Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Bristol district

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]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Bristol district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:^[3]

• 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.^[4]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Acushnet, circa 1927 ^[5]
• part of New Bedford, circa 1927 ^[5]
• Somerset, circa 1872 ^[6]
• Swansea, circa 1872 ^[6]

Representatives

• Jervis Shove, circa 1858 ^[7]
• William Lawton Slade, circa 1859 ^[8]
• William Gordon Jr., circa 1888 ^[9]
• Charles P. Rugg, circa 1888 ^[9]
• Herbert Wing, circa 1920 ^[10]
• G. Leo Bessette, circa 1951 ^[11]
• Theophile Jean Desroches, circa 1951 ^[11]
• William Q. Maclean, Jr., circa 1975 ^[12]
• Thomas C. Norton
• Albert Herren
• David B. Sullivan
• Carole A. Fiola, 2013-current^[2][13]

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

Images

• 
  Herbert Wing
• 
  David Kelley
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  Walter Franklyn Douglas
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  Alfred Bessette
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  Rodolphe Bessette
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  G. Leo Bessette
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  Leo James Normandin
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  Theophile Jean Desroches
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  Donald Gaudette
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  J. Louis Leblanc
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  William MacLean
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  Thomas Norton
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  Albert Herren
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  David Sullivan

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 6th Bristol 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". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. October 16, 2023. pp. 196–206.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
6. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
7. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
8. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
9. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Bristol County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
10. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
11. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
12. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
13. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018, House Democrats...face opposition

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "6th Bristol District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).