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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Plymouth district in the United States is one of 160
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. It covers parts of Bristol County and Plymouth County.
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Angelo D'Emilia of Bridgewater has represented the district since 2011.


Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: * Bridgewater * Raynham The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Plymouth and Bristol district.


Former locales

The district previously covered: * Lakeville, circa 1872 * Mattapoisett, circa 1872 *
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, circa 1872


Representatives

* Jonathan H. Holmes, circa 1858 * Job T. Tobey, circa 1859 * Sidney T. Nelson, circa 1888 * C. Gerald Lucey, circa 1951 * Arthur Joseph Sheehan, circa 1951 * Peter Y. Flynn, circa 1975 * David Flynn, circa 2010 * Angelo L. D'Emilia, 2011-current


See also

* List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections * Other Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st,
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Images

;Portraits of legislators 1908 Roland Keith Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Roland Keith 1918 Eddy Dunbar Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Eddy Dunbar 1935 Adolph Johnson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Adolph Johnson 1945 Arthur Sheehan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Arthur Sheehan 1945 Harvey Iris Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Harvey Iris 1953 James Lawton Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James Lawton 1967 Karl Nordin Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Karl Nordin 1975 Peter Flynn Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Peter Flynn 1983 Allan Chiocca Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Allan Chiocca 1995 Jacqueline Lewis Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Jacqueline Lewis 2003 David Flynn Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, David Flynn


References


External links


Ballotpedia
* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
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Government of Plymouth County, Massachusetts Government of Bristol County, Massachusetts {{PlymouthCountyMA-geo-stub