Colleen M. Garry (born July 21, 1962, in
Lowell, Massachusetts
Lowell () is a city in Massachusetts, in the United States. Alongside Cambridge, It is one of two traditional seats of Middlesex County. With an estimated population of 115,554 in 2020, it was the fifth most populous city in Massachusetts as of ...
) is an American politician who represents the 36th Middlesex District in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...
.
Early life and education
Garry was born on July 21, 1962, in Lowell Massachusetts. She graduated from the
University of Lowell and
Suffolk University Law School
Suffolk University Law School (also known as Suffolk Law School) is the private, non-sectarian law school of Suffolk University located in downtown Boston, Massachusetts, across the street from the Boston Common and the Freedom Trail, two block ...
.
Career
She was an aide to State Representative John Cox, who represented Dracut and part of Lowell. In 1994 she was elected to represent a new district consisting of Dracut, Tyngsborough, and Dunstable. Dunstable has since been transferred to a neighboring district so the current district consists only of Dracut and Tyngsborough. She is a conservative member of the House Democratic Caucus.
In 2015, Representative Garry came under fire fo
commentscriticizing an act of civil disobedience which obstructed a major Massachusetts highway. Representative Garry accused protestors affiliated with the
Black Lives Matter
Black Lives Matter (abbreviated BLM) is a decentralized political and social movement that seeks to highlight racism, discrimination, and racial inequality experienced by black people. Its primary concerns are incidents of police bruta ...
movement of being "
terrorist
Terrorism, in its broadest sense, is the use of criminal violence to provoke a state of terror or fear, mostly with the intention to achieve political or religious aims. The term is used in this regard primarily to refer to intentional violen ...
s" and claimed that "structural racism is a fraud."
MassLive.com
State House bills seek to up penalty for highway blockage
See also
* 2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature
* 2021–2022 Massachusetts legislature
References
1962 births
People from Dracut, Massachusetts
Politicians from Lowell, Massachusetts
University of Massachusetts Lowell alumni
Suffolk University Law School alumni
Living people
Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Women state legislators in Massachusetts
21st-century American politicians
21st-century American women politicians
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