Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Bristol 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. It covers part of
Bristol County Bristol County may refer to:
Places
* Bristol County, Massachusetts
Bristol () is a city, ceremonial county and unitary authority in England. Situated on the River Avon, it is bordered by the ceremonial counties of Gloucestershire to the no ...
.
Democrat Paul Schmid
Paul A. Schmid III has served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from the 8th Bristol district since 2011. In the 189th session (2015–2016), he assumed a leadership position as the Chairperson, Joint Committee on Environment, Natura ...
of Westport has represented the district since 2011.
Locales represented
The district includes the following localities:
* part of
Fall River
Fall River is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The City of Fall River's population was 94,000 at the 2020 United States Census, making it the tenth-largest city in the state.
Located along the eastern shore of Mount H ...
* part of
Freetown
* part of
New Bedford
New Bedford (Massachusett: ) is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts. It is located on the Acushnet River in what is known as the South Coast region. Up through the 17th century, the area was the territory of the Wampanoag Native American pe ...
*
Westport
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's
1st Bristol and Plymouth and
2nd Bristol and Plymouth districts.
Former locale
The district previously covered
Dartmouth Dartmouth may refer to:
Places
* Dartmouth, Devon, England
** Dartmouth Harbour
* Dartmouth, Massachusetts, United States
* Dartmouth, Nova Scotia, Canada
* Dartmouth, Victoria, Australia
Institutions
* Dartmouth College, Ivy League university i ...
, circa 1927.
Representatives
* Ezra P. Brownell, circa 1858-1859
* William Alexander Carman, circa 1888
* James Conroy, circa 1888
* Andrew Quinn, circa 1888
* William J. Bullock, circa 1920
* Andrew P. Doyle, circa 1920
* Edgar F. Howland, circa 1920
* Joseph Douglas Saulnier, circa 1951
* John J. Long, circa 1975
* Charles E. Silvia
*
Edward M. Lambert Jr.
*
Michael Rodrigues Michael Rodrigues may refer to:
* Michael Rodrigues (politician) (born 1959), Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate
* Michael Rodrigues (table tennis), Pakistani table tennis player
* Michael Rodrigues (acrobatic gymnast)
Michael Rodrig ...
* Paul Schmid, III, 2011-current
See also
*
List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
* Other Bristol County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st
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,
2nd
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* 2 (number), as an ordinal (also written as ''2nd'' or ''2d'')
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,
3rd
Third or 3rd may refer to:
Numbers
* 3rd, the ordinal form of the cardinal number 3
* , a fraction of one third
* Second#Sexagesimal divisions of calendar time and day, 1⁄60 of a ''second'', or 1⁄3600 of a ''minute''
Places
* 3rd Street (d ...
,
4th
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* the ordinal form of the number 4
* ''Fourth'' (album), by Soft Machine, 1971
* Fourth (angle), an ancient astronomical subdivision
* Fourth (music), a musical interval
* ''The Fourth'' (1972 film), a Sovie ...
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5th
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Fifth or The Fifth may refer to:
* Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth"
* Fifth column, a political term
* Fifth disease, a contagious rash tha ...
,
6th
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In mathematics
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,
7th,
9th,
10th
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,
11th
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Name
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,
12th,
13th
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,
14th
14 (fourteen) is a natural number following 13 (number), 13 and preceding 15 (number), 15.
In relation to the word "four" (4), 14 is spelled "fourteen".
In mathematics
* 14 is a composite number.
* 14 is a square pyramidal number.
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List of Massachusetts General Courts
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Images
1908 Andrew Doyle Massachusetts House of Representatives.jpg, Andrew Doyle
1908 Sidney Lees Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Sidney Lees
1918 Edgar Howland Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Edgar Howland
1918 Gilbert Southworth Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Gilbert Southworth
1923 Frederick Dexter Sowle Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Frederick Dexter Sowle
1935 John Halliwell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Halliwell
1935 Leo Carney Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Leo Carney
1945 Jacinto Diniz Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Jacinto Diniz
1953 Joseph Douglas Saulnier Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Joseph Douglas Saulnier
1967 Raymond Peck Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Raymond Peck
1975 John Long Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Long
1983 Charles Silvia Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Charles Silvia
1995 Edward Lambert Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Edward Lambert
2005 Michael Rodrigues Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Michael Rodrigues
References
External links
Ballotpedia* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
American Community Survey
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).
House
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Government of Bristol County, Massachusetts
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