Boston City Council
The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms and there is no ...
elections were held on November 4, 2003. Nine seats (five 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 for districts 2, 3, 5, and 7 ran unopposed. Six seats (the four at-large positions, plus districts 4 and 6) had also been contested in the
preliminary election held on September 23, 2003.
At-large
Councillors
Michael F. Flaherty
Michael F. Flaherty (born May 4, 1969) is an at-large member of the Boston City Council. Flaherty is a member of the United States Democratic Party. He was elected Boston City Council Vice President in 2001 and Boston City Council President from ...
,
Felix D. Arroyo
Felix D. Arroyo (born Apr 16, 1948) is the Register of Probate for Suffolk County, Massachusetts effective 2018, and a former at-large member of the Boston City Council.
Early years
Arroyo was raised in a public housing project in Puerto Rico by ...
,
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 ...
, and
Stephen J. Murphy were re-elected. Patricia H. White, daughter of former
Mayor of Boston
The mayor of Boston is the head of the municipal government in Boston, Massachusetts. Boston has a mayor–council government. Boston's mayoral elections are nonpartisan (as are all municipal elections in Boston), and elect a mayor to a four- ...
Kevin White, was an unsuccessful candidate in this election.
District 1
Councillor
Paul Scapicchio was re-elected.
District 2
Councillor
James M. Kelly ran unopposed and was re-elected.
District 3
Councillor
Maureen Feeney
Maureen Feeney is an American politician who served on the Boston City Council and was the City Clerk of Boston, Massachusetts.
City Council
From 1994 to 2011 she represented Dorchester on the Boston City Council. She served as City Council pr ...
ran unopposed and was re-elected.
District 4
Councillor
Charles Yancey
Charles Calvin Yancey (born December 28, 1948, in Boston, Massachusetts, United States) was re-elected.
District 5
Councillor
Robert Consalvo
Robert Consalvo (born July 16, 1969) is a Massachusetts State Representative, the former chief of staff for Boston Public Schools, and a former member of the Boston City Council. For 12 years he represented District 5, which includes the Hyde P ...
ran unopposed and was re-elected.
District 6
Councillor
John M. Tobin Jr. was re-elected.
District 7
Councillor
Chuck Turner
Charles Turner (June 10, 1940 – December 25, 2019) was an American politician and activist, who served on the Boston City Council representing District 7. Turner was a member of the Green-Rainbow Party Massachusetts affiliate to the national G ...
ran unopposed and was re-elected.
District 8
Councillor
Michael P. Ross was re-elected.
District 9
Councillor
Jerry P. McDermott was re-elected.
See also
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List of members of the Boston City Council
This is a list of members of the Boston City Council, both past and present, serving the people of Boston, Massachusetts.
Council member selection
Since 1984, the council has consisted of 13 members; four members elected at-large and nine memb ...
References
Further reading
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The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms and there is no ...