Massachusetts House Of Representatives' 5th Essex District
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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Essex district in the United States is one of 160
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included in the
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of the
Massachusetts General Court The Massachusetts General Court, formally the General Court of Massachusetts, is the State legislature (United States), state legislature of the Commonwealth (U.S. state), Commonwealth of Massachusetts located in the state capital of Boston. Th ...
. It covers part of Essex County.
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Ann-Margaret Ferrante of Gloucester has represented the district since 2009.


Locales represented

The district includes the following localities: *
Essex Essex ( ) is a Ceremonial counties of England, ceremonial county in the East of England, and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Cambridgeshire and Suffolk to the north, the North Sea to the east, Kent across the Thames Estuary to the ...
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Gloucester Gloucester ( ) is a cathedral city, non-metropolitan district and the county town of Gloucestershire in the South West England, South West of England. Gloucester lies on the River Severn, between the Cotswolds to the east and the Forest of Dean ...
* Rockport The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Essex and Middlesex district.


Former locales

The district previously covered: * Boxford, circa 1872 * Georgetown, circa 1872 * Groveland, circa 1872


Representatives

* Charles Howes, circa 1858 * Luther Allen, circa 1859 * Harry Millett Eames, circa 1888 * William John Hinchcliffe, circa 1888 * Robert W. Dow, circa 1920 * William L. Stedman, circa 1920 * J. Everett Collins, circa 1951 * Frank S. Giles, Jr., circa 1951 * William Longworth, circa 1951 * Peter C. McCarthy, circa 1975 * Patricia G. Fiero, 1984-1991 * Richard R. Silva *
Patricia Fiero Patricia G. Fiero is an American politician who represented the 5th Essex District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1984 to 1991. Early life Fiero was born on June 12, 1941, in Brooklyn. She graduated from Bucknell University a ...
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Bruce Tarr Bruce E. Tarr (born January 2, 1964) is an American politician who serves as a Republican member and Minority Leader of the Massachusetts Senate. Since 1995 he has represented the 1st Essex and Middlesex District. He is a member of the United S ...
* Anthony Verga * Ann-Margaret Ferrante, 2009-current


See also

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

1908 George Bunting Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, George Bunting 1908 George McLane Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, George McLane 1918 Arthur Bower Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Arthur Bower 1923 Eugene Griffin Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Eugene Griffin 1923 Robert Dow Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Robert Dow 1935 Edward Sirois Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Edward Sirois 1945 Joseph Conley Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Joseph Conley 1945 William Casey Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William Casey 1953 Frank Giles Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Frank Giles 1953 J Everett Collins Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, J. Everett Collins 1953 William Longworth Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William Longworth 1967 Jerome Segal Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Jerome Segal 1967 Philip ODonnell Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Philip O'Donnell 1975 Peter McCarthy Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Peter McCarthy 1983 Richard Silva Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Richard Silva 1995 Anthony Verga Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Anthony Verga Bruce Tarr 2010.jpg, Bruce Tarr


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External links


Ballotpedia
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