Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Bristol district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th 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 Carole Fiola of Fall River has represented the district since 2013.^[2]

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:

• part of Fall River
• part of Freetown

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Bristol and Plymouth district.

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Acushnet, circa 1927 ^[3]
• part of New Bedford, circa 1927
• Somerset, circa 1872 ^[4]
• Swansea, circa 1872

Representatives

• Jervis Shove, circa 1858 ^[5]
• William Lawton Slade, circa 1859 ^[6]
• William Gordon Jr., circa 1888 ^[7]
• Charles P. Rugg, circa 1888
• Herbert Wing, circa 1920 ^[8]
• G. Leo Bessette, circa 1951 ^[9]
• Theophile Jean Desroches, circa 1951
• William Q. Maclean, Jr., circa 1975 ^[10]
• Thomas C. Norton
• Albert Herren
• David B. Sullivan
• Carole A. Fiola, 2013-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, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 6th 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: 6th 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 . October 16, 2023 . Boston . 196–206 .
4. Book: Representative Districts . https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1872bost/page/27/mode/1up . Massachusetts Register . 1872 . Sampson, Davenport, & Company . Boston .
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: Bristol County . October 16, 1888 . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/54/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 .