Massachusetts House Of Representatives' 12th Norfolk District
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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Norfolk district in the United States is one of 160
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included in the
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of the
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. It covers part of Norfolk County.
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John Rogers of Norwood has represented the district since 1993. Candidates running for this district seat in the
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include Mike Dooley.


Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: * Norwood * part of Walpole The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Bristol and Norfolk district and Norfolk and Suffolk district.


Former locales

The district previously covered: *
Foxborough Foxborough is a town in Norfolk County, Massachusetts, United States. Located in the Greater Boston metropolitan area, it is about southwest of Boston. The population was 18,618 at the 2020 census. "Foxborough" is the official spelling of th ...
, circa 1872 *
Medway Medway is a Unitary authorities of England, unitary authority area with Borough status in the United Kingdom, borough status in the ceremonial county of Kent in South East England. It was formed in 1998 by merging the boroughs of City of Roche ...
, circa 1872 * Wrentham, circa 1872


Representatives

* William B. Boyd, circa 1858 * Daniels Carpenter, circa 1858 * Edward C. Craig, circa 1859 * William H. Temple, circa 1859 * Maurice E. Ronayne, Jr., circa 1975 * Gregory Sullivan * John H. Rogers, 1993-current


See also

* List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections * Other Norfolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
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Images

;Portraits of legislators 1908 Frederick Lane Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Frederick Lane 1935 Henry McLaren Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Henry McLaren 1967 John St Cyr Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John St. Cyr 1975 Maurice Ronayne Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Maurice Ronayne 1983 Gregory Sullivan Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Gregory Sullivan 1995 John Rogers Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Rogers


References


Further reading

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External links


Ballotpedia
* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
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).
League of Women Voters of Norwood

League of Women Voters of Westwood-Walpole-Dedham
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Government of Norfolk County, Massachusetts {{NorfolkCountyMA-geo-stub