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 6, 2001. 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 1, 5, 8, and 9 ran unopposed. Two seats (districts 3 and 6) had also been contested in the
preliminary election held on September 25, 2001.
At-large
Councillors
Francis Roache
Francis Michael Roache (August 3, 1936 – December 17, 2018) was an American law enforcement officer and politician who served as the Boston Police Commissioner from 1985 to 1993. He was also a member of the Boston City Council from 1996 to 2002 ...
,
Stephen J. Murphy, and
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 ...
were re-elected. Councillor
Peggy Davis-Mullen
Peggy Davis-Mullen (born 1960) is a former member of the Boston City Council in Boston, Massachusetts, having served from 1994 to 2001.
She ran for Mayor of Boston in the 2001 mayoral election against incumbent Thomas Menino
Thomas Michael ...
did not seek re-election, as she ran for
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- ...
, losing in the
mayoral election to incumbent
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 ...
. Davis-Mullen's at-large seat was won 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 ...
, who had been the District 6 councillor since 1984, and a member of the council since 1982.
Francis Roache resigned his council seat after being elected Registrar of Deeds for
Suffolk County in November 2002; Felix D. Arroyo joined the council in January 2003 to serve the remainder of Roache's term.
District 1
Councillor
Paul Scapicchio ran unopposed and was re-elected.
District 2
Councillor
James M. Kelly 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 ...
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
General election
Councillor
Daniel F. Conley ran unopposed and was re-elected.
Special election
In February 2002, Conley was named interim district attorney for
Suffolk County; he resigned his council seat shortly thereafter. The vacancy was filled by a special election, which took place on June 4, 2002, with the preliminary election on May 7, 2002.
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 ...
was elected to serve the remainder of Conley's term.
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 ...
ran for (and won) an at-large seat on the council; her district seat was won by
John M. Tobin Jr.
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 ...
was re-elected.
District 8
Councillor
Michael P. Ross ran unopposed and was re-elected.
District 9
General election
Councillor
Brian Honan
Brian Honan (April 2, 1963 - July 30, 2002) was the Democratic city councilman representing the neighborhoods of Allston and Brighton.
Personal life
He graduated from St. Columbkille High School, Boston College and the New England School of Law ...
ran unopposed and was re-elected.
Special election
Honan died in July 2002, creating a vacancy that was filled by a special election, which took place on December 10, 2002, with the preliminary election on November 12, 2002.
Jerry P. McDermott was elected to serve the remainder of Honan's term.
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 ...
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2001 Boston mayoral election
References
Further reading
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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 ...