Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Bristol district
American legislative district
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th 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 Pat Haddad of Somerset has represented the district since 2001.[2]
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:[3]
- Dighton
- Somerset
- part of Swansea
- part of Taunton
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Bristol and Plymouth and 1st Plymouth and Bristol districts.[4]
Former locales
The district previously covered:
- Berkley, circa 1872, 1927 [5][6]
- Freetown, circa 1927 [6]
- Rehoboth, circa 1872, 1927 [5][6]
- Seekonk, circa 1872, 1927 [5][6]
Representatives
- Joel Marble, circa 1858 [7]
- John C. Marvel, circa 1859 [8]
- Isaac B. Tompkins, circa 1888 [9]
- Rufus H. Willis, circa 1888 [9]
- Albert C. Goff, circa 1920 [10]
- Stephen L. French, circa 1951 [11]
- Raymond S. Peck, circa 1975 [12]
- Manuel Raposa, circa 1978
- Joan Menard, 1979–2000
- Patricia A. Haddad, 2001-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, 6th, 7th, 8th, 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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Patricia Haddad
References
- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 30, 2020.
- ^ a b Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 5th Bristol district". PD43+. Retrieved April 30, 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
- ^ a b c "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ a b c d "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 Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Bristol County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ 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.
External links
- Ballotpedia
- "5th Bristol District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
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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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