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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Bristol district 
Summary
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th 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] Democrat Paul Schmid of Westport has represented the district since 2011.[2]
Locales represented edit
The district includes the following localities:[3]
- part of Fall River
- part of Freetown
- part of New Bedford
- Westport
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Bristol and Plymouth and 2nd Bristol and Plymouth districts.[4]
Former locale edit
Representatives edit
- Ezra P. Brownell, circa 1858-1859 [6][7]
- William Alexander Carman, circa 1888 [8]
- James Conroy, circa 1888 [8]
- Andrew Quinn, circa 1888 [8]
- William J. Bullock, circa 1920 [9]
- Andrew P. Doyle, circa 1920 [9]
- Edgar F. Howland, circa 1920 [9]
- Joseph Douglas Saulnier, circa 1951 [10]
- John J. Long, circa 1975 [11]
- Charles E. Silvia
- Edward M. Lambert Jr.
- Michael Rodrigues
- Paul Schmid, III, 2011-current[2][12]
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, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images edit
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Andrew Doyle -
Sidney Lees -
Edgar Howland -
Gilbert Southworth -
Frederick Dexter Sowle -
John Halliwell -
Leo Carney -
Jacinto Diniz -
Joseph Douglas Saulnier -
Raymond Peck -
John Long -
Charles Silvia -
Edward Lambert -
Michael Rodrigues
References edit
- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 8th Bristol district". PD43+. Retrieved May 4, 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. October 16, 2023. pp. 196–206.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ "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.
- ^ a b c 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.
- ^ 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
- "8th Bristol District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).