Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Norfolk district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th 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 Denise Garlick of Needham has represented the district since 2011.^[2]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• Dover
• part of Medfield
• Needham

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Bristol and Norfolk district, Norfolk and Suffolk district, and Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex district.

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Bellingham, circa 1872 ^[3]
• Franklin, circa 1872

Representatives

• Stephen W. Richardson, circa 1858 ^[4]
• Horace Rockwood, circa 1859 ^[5]
• Jack H. Backman, 1965-1970
• John A. Businger, 1971-1974
• Michael Dukakis
• Charles M. McGowan, circa 1975 ^[6]
• Lida E. Harkins, 1989-2011^[7]
• Denise C. Garlick, 2011-current

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Norfolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 13th Norfolk District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Needham

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: 13th Norfolk district .
3. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . 1872 . Sampson, Davenport, & Company . Boston .
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: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
7. Web site: PD43+ » Search Elections . 2023-04-14 . PD43+ . en-US.