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The 17th Worcester district is one of 160 state
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for the
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David LeBoeuf David Henry Argosky LeBoeuf (born May 26, 1989) is a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives who has represented the 17th Worcester District since his election in 2019. His district is made up of the town of Leicester, including Ch ...
of Worcester has represented the district since 2019. He is running for reelection in the
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District profile

As of the last redistricting in 2011, the district encompasses all of the town of Leicester, including the villages of Cherry Valley and Rochdale, and the southwestern portion of the city of Worcester, including the neighborhoods of
Main South Main South (or South Main) is a neighborhood in southern Worcester, Massachusetts. The area's eponymous feature is Main Street, the central roadway of the city. Main South experienced rapid economic development from the 1890s until the 1950s. ...
and Webster Square. It has maintained these boundaries since 1995. Leicester is a small town and developing suburb. It contains the Leicester campus of
Becker College Becker College was a private college in Worcester and Leicester, Massachusetts. Becker College traced its history from the union of two Massachusetts educational institutions—one founded in 1784 and the other in 1887. The college closed at th ...
and is over 90 percent
non-Hispanic white Non-Hispanic Whites, also referred to as White Anglo Americans or Non-Latino Whites, are White Americans who are classified by the United States census as "White" and not of Hispanic or Latino origin. According to annual estimates from the Unit ...
https://www.census.gov/quickfacts/fact/table/leicestertownworcestercountymassachusetts/PST120218 The Worcester portion of the district is an urban section of
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's second largest city. It contains
Clark University Clark University is a private research university in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Founded in 1887 with a large endowment from its namesake Jonas Gilman Clark, a prominent businessman, Clark was one of the first modern research uni ...
and has significant Latino, Asian, and Black communities. *
Leicester Leicester ( ) is a city status in the United Kingdom, city, Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area, and the county town of Leicestershire in the East Midlands of England. It is the largest city in the East Midlands with a popula ...
*
Worcester Worcester may refer to: Places United Kingdom * Worcester, England, a city and the county town of Worcestershire in England ** Worcester (UK Parliament constituency), an area represented by a Member of Parliament * Worcester Park, London, Engl ...
's Ward 7; and Worcester's Ward 8: Precincts 2, 3, and 4 The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Worcester and 2nd Worcester districts.


Former locations

* c. 1872: Auburn,
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, Southbridge, and Spencer


List of members representing the district

* Gilbert C. Taft, circa 1859 * Alfred S. Pinkerton, circa 1888 * Michael J. Fitzgerald, circa 1920


Electoral history


Elections results from statewide races


See also

*
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Massachusetts House of Representatives The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into ...
* Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
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, 3rd,
4th Fourth or the fourth may refer to: * 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'', a 1972 Soviet drama ...
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5th Fifth is the ordinal form of the number five. Fifth or The Fifth may refer to: * Fifth Amendment to the United States Constitution, as in the expression "pleading the Fifth" * Fifth Avenue * Fifth column, a political term * Fifth disease, a cont ...
, 6th,
7th Seventh is the ordinal form of the number seven. Seventh may refer to: * Seventh Amendment to the United States Constitution * A fraction (mathematics), , equal to one of seven equal parts Film and television *"The Seventh", a second-season ep ...
,
8th Eighth is ordinal form of the number eight. Eighth may refer to: * One eighth, , a fraction, one of eight equal parts of a whole * Eighth note (quaver), a musical note played for half the value of a quarter note (crotchet) * Octave, an interval b ...
, 9th, 10th, 11th,
12th Twelfth can mean: *The Twelfth Amendment to the United States Constitution *The Twelfth, a Protestant celebration originating in Ireland In mathematics: * 12th, an ordinal number; as in the item in an order twelve places from the beginning, follo ...
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, 14th, 15th, 16th, 18th * Worcester County districts of the Massachusett Senate:
1st First most commonly refers to: * First, the ordinal form of the number 1 First or 1st may also refer to: Acronyms * Faint Images of the Radio Sky at Twenty-Centimeters, an astronomical survey carried out by the Very Large Array * Far Infrared a ...
,
2nd A second is the base unit of time in the International System of Units (SI). Second, Seconds, The Second, or (The) 2nd may also refer to: Mathematics * 2 (number), as an ordinal (also written as ''2nd'' or ''2d'') * Minute and second of arc, ...
; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester; Middlesex and Worcester; Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex; Worcester and Middlesex; Worcester and Norfolk *
List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives The following is a list of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives in the United States. Legislative districts for elected representation in the Massachusetts House of Representatives are apportioned based on census informat ...


Images

;Portraits of legislators 1908 John H Thompson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John H. Thompson 1918 Francis McKeon Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Francis McKeon 1923 George Foley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, George Foley 1935 Victor Rolander Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Victor Rolander 1945 Sven Erickson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Sven Erickson 1953 Domenic Victor DePari Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Domenic Victor DePari 1967 Andrew Collaro Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Andrew Collaro 1967 Robert Bohigian Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Robert Bohigian 1975 Robert Reynolds Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Robert Reynolds 1983 Walter Bickford Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Walter Bickford 1983 Robert McNeil Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Robert McNeil 1997 John Binienda.png, John Binienda


References


External links


League of Women Voters of the Worcester Area
{{Massachusetts House Worcester 17 Government of Worcester, Massachusetts Leicester, Massachusetts