Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Norfolk district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Norfolk 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 Norfolk County.[1] Democrat Bill Driscoll Jr. of Milton has represented the district since 2017.[2]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Norfolk district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census
Norfolk County, MA Government
County Level Elected Officials
County Commissioners: Francis W. O'Brien (D, Dedham), Joseph P. Shea (D, Quincy), Peter H. Collins (D, Milton)
Clerk of Courts: Walter Timilty
(D, Milton)
District Attorney: Michael W. Morrissey
(D, Quincy)
Register of Deeds: William P. O'Donnell
(D, Norwood)
Register of Probate: Patrick W. McDermott
(D, Quincy)
County Sheriff: Jerry McDermott
(R, Westwood)
County Treasurer: James E. Timilty
(D, Walpole)
State Government
State Senate Districts:
List
State House of Rep. Districts:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th
Governors Council Districts:
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th
Website

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[3]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district.[4]

Former locale

The district previously covered Braintree, circa 1872.[5]

Representatives

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Russell Worster
  • Timothy Quinn
  • John Augustine Kelleher
  • Josiah Babcock
  • Charles Holman
  • Frederick Haigis
  • William Dix Morton
  • Harold Rosen
  • Elizabeth Metayer
  • M. Joseph Manning
  • Walter Timilty

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 7th Norfolk district". PD43+. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  3. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  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. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  6. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  7. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  8. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Norfolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  9. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  10. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  11. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
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