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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Bristol district in the United States is one of 160
legislative districts included in the
lower house of the
Massachusetts General Court
The Massachusetts General Court (formally styled the General Court of Massachusetts) is the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the Massachusetts, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The name "General Court" is a hold-over from th ...
. It covers part of
Bristol County.
Democrat
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Politics
*A proponent of democracy, or democratic government; a form of government involving rule by the people.
*A member of a Democratic Party:
**Democratic Party (United States) (D)
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Christopher Markey of Dartmouth has represented the district since 2011.
Locales represented
The district includes the following localities:
*
Dartmouth
* In
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 ...
: Ward 3, Precincts D, E, and F
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's
2nd Bristol and Plymouth district.
Former locale
The district previously covered 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 ...
, circa 1927.
Representatives
* Nathaniel Potter, Jr, circa 1858-1859
* Robert Henry, circa 1888
* John C. Milne, circa 1888
* Robert L. Manley, circa 1920
* Isaac U. Wood, circa 1920
* Frank Eben Brown, circa 1951
* Thomas C. Norton, circa 1975
* Leonard Gonsalves
*
John F. Quinn
* Christopher M. Markey, 2011-current
See also
*
List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
* Other Bristol County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st,
2nd
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Second, Seconds or 2nd may also refer to:
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* 2 (number), as an ordinal (also written as ''2nd'' or ''2d'')
* Second of arc, an angular measurement unit, ...
,
3rd,
4th,
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,
7th,
8th
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8 is:
* a composite number, its proper divisors being , , and . It is twice 4 or four times 2.
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,
10th
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,
11th
11 (eleven) is the natural number following 10 and preceding 12. It is the first repdigit. In English, it is the smallest positive integer whose name has three syllables.
Name
"Eleven" derives from the Old English ', which is first atteste ...
,
12th,
13th
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,
14th
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List of Massachusetts General Courts
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*
List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
1908 Fred Moore Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Fred Moore
1908 William H Cook Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William Cook
1918 Isaac Wood Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Isaac Wood
1918 Joseph Freeling Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Joseph Freeling
1923 John Farrell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Farrell
1923 Robert Manley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Robert Manley
1935 Frank OBrien Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Frank O'Brien
1935 Terrance Lomax Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Terrance Lomax
1945 Frank Brown Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Frank Brown
1967 William MacLean Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William MacLean
1975 Thomas Norton Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Thomas Norton
1983 Roger Tougas Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Roger Tougas
1995 John Quinn Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Quinn
References
External links
Ballotpedia* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
American Community Survey).
{{Massachusetts government
House
Government of Bristol County, Massachusetts