Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Norfolk district explained

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:

• 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.

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Dorchester, circa 1872 ^[3]
• Weymouth, circa 1927 ^[4]

Representatives

• George M. Browne, circa 1858 ^[5]
• George Rankin, circa 1859 ^[6]
• Edward H. R. Ruggles, circa 1858-1859
• John Adams Holbrook, circa 1888 ^[7]
• John Flint Merrill, circa 1888
• Josiah Quincy, circa 1888
• Prince H. Tirrell, circa 1920 ^[8]
• Francis Richard Atkinson, circa 1951 ^[9]
• William Augustine Connell, Jr., circa 1975 ^[10]
• Mark Fitzsimmons
• Elizabeth Metayer
• Suzanne M. Bump
• Joseph C. Sullivan
• Joseph R. Driscoll
• Mark James Cusack, 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, 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

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 5th Norfolk 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 1, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: May 1, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 5th Norfolk district .
3. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . 1872 . Sampson, Davenport, & Company . Boston .
4. 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 . October 16, 2023 . Boston . 196–206 .
5. Book: https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . Adams, Sampson & Co. . Boston . 1858 . Massachusetts House of Representatives . 10–12 .
6. Book: Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court . 1859 . Boston . Internet Archive .
7. Book: Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1888 State House Directory . Geo. F. Andrews . Lakeview Press . Representatives: Norfolk County . October 16, 1888 . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/52/mode/2up .
8. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . October 16, 2023 . Boston Review .
9. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
10. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .