Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Worcester 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 Worcester County.[1] Republican Kimberly Ferguson of Holden has represented the district since 2011.[2] She is running unopposed for re-election in the 2020 Massachusetts general election.[3][4]
Towns represented
editThe district includes the following localities:[5]
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Worcester district, Worcester and Middlesex district, and Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district.[6]
Former locales
editThe district previously covered:
- Ashburnham, circa 1872 [7]
- Winchendon, circa 1872 [7]
Representatives
edit- Jacob B. Harris, circa 1858 [8]
- J. D. Crosby, circa 1859 [9]
- Sidney P. Smith, circa 1888 [10]
- James Oliver, circa 1908
- William Lord, circa 1918
- Almond Smith, circa 1920 [11]
- Charles Cooke, circa 1935
- Samuel Joseph Boudreau, circa 1951 [12]
- H. Thomas Colo, circa 1975 [13]
- Mary Jane McKenna, circa 1983
- Harold Lane, circa 1995
- Lewis G. Evangelidis [2]
- Kimberly N. Ferguson, 2011-current[2][14]
See also
edit- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
- Worcester County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd; Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester; Middlesex and Worcester; Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex; Worcester and Middlesex; Worcester and Norfolk
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
edit- Portraits of legislators
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James Oliver -
William Lord -
Almond Smith -
Charles Cooke -
Samuel Joseph Boudreau -
H. Thomas Colo -
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Harold Lane -
Lewis Evangelidis
References
edit- ^ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ a b c Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 1st Worcester district". PD43+. Retrieved April 27, 2020.
- ^ "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 11, 2020
- ^ "State primary Sept. 1; early voting, mail-ins available", Telegram & Gazette, Gannett Co., Inc., August 7, 2020
- ^ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
- ^ 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
- ^ a b "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
- ^ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
- ^ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) - ^ Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Worcester County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
- ^ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
- ^ 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
- ^ "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org, November 1, 2018,
Most of the incumbent Republicans are facing a challenge
External links
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- Ballotpedia
- "1st Worcester District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).