Michael F. Flaherty Sr. (born September 6, 1936) is a former member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives and former
associate justice of the
Boston Municipal Court. A
South Boston Democrat
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, he represented the 4th Suffolk district from 1967 to 1991. He was appointed to the Boston Municipal Court by Governor
Jane M. Swift
Jane Maria Swift (born February 24, 1965) is an American politician and nonprofit executive who served as the 69th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2003 and, concurrently, as acting governor from April 2001 to January 2003. She w ...
in July 2001, and retired in 2006. He is a former attorney who graduated from
Boston College
Boston College (BC) is a private Jesuit research university in Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts. Founded in 1863, the university has more than 9,300 full-time undergraduates and nearly 5,000 graduate students. Although Boston College is classifie ...
and the
New England School of Law. He is the father of
Michael F. Flaherty, a former
Boston City Council president.
References
*
Public officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts (1989–1990)'.
Massachusetts General Court. p. 131.
*
Mass. lawmakers bracing for battle over court budget" ''
The Boston Globe''. May 15, 2002.
Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Judges of the Boston Municipal Court
Boston College alumni
New England Law Boston alumni
1936 births
Living people
Lawyers from Boston
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