Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Bristol district
Appearance
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
The district includes the following localities:[3]
- part of Fall River
- part of Freetown
- part of New Bedford
- Westport
Former locale
The district previously covered Dartmouth, circa 1927.[4]
Representatives
- Ezra P. Brownell, circa 1858-1859 [5][6]
- William Alexander Carman, circa 1888 [7]
- James Conroy, circa 1888 [7]
- Andrew Quinn, circa 1888 [7]
- William J. Bullock, circa 1920 [8]
- Andrew P. Doyle, circa 1920 [8]
- Edgar F. Howland, circa 1920 [8]
- Joseph Douglas Saulnier, circa 1951 [9]
- John J. Long, circa 1975 [10]
- Charles E. Silvia
- Edward M. Lambert Jr.
- Michael Rodrigues
- Paul Schmid, III, 2011-current[2]
See also
- 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
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Andrew Doyle
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Sidney Lees
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Edgar Howland
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Gilbert Southworth
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Frederick Dexter Sowle
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John Halliwell
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Leo Carney
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Jacinto Diniz
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Joseph Douglas Saulnier
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Raymond Peck
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John Long
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Charles Silvia
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Edward Lambert
References
- ^ "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)
- ^ "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. pp. 196–206.
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- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
External links
- Ballotpedia
- "8th Bristol District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).