Roslindale is a primarily residential neighborhood of Boston,Massachusetts,United States,bordered by Jamaica Plain,Hyde Park,West Roxbury and Mattapan. It is served by an MBTA Commuter Rail line,several MBTA bus lines and the MBTA Orange Line in nearby Jamaica Plain. Roslindale has its own branch of the Boston Public Library,the neighborhood is covered by Boston Police District E-5 in West Roxbury,Boston EMS Ambulance 17 is stationed in Roslindale,and the Boston Fire Department has a station on Canterbury Street which houses Ladder 16,Engine 53 &District Chief 12. Roslindale's original Engine Company 45,was deactivated on April 10,1981,due to budget cuts. Roslindale was once called the "garden suburb" of Boston. The portion of the Arnold Arboretum south of Bussey Street is located in Roslindale.
The 2006 Massachusetts gubernatorial election was held on November 7,2006. The incumbent Republican governor,Mitt Romney,chose not to seek a second term. Polls had been mixed prior to Romney's announcement,with one poll showing Romney slightly leading Democrat Attorney General Tom Reilly and other polls showing Reilly,who was then the Democratic frontrunner,in the lead.
Boston's diverse neighborhoods serve as a political and cultural organizing mechanism. The City of Boston's Office of Neighborhood Services has designated 23 Neighborhoods in the city:
Linda Dorcena Forry is a former Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate,who represented the 1st Suffolk district from June 2013 - January 2018. She previously represented the 12th Suffolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives after winning a special election in April 2005. Haitian-American,Dorcena Forry,is the former House Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Business.
Dianne Wilkerson is a convicted felon and former Democratic member of the Massachusetts Senate,representing the 2nd Suffolk District from 1993 to 2008 as the first African American female to serve in the chamber.
Elizabeth A. "Liz" Malia is an American politician from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Democrat,she served in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from March 1998 to January 2023. She represented the Eleventh Suffolk district,which includes parts of the Boston neighborhoods of Jamaica Plain,Roslindale,Roxbury and Dorchester.
Robert Consalvo is a Massachusetts State Representative,the former chief of staff for Boston Public Schools,and a former member of the Boston City Council. For 12 years he represented District 5,which includes the Hyde Park,Roslindale,Readville,and Mattapan neighborhoods of Boston,Massachusetts.
Althea Garrison is an American politician from Boston,Massachusetts who previously served a single term in the Massachusetts House of Representatives (1993–1995) and a partial term as an at-large councilor on the Boston City Council (2019–2020). She is considered the earliest transgender person known to have been elected to a state legislature in the United States. She was outed against her will by the Boston Herald after her 1992 election. She is a perennial candidate,having been an unsuccessful candidate for political office at least 44 times.
Matthew Joseph O'Malley is an American politician and businessman who served six terms a member of the Boston City Council. He was elected as the District 6 representative in a special election on November 16,2010,and was re-elected in 2011,2013,2015,and 2017. His district included the neighborhoods of West Roxbury and Jamaica Plain,parts of Roslindale and Roxbury,and the Back of the Hill. As the most senior member of the council,O'Malley succeeded Kim Janey as acting council president after Janey became acting mayor of Boston in March 2021. In late 2021,he became the chief sustainability officer of Vicinity Energy,a U.S. district energy subsidiary of Antin Infrastructure Partners.
Edward F. Coppinger is an American politician who represented the 10th Suffolk District in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 2011 to 2023. The district covers all of West Roxbury,South Brookline,and a portion of Roslindale. He lives in West Roxbury,Massachusetts with his wife and four daughters.
Gloria Lavera Fox was an American politician who was a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives for the 7th Suffolk District. Fox represented the 7th Suffolk District from 1987 until her retirement in 2016.
Nick Collins is an American politician who currently serves as a member of the Massachusetts Senate,representing First Suffolk District. Collins serves as the Senate Chair of the Joint Committee on State Administration and Regulatory Oversight and the Senate Vice Chair of the Joint Committee on Community Development and Small Businesses. Additionally,he serves a member of the Senate Committee on Bills in the Third Reading,and a member on the Joint Committee's on Bonding,Capital Expenditures and State Assets;Mental Health,Substance Use and Recovery;and Public Service. He is a Boston resident and a Democrat. Elected into the Massachusetts House of Representatives in 2010,he served four terms in the House representing the 4th Suffolk District.
Martin Joseph Walsh is an American politician and trade union official who served as the mayor of Boston from 2014 to 2021 and as the 29th United States Secretary of Labor from 2021 to 2023. A member of the Democratic Party,Walsh resigned from his position as the US Secretary of Labor in March 2023 in order to accept a position as executive director of the National Hockey League Players' Association. Before his mayoralty,he served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives,representing the 13th Suffolk district from 1997 until 2014. As a trade union member,Walsh worked his way up to serve as the head of the Boston Building Trades Council from 2011 until 2013.
Francis X. Coppinger was an American attorney and politician who served as a member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1969 to 1973 and 1975 to 1977.
Sybil Henry Holmes was an American politician who was the first woman elected to the Massachusetts Senate.
Elizabeth Miranda is a Cape Verdean-American community organizer and politician. She is a state senator representing the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Suffolk district after winning a five-way Democratic Primary Election,and advancing to an uncontested race in the 2022 Massachusetts general election. Prior to that,since January 2019,Miranda had served as the Democratic Massachusetts State Representative for the Fifth Suffolk district. Her district comprises parts of the Dorchester and Roxbury neighborhoods of Boston. She is a member of the Massachusetts Black and Latino Legislative Caucus.
Rachael Splaine Rollins is an American lawyer and politician who served as the U.S. attorney for District of Massachusetts from 2022 to 2023. Before that,she was the district attorney for Suffolk County,Massachusetts.
The 2021 Boston mayoral election was held on Tuesday,November 2,2021,to elect the mayor of Boston,Massachusetts. Incumbent mayor Marty Walsh was eligible to seek a third term. However,he resigned as mayor on March 22,2021,after being confirmed as secretary of labor in the Cabinet of Joe Biden. This left the Boston City Council president,at the time Kim Janey,to hold the role of acting mayor until the victor of the election would take office.
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Boston in Suffolk County. Democrat Angelo M. Scaccia has represented the district since 1995. Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Gretchen Van Ness.
Steven W. Tompkins is an American law enforcement official who has served as the Sheriff of Suffolk County,MA since 2013.
