Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Plymouth district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Plymouth 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 Bristol County and Plymouth County.[1] Republican Angelo D'Emilia of Bridgewater has represented the district since 2011.[2]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Plymouth district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[3]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Plymouth and Bristol district.[4]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives
  • Jonathan H. Holmes, circa 1858 [6]
  • Job T. Tobey, circa 1859 [7]
  • Sidney T. Nelson, circa 1888 [8]
  • C. Gerald Lucey, circa 1951 [9]
  • Arthur Joseph Sheehan, circa 1951 [9]
  • Peter Y. Flynn, circa 1975 [10]
  • David Flynn, circa 2010
  • Angelo L. D'Emilia, 2011-current[2]

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Roland Keith
  • Eddy Dunbar
  • Adolph Johnson
  • Arthur Sheehan
  • Harvey Iris
  • James Lawton
  • Karl Nordin
  • Peter Flynn
  • Allan Chiocca
  • Jacqueline Lewis
  • David Flynn

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 8th Plymouth district". PD43+. Retrieved April 29, 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: Plymouth County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  9. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  10. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
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