Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Bristol district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Bristol 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 Bristol County.^[1] Democrat Chris Hendricks of New Bedford has represented the district since 2019.^[2]

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:

• Acushnet
• part of New Bedford

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Bristol & Plymouth district.

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• part of Fall River, circa 1927 ^[3]
• Somerset, circa 1927

Representatives

• Robert L. Pitman, circa 1858 ^[4]
• Thomas H. Soule, circa 1858
• Samuel Watson, circa 1858–1859
• Nathan B. Gifford, circa 1859 ^[5]
• Augustus L. West, circa 1859
• James T. Bagshaw, circa 1920 ^[6]
• William Cyril Crossley, circa 1920
• Ernest A. Larocque, circa 1920
• Harold Clinton Nagle, circa 1951 ^[7]
• James Anthony O'Brien, circa 1951
• Carlton M. Viveiros, circa 1975 ^[8]
• Roger R. Goyette, 1979-1987
• Christopher Hendrickss, 2019–current

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Bristol County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 12th, 13th, 14th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 11th Bristol District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Representative Districts . May 4, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: May 4, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 11th Bristol district .
3. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge192728mass/page/196/mode/1up . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928 . Boston . 196–206 .
4. Book: https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . Adams, Sampson & Co. . Boston . 1858 . Massachusetts House of Representatives . 10–12 .
5. Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Internet Archive .
6. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . Boston Review .
7. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
8. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .