Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Worcester district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd Worcester district, based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 3rd 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] Democrat Stephan Hay of Fitchburg has represented the district since 2017. ^[2] He plans to retire after 2020. ^[3]

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities: ^[4]

• Fitchburg
• part of Lunenburg

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Worcester and Middlesex district. ^[5]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

• Gardner, circa 1872 ^[6]
• Templeton, circa 1872 ^[6]

Representatives

• John G. Mudge, circa 1858 ^[7]
• Russell Carruth, circa 1859 ^[8]
• Albert Llewellyn Wiley, circa 1888 ^[9]
• John Addison White, circa 1920 ^[10]
• George Walter Dean, circa 1951 ^[11]
• Edward Dennis Harrington, Jr., circa 1975 ^[12]
• Emile Goguen ^[2]
• Stephen DiNatale ^[2]
• Stephan Hay, 2017-2020 ^{[2] [13]}
• Michael P. Kushmerek, 2021-current ^{[2] [14]}

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Worcester County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 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

Portraits of legislators

• 
  Waterman Williams
• 
  Myron Young
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  William Casey
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  George Rice
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  George Dean
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  Paul Hinckley
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  Edward Harrington
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  George Bourque
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  Emile Goguen

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 3rd Worcester district". PD43+. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
3. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on October 30, 2020
4. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
5. 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
6. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
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. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Worcester County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
10. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
11. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
12. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
13. "Two-Thirds Of State Legislators Are Unopposed In The General Election", Wbur.org , November 1, 2018, House Democrats...face opposition
14. "Michael Kushmerek, Fitchburg Democrat, captures open House seat", www.telegram.com , November 4, 2020

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "3rd Worcester District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).