Massachusetts_Senate's_First_Suffolk_district

Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk district

Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk district

American legislative district

Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.[1] It covers portions of Suffolk county.[2] Democrat Nick Collins of South Boston has represented the district since 2018.[3]

Map of Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Until 2013, the district's seat had "long been regarded as the 'Southie Seat,'...held by a white, Irish-American, South Boston man."[4]

Locales represented

The district includes parts of the city of Boston.[2][5]

Former locales

The district previously covered the following:

Senators

Images

Portraits of legislators
  • Alfred Hall
  • John Edward Beck
  • Edward Cox
  • William Conley
  • Andrew Patrick Quigley
  • Harry Della Russo
  • Linda Dorcena Forry
  • Nick Collins

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Massachusetts Senatorial Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  2. [2]
    "An Act Establishing Executive Councillor and Senatorial Districts", Session Laws: Acts (2011), retrieved April 15, 2020
  3. [3]
    Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 1st Suffolk district". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  4. [4]
    "A Political Shift In The First Suffolk District", Wbur.org, May 8, 2013
  5. [5]
    Massachusetts General Court (October 16, 1866), "1866 Chap. 0120. An Act To Divide The Commonwealth Into Forty Districts For The Choice Of Senators", Acts and Resolves, hdl:2452/100042 – via State Library of Massachusetts
  6. [6]
    General Court, Massachusetts (1859). Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston – via Google Books.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  7. [7]
    Public Officials of Massachusetts. 1935.
  8. [8]
    Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1945.
  9. [9]
    Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1957.
  10. [10]
    Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1969.
  11. [11]
    Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1979.
  12. [12]
    Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1985.
  13. [13]
    Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. 1993.
  14. [14]
    Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Senate elections: 2002". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 15, 2020.
  15. [15]
    "Linda Dorcena Forry MA Legislature".


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