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Maura A. Hennigan (born 1952) is an American politician who currently serves as the Clerk Magistrate of
As of 2007, Hennigan hosted a weekly television show on
Hennigan election records
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Suffolk County, Massachusetts
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, Superior Court Criminal/Business Division. She is a former member of the Boston City Council
The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms and there is no ...
and was a mayoral candidate in 2005. From 1987 to 1993, she was known as Maura Hennigan Casey.
Early life
Hennigan graduated from Mount Saint Joseph Academy, an all-girls, Catholic college preparatory school in Boston. She attendedSalve Regina College
Salve Regina University is a private Roman Catholic university in Newport, Rhode Island, United States. It was founded in 1934 by the Sisters of Mercy and is accredited by the New England Commission of Higher Education. The university enrolls m ...
, but did not graduate. She later earned a Bachelor of Science degree from the University of Massachusetts Amherst
The University of Massachusetts Amherst (UMass Amherst, UMass) is a public research university in Amherst, Massachusetts and the sole public land-grant university in Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Founded in 1863 as an agricultural college, it ...
.
After college she became a registered dietician, interning at Boston Lying-In Hospital
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. She was a teacher in the Boston Public School system for seven years until she lost her job as a result of cuts following the implementation of Proposition 2½.
Political career
From 1982 through 2005, Hennigan was a member of the Boston City Council. She was first elected in November 1981, the final election when all seats wereat-large
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. She was subsequently re-elected to nine two-year terms as the representative for District 6 ( Jamaica Plain and West Roxbury
West Roxbury is a neighborhood in Boston, Massachusetts bordered by Roslindale and Jamaica Plain to the northeast, the town of Brookline to the north, the cities and towns of Newton and Needham to the northwest and the town of Dedham to the ...
). In November 2001, she successfully ran for an at-large position, and was re-elected in November 2003. She was the first woman to chair Boston's Ways and Means Committee.
In 1986
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she was a candidate for Massachusetts Auditor. She finished second in a three way Democratic primary to A. Joseph DeNucci.
Hennigan unsuccessfully ran for Mayor of Boston
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in November 2005. She was defeated by incumbent Thomas Menino
Thomas Michael Menino (December 27, 1942 – October 30, 2014) was an American politician who served as the 53rd mayor of Boston, from 1993 to 2014. He was the city's longest-serving mayor. He was elected mayor in 1993 after first serving three ...
, who garnered 67% of the vote.
In 2006, Hennigan was elected Clerk of the Criminal/Business Court of Suffolk County, after defeating Assistant Clerk of Court Robert Dello-Russo. She is the ninth elected official to hold this position and the first female. She was reelected in 2012 and 2018.
Personal life
As of 2007, Hennigan hosted a weekly television show on Boston Neighborhood Network
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BNN's programming is broadcast on two channels:
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. She is the daughter of former register of probate, state senator, state representative, and Boston School Committee member James W. Hennigan Jr. She has a brother, James W. Hennigan III and a sister Helen. Her grandfather James W. Hennigan Sr. was a state senator and the namesake of the James W. Hennigan School in Jamaica Plain. She is the grandniece of William O. S. Hennigan, a member of the Boston Common Council in 1900.
References
Further reading
* *External links
Hennigan election records
at ourcampaigns.com {{DEFAULTSORT:Hennigan, Maura Living people Boston City Council members Massachusetts Democrats Salve Regina University alumni University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni Women city councillors in Massachusetts 1952 births