Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Bristol district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Bristol district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 12th Bristol 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 Bristol County and Plymouth County. ^[1] Republican Norman Orrall of Lakeville has represented the district since 2019. ^[2]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities: ^[3]

• Berkley
• Lakeville
• Middleborough
• part of Taunton

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Bristol and Plymouth and 1st Plymouth and Bristol districts. ^[4]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Acushnet, circa 1872 ^[5]
• Fairhaven, circa 1872 ^[5]
• part of Fall River, circa 1927 ^[6]
• Westport, circa 1927 ^[6]

Representatives

• Thomas G. Nichols, circa 1858 ^[7]
• William S. Crane, circa 1859 ^[8]
• Martin L. Eldridge, circa 1858-1859 ^{[7] [8]}
• Thomas Edward Kitchen, circa 1951 ^[9]
• Matthew J. Kuss, circa 1975 ^[10]
• Stephen Canessa, circa 2011
• Keiko Orrall, September 22, 2011 – January 5, 2019 ^[11]
• Norman J. Orrall, 2019-current ^[2]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Bristol County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 13th, 14th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

• 
  James Hathaway
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  Joseph Theberge
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  Clifton Dwelly
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  Thomas Edward Kitchen
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  Wilfred Driscoll
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  Matthew Kuss
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  David Nelson
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  Joseph McIntyre
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  Stephen Canessa

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 12th Bristol district". PD43+. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
3. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
4. 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
5. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
6. "Representative Districts". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. October 16, 2023. pp. 196–206.
7. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
8. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
9. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
10. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
11. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org , November 1, 2018, Democrats are hoping they can flip four House districts that are being vacated by Republicans

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "12th Bristol District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).