Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Bristol 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 Bristol County.[1] Carol Doherty has represented the district since summer 2020.[2]
Towns represented
editThe district includes the following localities:[3]
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth and 1st Plymouth and Bristol districts.[4]
Former locales
editRepresentatives
edit- Horace D. Howard, circa 1858 [6]
- John D. G. Williams, circa 1859 [7]
- Rollin H. Babbitt, circa 1888 [8]
- Frederick Stanley Hall, circa 1888 [8]
- William L. White, circa 1888 [8]
- Matthew A. Higgins, circa 1920 [9]
- Francis X. Casey, circa 1951 [10]
- Thomas D. Lopes, circa 1975 [11]
- Theodore J. Aleixo Jr.
- Marc R. Pacheco, January 1989 – January 1993
- James H. Fagan, 1993–2011
- Shaunna L. O'Connell, 2011-January 2020[2][12]
- Carol Doherty, 2020-current[13]
See also
edit- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Bristol County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
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Michael Kenney -
Matthew Higgins -
Joseph Dooley -
Francis Casey -
Frank Rico -
Thomas Lopes -
Theodore Aleixo -
James Fagan
References
edit- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 3rd Bristol district". PD43+. Retrieved April 30, 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.
- ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
- ^ 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: Bristol 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.
- ^ "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
- ^ 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
- "3rd Bristol District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
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