Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Norfolk district

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

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th 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 Mark Cusack of Braintree has represented the district since 2011.[2]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[3]

• Braintree
• part of Holbrook
• part of Randolph

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

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Dorchester, circa 1872 [5]
• Weymouth, circa 1927 [6]

Representatives

• George M. Browne, circa 1858 [7]
• George Rankin, circa 1859 [8]
• Edward H. R. Ruggles, circa 1858-1859 [7][8]
• John Adams Holbrook, circa 1888 [9]
• John Flint Merrill, circa 1888 [9]
• Josiah Quincy, circa 1888 [9]
• Prince H. Tirrell, circa 1920 [10]
• Francis Richard Atkinson, circa 1951 [11]
• William Augustine Connell, Jr., circa 1975 [12]
• Mark Fitzsimmons
• Elizabeth Metayer
• Suzanne M. Bump
• Joseph C. Sullivan
• Joseph R. Driscoll
• Mark James Cusack, 2011-current[2][13]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Norfolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  Eugene Hultman
• 
  Burgess Spinney
• 
  Prince Tirrell
• 
  William Hannaford
• 
  John Webster
• 
  Arthur Dykeman
• 
  Joseph Semensi
• 
  M. Joseph Manning
• 
  William Connell
• 
  Elizabeth Metayer
• 
  Suzanne Bump
• 
  Joseph Sullivan
• 
  Joseph Driscoll

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 5th Norfolk district". PD43+. Retrieved May 1, 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. "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. October 16, 2023. pp. 196–206.
7. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
8. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
9. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Norfolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
10. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
11. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
12. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
13. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 2020

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "5th Norfolk District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).