Boston City Council election, 1995

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Boston City Council elections were held on November 7, 1995. Ten seats (six district representatives and four at-large members) were contested in the general election, as the incumbents for districts 2, 5, and 8 ran unopposed. Nine seats (five districts and the four at-large members) had also been contested in the preliminary election held on September 19, 1995.

Boston City Council municipal council of Boston, Massachusetts

The Boston City Council is the legislative branch of government for the city of Boston, Massachusetts. It is made up of 13 members: 9 district representatives and 4 at-large members. Councillors are elected to two-year terms and there is no limit on the number of terms an individual can serve. Boston uses a strong-mayor form of government in which the city council acts as a check against the power of the executive branch, the mayor. The Council is responsible for approving the city budget; monitoring, creating, and abolishing city agencies; making land use decisions; and approving, amending, or rejecting other legislative proposals.

A general election is an election in which all or most members of a given political body are chosen. These are usually held for a nation's primary legislative body, as distinguished from by-elections and local elections.

A primary election is the process by which voters, either the general public or members of a political party, can indicate their preference for a candidate in an upcoming general election or by-election, thus narrowing the field of candidates.

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At-large

Councillors Dapper O'Neil, Richard P. Iannella, and Peggy Davis-Mullen were re-elected. Councillor John A. Nucci, who had been elected Suffolk County clerk of courts in November 1994, [1] did not seek re-election; [2] his seat was won by former Boston Police Commissioner Francis Roache.

Dapper ONeil American politician

Albert Leo "Dapper" O'Neil was an American politician who served as a socially conservative member of the Boston City Council for twenty-eight years. Prior to joining the council, he served on the Boston Licensing Board and was an operative for the legendary Mayor of Boston James Michael Curley.

Peggy Davis-Mullen is a former member of the Boston City Council in Boston, Massachusetts, having served from 1994 to 2001.

Suffolk County, Massachusetts County in the United States

Suffolk County is a county in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, in the United States. As of 2016, the population was 784,230 making it the fourth-most populous county in Massachusetts. The traditional county seat is Boston, the state capital and the largest city in Massachusetts. The county government was abolished in late 1999, and so Suffolk County today functions only as an administrative subdivision of state government and a set of communities grouped together for some statistical purposes. Suffolk County constitutes the core of the Boston-Cambridge-Newton, MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area as well as the greater Boston-Worcester-Providence, MA-RI-NH-CT Combined Statistical Area.

Candidates [3] Preliminary Election [4] General Election [5]
Votes%Votes%
Francis Roache 18,96313.5% 30,98516.2%
Dapper O'Neil 22,33315.9% 30,52415.9%
Richard P. Iannella 17,97012.8% 28,43114.8%
Peggy Davis-Mullen 17,96412.8% 23,91312.5%
Stephen J. Murphy Dagger-14-plain.png 14,25510.1% 21,57111.3%
Michael F. Flaherty 14,36810.2% 20,21510.5%
Frank N. Jones 69605.0% 20,04710.5%
Paul J. Gannon 11,7248.3% 16,0128.4%
Anthony Crayton 52993.8% 
Joseph P. Donnelly 31882.3% 
Dick Czubinski 18851.3% 
Edgar Williams Jr. 15681.1% 
Anthony L. Dantona 13721.0% 
Matthew D. Malloy 13591.0% 
Maceo Carl Dixon 13340.9% 

Dagger-14-plain.png Richard P. Iannella was elected Register of Probate of Suffolk County in November 1996, and subsequently resigned his council seat; Stephen J. Murphy, who had finished fifth in the general election for four seats, joined the council in February 1997 and served the remainder of Iannella's term. [6]

Register of Probate is an elected position in some jurisdictions in the United States, such as New Hampshire, Massachusetts, and Maine. Register of Wills is an elected position in jurisdictions such as Maryland.

District 1

Councillor Diane J. Modica was re-elected.

Candidates [7] Preliminary Election [8] General Election [9]
Votes%Votes%
Diane J. Modica 408583.9% 561785.0%
Vincent F. Zarrilli 51910.7% 99515.0%
John Hugo 2655.4% 

District 2

Councillor James M. Kelly ran unopposed and was re-elected.

James M. Kelly (Boston politician) American politician (1940-2007)

James M. Kelly, of Boston, Massachusetts, served on the Boston City Council for 23 years, representing South Boston, the South End and Chinatown. He was first elected in November 1983, and served from January 1984 until his death in January 2007. He was the council president from 1994 through 2000.

Candidates [7] General Election [9]
Votes%
James M. Kelly 7044 100%

District 3

Councillor Maureen Feeney was re-elected.

Candidates [7] General Election [9]
Votes%
Maureen Feeney 563383.3%
W. Scott Rae 113216.7%

District 4

Councillor Charles Yancey was re-elected.

Candidates [7] Preliminary Election [8] General Election [9]
Votes%Votes%
Charles Yancey 118965.5% 264665.1%
Vikki Middleton 56431.1% 141934.9%
J. R. Rucker 633.5% 

District 5

Councillor Daniel F. Conley ran unopposed and was re-elected.

Daniel F. Conley American politician and lawyer

Daniel F. Conley was the 15th District Attorney for Suffolk County, Massachusetts, serving Boston, Revere, Chelsea and Winthrop. Appointed to the office in February 2002, Conley was later elected on November 5, 2002, and again in 2006, 2010, and 2014. He resigned in 2018 to enter private practice.

Candidates [7] General Election [9]
Votes%
Daniel F. Conley 6433 100%

District 6

Councillor Maura Hennigan was re-elected.

Candidates [7] Preliminary Election [8] General Election [9]
Votes%Votes%
Maura Hennigan 443949.8% 597057.4%
John M. Tobin Jr. 249628.0% 442542.6%
David Vaughn 149516.8% 
Francis X. Stone 4825.4% 

District 7

Councillor Gareth R. Saunders was re-elected.

Candidates [7] Preliminary Election [8] General Election [9]
Votes%Votes%
Gareth R. Saunders 126255.4% 236162.1%
Althea Garrison 55324.3% 144137.9%
Roy A. Owens 25411.2% 
Moses E. Wilson Jr. 2099.2% 

District 8

Councillor Thomas M. Keane Jr. ran unopposed and was re-elected.

Candidates [7] General Election [9]
Votes%
Thomas M. Keane Jr. 2021 100%

District 9

Councillor Brian J. McLaughlin announced in March 1995 that he would not seek re-election; [10] his seat was won by Brian Honan.

Candidates [7] Preliminary Election [8] General Election [9]
Votes%Votes%
Brian Honan 161033.8% 355351.6%
Jerry P. McDermott 172336.2% 333248.4%
Cathleen E. Campbell 106622.4% 
Stephen Montgomery 3597.5% 

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References

  1. ↑ Walker, Adrian (December 20, 1994). "City Council head calls for Nucci to quit in light of clerk job Kelly slams decision to hold two posts"Lock-blue-alt-2.svg . The Boston Globe . p. 34. Retrieved March 5, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  2. ↑ Aucoin, Don (March 17, 1995). "Rival sues to get Nucci to quit one of his posts"Lock-blue-alt-2.svg . The Boston Globe . p. 23. Retrieved March 5, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  3. ↑ Walker, Adrian (September 19, 1995). "Hub's council hopefuls face off today In an off-year preliminary election"Lock-blue-alt-2.svg . The Boston Globe . p. 17. Retrieved March 4, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  4. ↑ "O'Neil tops council vote; Roache 2d"Lock-blue-alt-2.svg . The Boston Globe . September 20, 1995. p. 1. Retrieved March 4, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  5. ↑ "City Council final election"Lock-blue-alt-2.svg . The Boston Globe . November 8, 1995. p. 1. Retrieved March 4, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  6. ↑ Flint, Anthony (February 3, 1997). "Persevering candidate finally sworn in as city councilor"Lock-blue-alt-2.svg . The Boston Globe . p. B.3. Retrieved March 5, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "A guide to Boston's municipal election on Nov. 7"Lock-blue-alt-2.svg . The Boston Globe . October 29, 1995. p. 8. Retrieved March 4, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  8. 1 2 3 4 5 "Boston City Council preliminary election"Lock-blue-alt-2.svg . The Boston Globe . September 20, 1995. p. 27. Retrieved March 4, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  9. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 "District City Councilor final election"Lock-blue-alt-2.svg . The Boston Globe . November 8, 1995. p. 24. Retrieved March 4, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.
  10. ↑ Walker, Adrian (March 27, 1995). "Allston councilor won't seek 7th term"Lock-blue-alt-2.svg . The Boston Globe . p. 16. Retrieved March 5, 2018– via pqarchiver.com.

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