Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Bristol district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Bristol district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Bristol County and Plymouth County.[1] Democrat Bill Straus of Mattapoisett has represented the district since 1993.[2]
Towns represented
[edit]The district includes the following localities:[3]
- Fairhaven
- Marion
- Mattapoisett
- part of New Bedford
- Rochester
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Bristol and Plymouth, 2nd Bristol and Plymouth, and 1st Plymouth and Bristol districts.[4]
Former locale
[edit]The district previously covered part of Fall River, circa 1927.[5]
Representatives
[edit]- Wm. H. Allen, circa 1858 [6]
- Hattil Kelley, circa 1858 [6]
- Alanson Borden, circa 1859 [7]
- Saben P. Chamberlain, circa 1859 [7]
- Edmund A. Davis, circa 1888 [8]
- William S. Conroy, circa 1920 [9]
- Edward F. Harrington, circa 1920 [9]
- William Thomas O'Brien, circa 1951 [10]
- Frank B. Oliveira, circa 1951 [10]
- Antone S. Aguiar Jr.
- Maniel Raposa, Jr., circa 1975 [11]
- Roger Tougas, circa 1984
- John C. Bradford, 1985–1993
- William M. Straus, 1993-current[2]
See also
[edit]- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Bristol County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
[edit]-
Francis Fennelly -
Joseph Parks -
Edward Harrington -
William Conroy -
George Driscoll -
Frank Oliveira -
William O'Brien -
Bernard Paquette -
Matthew Kuss -
Manuel Raposa -
Walter Silveira -
William Straus
References
[edit]- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 10th Bristol district". PD43+. Retrieved April 28, 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". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. pp. 196–206.
- ^ 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) - ^ Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Bristol County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ a b Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
- ^ a b 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
External links
[edit]- Ballotpedia
- "10th Bristol District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- League of Women Voters of South Coast (Marion, Mattapoisett, Rochester)
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