Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk district explained

Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate.^[1] It covers portions of Suffolk county. Democrat Nick Collins of South Boston has represented the district since 2018.^[2]

Until 2013, the district's seat had "long been regarded as the 'Southie Seat,'...held by a white, Irish-American, South Boston man."

Locales represented

The district includes parts of the city of Boston.

Former locales

The district previously covered the following:

• Chelsea, circa 1860s
• North Chelsea, circa 1860s
• Winthrop, circa 1860s

Senators

• Nehemiah Boynton, circa 1859 ^[3]
• Alfred Hall
• John Edward Beck
• Edward Cox
• John F. Donovan, circa 1935 ^[4]
• William R. Conley, circa 1945 ^[5]
• Andrew P. Quigley, 1951–1957
• Harold Wilson Canavan, circa 1957 ^[6]
• Joseph J. C. DiCarlo, circa 1969 ^[7]
• Bill Bulger, circa 1979-1993 ^{[8] [9] [10]}
• John A. Hart, Jr., circa 2002-2013 ^[11]
• Linda Dorcena. Forry, circa 2013-2018^[12]
• Nick Collins, 2018-current
• Lydia Edwards, 2018-current

Images

Portraits of legislators

See also

• List of Massachusetts Senate elections
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
• Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: First Suffolk District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Boston

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Senatorial Districts . April 15, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: April 15, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Senate elections: 1st Suffolk district .
3. Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Google Books . General Court . Massachusetts .
4. Book: 1935 . Public Officials of Massachusetts .
5. Book: 1945 . Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
6. Book: 1957 . Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
7. Book: 1969 . Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
8. Book: 1979 . Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
9. Book: 1985 . Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
10. Book: 1993 . Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .
11. Web site: April 15, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Senate elections: 2002 .
12. Web site: Linda Dorcena Forry MA Legislature.