Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk district
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Map of Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census
Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers portions of Suffolk county.[2] Democrat Nick Collins of South Boston has represented the district since 2018.[3]
Until 2013, the district's seat had "long been regarded as the 'Southie Seat,'...held by a white, Irish-American, South Boston man."[4]
Locales represented
The district includes parts of the city of Boston.[2][5]
Former locales
The district previously covered the following:
Senators
- Nehemiah Boynton, circa 1859 [6]
- Alfred Hall
- John Edward Beck
- Edward Cox
- John F. Donovan, circa 1935 [7]
- William R. Conley, circa 1945 [8]
- Harold Wilson Canavan, circa 1957 [9]
- Joseph J. C. DiCarlo, circa 1969 [10]
- Bill Bulger, circa 1979-1993 [11][12][13]
- John A. Hart, Jr., circa 2002-2013 [14]
- Linda Dorcena. Forry, circa 2013-2018[15]
- Nick Collins, 2018-current[3]
Images
- Portraits of legislators
Alfred Hall
John Edward Beck
Edward Cox
William Conley
Andrew Patrick Quigley
Harry Della Russo
Linda Dorcena Forry
Nick Collins
See also
- List of Massachusetts Senate elections
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
- Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th
References
- ^ "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ^ a b "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 15, 2020
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 1st Suffolk district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ^ "A Political Shift In The First Suffolk District", Wbur.org, May 8, 2013
- ^ a b c d Massachusetts General Court, "1866 Chap. 0120. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves – via State Library of Massachusetts
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Google Books.
- ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1957.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
- ^ Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
- ^ "Linda Dorcena Forry MA Legislature".
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External links
- Ballotpedia
- "First Suffolk District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- League of Women Voters of Boston
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