • Daniel Winslow
  • Shawn C. Dooley, 2015-current[2][14]

See also[]

Images[]

Portraits of legislators

  • Edward Fuller

  • William Ollendorff

  • George Peirce

  • Martin Young

  • Clarence Telford

  • David Locke

  • M. Joseph Manning

  • Francis Woodward

  • Jo Ann Sprague

  • Richard Ross

References[]

  1. ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 9th Norfolk district". PD43+. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  3. ^ Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on November 1, 2020
  4. ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  5. ^ 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
  6. ^ a b c "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. pp. 196–206.
  7. ^ "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  8. ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  9. ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  10. ^ a b Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Norfolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  11. ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  12. ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  13. ^ State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
  14. ^ "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, Most of the incumbent Republicans are facing a challenge

External links[]

Retrieved from ""