Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Norfolk district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th 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 Denise Garlick of Needham has represented the district since 2011.^[2]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 13th Norfolk district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:^[3]

• Dover
• part of Medfield
• Needham

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Bristol and Norfolk district, Norfolk and Suffolk district, and Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex district.^[4]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Bellingham, circa 1872 ^[5]
• Franklin, circa 1872 ^[5]

Representatives

• Stephen W. Richardson, circa 1858 ^[6]
• Horace Rockwood, circa 1859 ^[7]
• Jack H. Backman, 1965-1970 ^[8]
• John A. Businger, 1971-1974 ^[8]
• Michael Dukakis
• Charles M. McGowan, circa 1975 ^[9]
• Lida E. Harkins, 1989-2011^[10]
• Denise C. Garlick, 2011-current^[2]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Norfolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 14th, 15th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  Freyda Koplow
• 
  Jack Backman
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  Michael Dukakis
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  Charles McGowan
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  Ellen M. Canavan
• 
  Lida Eisenstadt Harkins

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 13th Norfolk district". PD43+. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
3. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
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. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
6. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
7. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
8. State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020
9. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
10. "PD43+ » Search Elections". PD43+. Retrieved April 14, 2023.

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "13th Norfolk District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Needham