Norfolk County is located in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. At the 2020 census,the population was 725,981. Its county seat is Dedham. It is the fourth most populous county in the United States whose county seat is neither a city nor a borough,and it is the second most populous county that has a county seat at a town. The county was named after the English county of the same name. Two towns,Cohasset and Brookline,are exclaves. Norfolk County is included in the Boston-Cambridge-Newton,MA-NH Metropolitan Statistical Area. Norfolk County is the 24th highest-income county in the United States with a median household income of $107,361. It is the wealthiest county in Massachusetts.
Brookline is a town in Norfolk County,Massachusetts,United States,and part of the Boston metropolitan area. An exclave of Norfolk County,Brookline borders six of Boston's neighborhoods:Brighton,Allston,Fenway–Kenmore,Mission Hill,Jamaica Plain,and West Roxbury. The city of Newton borders Brookline to the west. It is known for being the birthplace of John F. Kennedy.
Newton is a city in Middlesex County,Massachusetts,United States. It is roughly 8 miles (13 km) west of downtown Boston,and comprises a patchwork of thirteen villages. The city borders Boston to the northeast and southeast,Brookline to the east,Watertown and Waltham to the north,and Weston,Wellesley,and Needham to the west. At the 2020 U.S. census,the population of Newton was 88,923.
The governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts is the chief executive officer of the government of Massachusetts. The governor is the head of the state cabinet and the commander-in-chief of the commonwealth's military forces.
A representative town meeting,also called "limited town meeting",is a form of municipal legislature particularly common in Connecticut and Massachusetts,and permitted in Maine,Vermont and New Hampshire.
Charles Allen was an American jurist.
Bruce E. Tarr 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 States Republican Party and a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives.
John H. Rogers is a Democratic member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the 12th Norfolk District since 1992,which includes all of Norwood and parts of Walpole.
Steven D. Pierce is a retired Massachusetts jurist and politician who most recently served as chief justice of the Massachusetts Housing Court. He retired from the Housing Court September 2015.
Cynthia Stone Creem is an American politician serving in the Massachusetts Senate. She represents the 1st Middlesex and Norfolk district,which includes Brookline,Wellesley,and her hometown of Newton. A member of the Democratic Party,Creem was first elected in 1999 and has served as Majority Leader since 2018. Prior to serving in the Massachusetts legislature,she was an attorney who served on the Massachusetts Governor's Council and the Newton Board of Aldermen.
The 2012 United States House of Representatives elections in Massachusetts were held on Tuesday,November 6,2012,to elect the nine U.S. representatives from the state of Massachusetts,a loss of one seat following the 2010 census,for service in the 113th Congress from January 3,2013,to January 3,2015. The elections coincided with the elections of other federal and state offices,including a quadrennial presidential election. The candidate elected in each of the state's congressional districts was a member the Democratic Party.
Joseph Walker was a U.S. lawyer and politician who served as the Speaker of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1909 to 1911.
Ronny Jane Sydney is an American teacher,lawyer,and politician who represented the 15th Norfolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1999 to 2001.
Jack H. Backman was an American politician who served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives and the Massachusetts Senate.
Doris Bunte was a Massachusetts state representative and an administrator of the Boston Housing Authority. She was the first African-American woman to hold either position.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Suffolk 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 Brookline in Norfolk County and part of Boston in Suffolk County. The district is currently represented by Democrat Bill MacGregor of West Roxbury.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th Suffolk 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 Brookline in Norfolk County and part of Boston in Suffolk County. Democrat Nika Elugardo of Jamaica Plain has represented the district since 2019.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd 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 the city of Quincy in Norfolk County. Democrat Tackey Chan of Quincy has represented the district since 2011.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th 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 Brookline in Norfolk County. Democrat Tommy Vitolo has represented the district since 2019.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 18th Suffolk 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 the city of Boston in Suffolk County and part of Brookline in Norfolk County. Since 2005,Michael J. Moran of the Democratic Party has represented the district.
