Eric Turkington Explained

Eric Turkington
State House:	Massachusetts
District:	Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket
Term Start:	January 4, 1989
Term End:	January 7, 2009
Preceded:	Howard C. Cahoon, Jr. (Cape & Islands district)
Succeeded:	Timothy Madden
Birth Name:	Eric Thornton Turkington
Birth Date:	12 August 1947
Birth Place:	Gouverneur, New York, U.S.
Party:	Democratic
Spouse:	Nancy
Children:	2
Residence:	Falmouth, Massachusetts
Education:	University of Pennsylvania (BA) Boston College (JD)

Eric Thornton Turkington^[1] (born August 12, 1947)^[2] is an American lawyer and politician. He is a former Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives, who represented the Barnstable, Dukes and Nantucket District from 1989-2009.

Career

On November 7, 2006, he won his race against Republican Jim Powell in the 2006 elections. He did not run for reelection in 2008, instead running for Barnstable Register of Probate.^[3] He served as a co-chair of the Rachel Carson sculpture committee.^[4]

Personal life

He is married to his wife Nancy and they have two children.^[5] They live in Falmouth, Massachusetts.

External links

Massachusetts House of Representatives profile

Notes and References

https://www.classmates.com/siteui/yearbooks/229756?page=21&searchTerm=Turkington 1965 Lawrence High School Yearbook
https://archive.org/details/publicofficersof20072008bost/page/230/mode/1up?q=Turkington Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (2007-2008)
Web site: Election results - Massachusetts State House - 2008 - Boston.com. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20081108032056/http://www.boston.com/news/politics/2008/election_results/ma_statehouse/. 2008-11-08.
Web site: Unveiling and Dedication of the Rachel Carson Statue. 2013-07-30. Northeast Fisheries Science Center. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. en. 2018-09-20.
Book: Kenneth G. Morton; Papalinka Paradise . April 15, 2007 . The Massachusetts Political Almanac 2007 . Center For Leadership Studies . 9780926766341.