Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Plymouth district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Plymouth 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 Bristol County and Plymouth County.^[1] Republican Angelo D'Emilia of Bridgewater has represented the district since 2011.^[2]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:

• Bridgewater
• Raynham

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

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Lakeville, circa 1872 ^[3]
• Mattapoisett, circa 1872
• Rochester, circa 1872

Representatives

• Jonathan H. Holmes, circa 1858 ^[4]
• Job T. Tobey, circa 1859 ^[5]
• Sidney T. Nelson, circa 1888 ^[6]
• C. Gerald Lucey, circa 1951 ^[7]
• Arthur Joseph Sheehan, circa 1951
• Peter Y. Flynn, circa 1975 ^[8]
• David Flynn, circa 2010
• Angelo L. D'Emilia, 2011-current

See also

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

Images

Portraits of legislators

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 8th Plymouth 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 29, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: April 29, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 8th Plymouth 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: Plymouth County . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/54/mode/2up .
7. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
8. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .