Boston City Council elections were held on November 5, 1991. All thirteen seats (nine district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the
general election
A general election is a political voting election where generally all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation, state, or territory's primary legislative body, and are different from by-elections ( ...
, and had also been contested in the
preliminary election held on September 24, 1991.
At-large
Councillors
Dapper O'Neil
Albert Leo "Dapper" O'Neil (April 12, 1920 – December 19, 2007) was an American politician who served as a socially conservative member of the Boston City Council for twenty-eight years. Prior to joining the council, he served on the Boston Lic ...
,
Christopher A. Iannella, and
Rosaria Salerno
Rosaria Salerno is the former City Clerk of Boston and a former member of the Boston City Council.
Salerno was first elected to the City Council in November 1987, and served as an at-large member from 1988 to 1993. She was a candidate for Mayor ...
were re-elected. Councillor
Michael J. McCormack
Michael J. McCormack (born ca.1946) is a former member of the Boston City Council, having held an at-large seat from 1982 through 1991.
Career
McCormack was first elected to the City Council in November 1981 (when the council consisted of nine ...
had announced in March 1991 that he would not seek re-election; his seat was won by former Boston School Committee member
John A. Nucci.
Christopher A. Iannella died in September 1992; Bruce Bolling served the remainder of Iannella's term, as Bolling had finished fifth in the general election for four seats.
District 1
Councillor
Robert Travaglini was re-elected.
District 2
Councillor
James M. Kelly was re-elected.
District 3
Councillor James E. Byrne was re-elected.
District 4
Councillor
Charles Yancey was re-elected.
District 5
Councillor
Thomas Menino
Thomas Michael Menino (December 27, 1942 – October 30, 2014) was an American politician who served as the 53rd mayor of Boston, from 1993 to 2014. He was the city's longest-serving mayor. He was elected mayor in 1993 after first serving three ...
was re-elected.
District 6
Councillor
Maura Hennigan
Maura A. Hennigan (born 1952) is an American politician who currently serves as the Clerk Magistrate of Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Superior Court Criminal/Business Division. She is a former member of the Boston City Council and was a mayoral ...
was re-elected.
District 7
Councillor
Bruce Bolling
Bruce Carlton Bolling (April 29, 1945September 11, 2012) was a politician and businessman in Boston, Massachusetts. He was a member of the Boston City Council and served as the council's first black president in the mid-1980s. He unsuccessfully ...
ran for an at-large seat;
Anthony Crayton
Anthony or Antony is a masculine given name, derived from the '' Antonii'', a ''gens'' ( Roman family name) to which Mark Antony (''Marcus Antonius'') belonged. According to Plutarch, the Antonii gens were Heracleidae, being descendants of Anton ...
won the District 7 seat.
District 8
Councillor
David Scondras was re-elected.
District 9
Councillor
Brian J. McLaughlin
Brian J. McLaughlin (born ca.1957) is a former member of the Boston City Council, having held the District 9 seat from 1984 through 1995.
Career
McLaughlin graduated from Stonehill College in Easton, Massachusetts, and before running for offi ...
was re-elected.
See also
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List of members of Boston City Council
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Boston mayoral election, 1991
The Boston mayoral election of 1991 occurred on Tuesday, November 5, 1991, between Mayor Raymond Flynn and Edward J. Doherty, president of the Boston Teachers Union. Flynn was re-elected to his third term.
The nonpartisan municipal preliminary ...
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