Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th Suffolk district
American legislative district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th Suffolk 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 Brookline in Norfolk County and part of Boston in Suffolk County.[1][2] Democrat Nika Elugardo of Jamaica Plain has represented the district since 2019.[3]
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex and Norfolk district, Norfolk and Suffolk district, and 2nd Suffolk district.[4]
Representatives
- Michael Garity, circa 1888 [5]
- Frank Forrest Woods, circa 1888 [5]
- William A. Canty, circa 1920 [6]
- James J. Mulvey, circa 1920 [6]
- John Joseph Beades, circa 1951 [7]
- Francis Xavier Joyce, circa 1951 [7]
- John P. McMorrow (1953–1957)
- George V. Kenneally Jr. (1957–1963)
- Royal L. Bolling, Jr., circa 1975 [8]
- Kevin Fitzgerald, circa 2002
- Jeffrey Sanchez, January 2003 – January 2019
- Nika Elugardo, 2019-2023[3]
- Sam Montaño, 2023–present
See also
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
- Portraits of legislators
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Edward Collins -
Patrick H. O'Connor -
John Englert -
Stephen Mealey -
Peter Kelley -
William Canty -
Francis Coyne -
Timothy Murphy -
John Carroll -
Thomas Reilly -
John Joseph Beades -
John Philip McMorrow -
Charles Doyle -
Robert Cawley -
Thomas Finneran -
Kevin Fitzgerald -
Jeffrey Sanchez -
Nika Elugardo
References
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 15th Suffolk district". PD43+. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
- ^ 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
- ^ a b Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Suffolk 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
- Ballotpedia
- "15th Suffolk District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
- League of Women Voters of Brookline
- League of Women Voters of Boston
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Districts of the Massachusetts General Court
- Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin, and Hampden
- Bristol and Norfolk
- Bristol and Plymouth: 1st, 2nd
- Cape and Islands
- Essex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd
- Essex and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd
- Hampden
- Hampden and Hampshire: 1st, 2nd
- Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester
- Middlesex: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
- Middlesex and Norfolk: 1st, 2nd
- Middlesex and Suffolk
- Middlesex and Worcester
- Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex
- Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth
- Norfolk and Plymouth
- Norfolk and Suffolk
- Plymouth and Barnstable
- Plymouth and Bristol: 1st, 2nd
- Plymouth and Norfolk
- Suffolk: 1st, 2nd
- Suffolk and Middlesex: 1st, 2nd
- Worcester: 1st, 2nd
- Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex
- Worcester and Middlesex
- Worcester and Norfolk
- Obsolete districts
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