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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Worcester district in the United States is one of 160
AmasaNorcross.jpg, Amasa Norcross
1908 Frank Collette Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Frank Collette
1918 George Brunell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, George Brunell
1923 Francis Cassidy Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Francis Cassidy
1935 George Kurzon Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, George Kurzon
1945 Charles Skladzien Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Charles Skladzien
1953 John Peter Ivascyn Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Peter Ivascyn
1975 William Starzec Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William Starzec
1983 Marilyn Travinski Massachusetts House of Representatives.png,
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* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 6th Worcester district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts
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included in the lower house
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of the Massachusetts General Court
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. It covers part of Worcester County. Republican
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Peter Durant of Spencer has represented the district since 2011.
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities: * part of Charlton *Dudley
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* Southbridge
* part of Spencer
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Worcester and Norfolk district and Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district.
Former locales
The district previously covered: *Bolton
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, circa 1872
* Harvard
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, circa 1872
* Lancaster, circa 1872
Representatives
* James Bennett, circa 1858 *Amasa Norcross
Amasa Norcross (January 26, 1824 – April 2, 1898) was a U.S. Representative from Massachusetts.
Born in Rindge, New Hampshire, Norcross attended the common schools and Appleton Academy, New Ipswich, New Hampshire. He studied law, was admitt ...
, circa 1858-1859
* Samuel Osgood, circa 1858
* Charles L. Josselyn, circa 1859
* Edwin Upton, circa 1859
* Luther Hill, circa 1888
* Louis Adelard Breault, circa 1920
* Charles J. Skladzien, circa 1951
* William A. Starzec, circa 1975
* Marilyn Travinski
Marilyn Travinsky is an American Democratic politician from Southbridge, Massachusetts. She represented the 6th Worcester district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991, where she served as the first female chair of i ...
, 1983–1991
* David M. Peters
* Mark J. Carron
* Geraldo Alicea
Geraldo Alicea (born September 27, 1963 in Southbridge, Massachusetts) is an American politician who represented the 6th Worcester District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower h ...
* Peter J. Durant, 2011–current
See also
* List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections * Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st,2nd
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, 3rd
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* 3rd Street (d ...
, 4th, 5th, 7th
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, 8th
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, 9th
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, 10th, 11th, 12th
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, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th
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, 17th, 18th
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* Worcester County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd
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; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester; Middlesex and Worcester; Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex; Worcester and Middlesex; Worcester and Norfolk
* List of Massachusetts General Courts
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* List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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Images
;Portraits of legislatorsMarilyn Travinski
Marilyn Travinsky is an American Democratic politician from Southbridge, Massachusetts. She represented the 6th Worcester district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1983 to 1991, where she served as the first female chair of i ...
1995 David Peters Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, David Peters
2005 Mark Carron Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Mark Carron
References
External links
Ballotpedia
* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
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