Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Worcester district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Worcester district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Hampshire County and Worcester County.^[1] Republican Donnie Berthiaume of Spencer has represented the district since 2015.^[2]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• Barre
• Brookfield
• East Brookfield
• Hardwick
• Hubbardston
• New Braintree
• North Brookfield
• Oakham
• part of Spencer
• part of Ware
• West Brookfield

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district.

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Fitchburg, circa 1872 ^[3]
• Leominster, circa 1872
• Lunenburg, circa 1872
• Westminster, circa 1872

Representatives

• Thomas E. Glazier, circa 1858 ^[4]
• William Mayo, circa 1859 ^[5]
• George H. Coolidge, circa 1888 ^[6]
• Henry D. Haynes, circa 1888
• Wilfrid J. Lamoureux, circa 1920 ^[7]
• Leo Joseph Cournoyer, circa 1951 ^[8]
• John F. Farland, circa 1975 ^[9]
• Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr, 2015-current

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
• Worcester County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester; Middlesex and Worcester; Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex; Worcester and Middlesex; Worcester and Norfolk
• 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 Worcester 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 . April 28, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: April 28, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 5th Worcester 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: Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1888 State House Directory . Geo. F. Andrews . Lakeview Press . Representatives: Worcester County . October 16, 1888 . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/46/mode/2up .
7. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . October 16, 2023 . Boston Review .
8. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
9. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .