Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Norfolk district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Norfolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers part of Norfolk County.[1] Democrat John Rogers of Norwood has represented the district since 1993.[2] Candidates running for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Mike Dooley.[3][4]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Norfolk district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census
Norfolk County, MA Government
County Level Elected Officials
County Commissioners: Francis W. O'Brien (D, Dedham), Joseph P. Shea (D, Quincy), Peter H. Collins (D, Milton)
Clerk of Courts: Walter Timilty
(D, Milton)
District Attorney: Michael W. Morrissey
(D, Quincy)
Register of Deeds: William P. O'Donnell
(D, Norwood)
Register of Probate: Patrick W. McDermott
(D, Quincy)
County Sheriff: Jerry McDermott
(R, Westwood)
County Treasurer: James E. Timilty
(D, Walpole)
State Government
State Senate Districts:
List
State House of Rep. Districts:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th
Governors Council Districts:
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th
Website

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[5]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Bristol and Norfolk district and Norfolk and Suffolk district.[6]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives
  • William B. Boyd, circa 1858 [8]
  • Daniels Carpenter, circa 1858 [8]
  • Edward C. Craig, circa 1859 [9]
  • William H. Temple, circa 1859 [9]
  • Maurice E. Ronayne, Jr., circa 1975 [10]
  • Gregory Sullivan
  • John H. Rogers, 1993-current[2]

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Frederick Lane
  • Henry McLaren
  • John St. Cyr
  • Maurice Ronayne
  • Gregory Sullivan
  • John Rogers

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 12th Norfolk district". PD43+. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
  3. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 27, 2020
  4. "Directory: Massachusetts 2020", Runforsomething.net, Washington, D.C., retrieved August 27, 2020
  5. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  6. David Jarman (July 30, 2019), "Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA", How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap?, Daily Kos, State House Districts to State Senate Districts
  7. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  8. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  9. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  10. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.

Further reading
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