Boston City Council elections were held on November 7, 1989. Eleven seats (seven 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 ( ...
, as the incumbents in districts 3 and 5 were unopposed. Nine seats (the four at-large members, and districts 1, 6, 7, 8, and 9) had also been contested in the
preliminary election held on September 26, 1989.
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,
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 ...
, and
Michael J. McCormack were re-elected.
District 1
Councillor
Robert Travaglini was re-elected.
District 2
Councillor
James M. Kelly was re-elected.
District 3
Councillor James E. Byrne ran unopposed and 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 ...
ran unopposed and 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 ...
was re-elected.
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
References
Further reading
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