Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Middlesex district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Middlesex 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 the city of Newton in Middlesex County.^[1][2] Democrat Ruth Balser of Newton has represented the district since 2003.^[3]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Middlesex district, based on the 2010 United States census.

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex and Norfolk district.^[4]

Representatives

• Laurin Leland, circa 1858 ^[5]
• Nathaniel Dowse, circa 1859 ^[6]
• James E. Whitcher, circa 1888 ^[7]
• Howard B. White, circa 1920 ^[8]
• Earle S. Bagley, circa 1951 ^[9]
• Robert A. Manzelli, circa 1975 ^[10]
• Ruth B. Balser, 2003-current^[3]

Former locale

The district previously covered Waltham, circa 1872.^[11]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  Frank Torrey
• 
  Robert Holden
• 
  James Kendall
• 
  Earle Bagley
• 
  Chester Waterous
• 
  Felix Perrault
• 
  Robert Manzelli
• 
  Susan Schur
• 
  Kay Khan
• 
  Ruth Balser

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
2. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 12th Middlesex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 5, 2020.
4. David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, State House Districts to State Senate Districts
5. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
6. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
7. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
8. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
9. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
10. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
11. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "12th Middlesex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Newton