Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th Suffolk 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]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th Suffolk district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census
Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives districts for Suffolk County, apportioned in 2011

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]
  • Royal L. Bolling, Jr., circa 1975 [8]
  • Kevin Fitzgerald, circa 2002
  • Jeffrey Sanchez, January 2003 – January 2019
  • Nika Elugardo, 2019-current[3]

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • 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

References
  1. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  2. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 15th Suffolk district". PD43+. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  4. 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
  5. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Suffolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  6. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  7. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  8. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
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