5th_Middlesex_Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives_district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Middlesex district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Middlesex district

American legislative district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Middlesex district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Middlesex County and Norfolk County.[1] Democrat David Linsky of Natick has represented the district since 1999.[2] Candidates running for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Jaymin Patel.[3][4]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Middlesex district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[5]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk district and Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex district.[6]

Former locale

The district previously covered Medford, circa 1872.[7]

Representatives

See also

Images

Portraits of legislators
  • Frank Barnes
  • Patrick Duane
  • John Gibbs
  • John Hudson
  • Albert Bullock
  • George Moyse
  • Leverett Saltonstall
  • Clarence Luitwieler
  • Henderson Inches
  • Margaret Jane Spear
  • Howard Whitmore
  • Irene Thresher
  • Irving Fishman
  • Theodore Mann
  • William Pickett
  • Joseph Connolly
  • Douglas Stoddart
  • David Linsky

References

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    "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  2. [2]
    Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 5th Middlesex district". PD43+. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
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    "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 28, 2020
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    "Veteran MetroWest legislators face primary challengers", Milforddailynews.com, Gannett Co., Inc., August 28, 2020
  5. [5]
    Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
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    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
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    "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
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    "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
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    Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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    Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 17, 1888). "Representatives: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
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    Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 17, 2023.
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    "History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature 1923 – 2015" (PDF). Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators. 2015. Retrieved July 6, 2021.
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    1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
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    "Irene Thresher, 81, former state legislator". The Boston Globe. Boston, Massachusetts. August 26, 1981. p. 44 – via Newspapers.com.
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    1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
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