Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th Norfolk district

Last updated April 08, 2024

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 7th 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 Norfolk County.^[1] Democrat Bill Driscoll Jr. of Milton has represented the district since 2017.^[2]

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:^[3]

part of Milton
part of Randolph

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district.^[4]

Former locale

The district previously covered Braintree, circa 1872.^[5]

Representatives

Horace Abercrombie, circa 1858 ^[6]
William L. Walker, circa 1859 ^[7]
Bernard Dolan, circa 1888 ^[8]
Rufus A. Thayer, circa 1888 ^[8]
Walter F. Stephens, circa 1920 ^[9]
Charles F. Holman, circa 1951 ^[10]
William Dix Morton Jr., circa 1951 ^[10]
Maurice E. Ronayne, Jr, circa 1971-1975
Elizabeth N. Metayer, 1975-1979 ^[11]
M. Joseph Manning, 1979-1997
Brian A. Joyce, 1997-1999
Walter F. Timilty Jr., 1999-2017 ^[2]
William J. Driscoll Jr, 2017-2025^[2]

Images

Portraits of legislators

Russell Worster
Timothy Quinn
John Augustine Kelleher
Josiah Babcock
Charles Holman
Frederick Haigis
William Dix Morton
Harold Rosen
Elizabeth Metayer
M. Joseph Manning
Walter Timilty

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References

↑ "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
1 2 3 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 7th Norfolk district". PD43+. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
↑ Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
↑ 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
↑ "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
↑ "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
↑ Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
1 2 Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Norfolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
↑ Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
1 2 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
↑ 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.

External links

Ballotpedia
"7th Norfolk District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts

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[1] "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 4, 2020.

[elections-2] 1 2 3 Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 7th Norfolk district". PD43+. Retrieved May 4, 2020.

[Acts2011-3] Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)

[Upper2019-4] 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

[Register1872-5] "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.

[1858Register-6] "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.

[1859manual-7] Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)

[Gazette1888-8] 1 2 Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Norfolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.

[1920-officials-9] Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.

[officers1951-10] 1 2 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.

[1975officers-11] 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.

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v t e Members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
193rd General Court (2023–2024) Speaker of the House Ron Mariano (D) Speaker pro tempore Kate Hogan (D) Majority leader Michael Moran (D) Minority leader Bradley Jones Jr. (R)
▌ Chris Flanagan (D, 1st Barnstable) ▌ Kip Diggs (D, 2nd Barn.) ▌ David Vieira (R, 3rd Barn.) ▌ Sarah Peake (D, 4th Barn.) ▌ Steven Xiarhos (R, 5th Barn.) ▌ Dylan Fernandes (D, Barn., Dukes, Nan.) ▌ John Barrett (D, 1st Berkshire) ▌ Tricia Farley-Bouvier (D, 2nd Berk.) ▌ Smitty Pignatelli (D, 3rd Berk.) ▌ F. Jay Barrows (R, 1st Bristol) ▌ Jim Hawkins (D, 2nd Bris.) ▌ Carol Doherty (D, 3rd Bris.) ▌ Steve Howitt (R, 4th Bris.) ▌ Patricia Haddad (D, 5th Bris.) ▌ Carole Fiola (D, 6th Bris.) ▌ Alan Silvia (D, 7th Bris.) ▌ Paul Schmid (D, 8th Bris.) ▌ Christopher Markey (D, 9th Bris.) ▌ William M. Straus (D, 10th Bris.) ▌ Christopher Hendricks (D, 11th Bris.) ▌ Norman Orrall (R, 12th Bris.) ▌ Antonio Cabral (D, 13th Bris.) ▌ Adam Scanlon (D, 14th Bris.) ▌ Dawne Shand (D, 1st Essex) ▌ Kristin Kassner (D, 2nd Ess.) ▌ Andy Vargas (D, 3rd Ess.) ▌ Estela Reyes (D, 4th Ess.) ▌ Ann-Margaret Ferrante (D, 5th Ess.) ▌ Jerry Parisella (D, 6th Ess.) ▌ Manny Cruz (D, 7th Ess.) ▌ Jenny Armini (D, 8th Ess.) ▌ Donald Wong (R, 9th Ess.) ▌ Daniel Cahill (D, 10th Ess.) ▌ Peter Capano (D, 11th Ess.) ▌ Thomas Walsh (D, 12th Ess.) ▌ Sally Kerans (D, 13th Ess.) ▌ Adrianne Ramos (D, 14th Ess.) ▌ Ryan Hamilton (D, 15th Ess.) ▌ Francisco E. Paulino (D, 16th Ess.) ▌ Frank A. Moran (D, 17th Ess.) ▌ Tram Nguyen (D, 18th Ess.) ▌ Natalie Blais (D, 1st Frnk.) ▌ Susannah Whipps (I, 2nd Frnk.) ▌ Todd Smola (R, 1st Hpdn.) ▌ Brian Ashe (D, 2nd Hpdn.) ▌ Nicholas Boldyga (R, 3rd Hpdn.) ▌ Kelly Pease (R, 4th Hpdn.) ▌ Patricia Duffy (D, 5th Hpdn.) ▌ Michael Finn (D, 6th Hpdn.) ▌ Aaron Saunders (D, 7th Hpdn.) ▌ Shirley Arriaga (D, 8th Hpdn.) ▌ Orlando Ramos (D, 9th Hpdn.) ▌ Carlos Gonzalez (D, 10th Hpdn.) ▌ Bud Williams (D, 11th Hpdn.) ▌ Angelo Puppolo (D, 12th Hpdn.) ▌ Lindsay Sabadosa (D, 1st Hampshire) ▌ Daniel R. Carey (D, 2nd Hpsh.) ▌ Mindy Domb (D, 3rd Hpsh.) ▌ Margaret Scarsdale (D, 1st Middlesex) ▌ James Arciero (D, 2nd Mid.) ▌ Kate Hogan (D, 3rd Mid.) ▌ Danielle Gregoire (D, 4th Mid.) ▌ David Linsky (D, 5th Mid.) ▌ Priscila Sousa (D, 6th Mid.) ▌ Jack Lewis (D, 7th Mid.) ▌ James Arena-DeRosa (D, 8th Mid.) ▌ Thomas M. Stanley (D, 9th Mid.) ▌ John J. Lawn (D, 10th Mid.) ▌ Kay Khan (D, 11th Mid.) ▌ Ruth Balser (D, 12th Mid.) ▌ Carmine Gentile (D, 13th Mid.) ▌ Simon Cataldo (D, 14th Mid.) ▌ Michelle Ciccolo (D, 15th Mid.) ▌ Rodney Elliott (D, 16th Mid.) ▌ Vanna Howard (D, 17th Mid.) ▌ Rady Mom (D, 18th Mid.) ▌ Dave Robertson (D, 19th Mid.) ▌ Bradley Jones Jr. (R, 20th Mid.) ▌ Kenneth Gordon (D, 21st Mid.) ▌ Marc Lombardo (R, 22nd Mid.) ▌ Sean Garballey (D, 23rd Mid.) ▌ Dave Rogers (D, 24th Mid.) ▌ Marjorie Decker (D, 25th Mid.) ▌ Michael Connolly (D, 26th Mid.) ▌ Erika Uyterhoeven (D, 27th Mid.) ▌ Joe McGonagle (D, 28th Mid.) ▌ Steven Owens (D, 29th Mid.) ▌ Richard Haggerty (D, 30th Mid.) ▌ Michael Day (D, 31st Mid.) ▌ Kate Lipper-Garabedian (D, 32nd Mid.) ▌ Steven Ultrino (D, 33rd Mid.) ▌ Christine Barber (D, 34th Mid.) ▌ Paul Donato (D, 35th Mid.) ▌ Colleen Garry (D, 36th Mid.) ▌ Dan Sena (D, 37th Mid.) ▌ Bruce Ayers (D, 1st Norfolk) ▌ Tackey Chan (D, 2nd Norf.) ▌ Ron Mariano (D, 3rd Norf.) ▌ James M. Murphy (D, 4th Norf.) ▌ Mark Cusack (D, 5th Norf.) ▌ William C. Galvin (D, 6th Norf.) ▌ William Driscoll (D, 7th Norf.) ▌ Ted Philips (D, 8th Norf.) ▌ Marcus Vaughn (R, 9th Norf.) ▌ Jeffrey Roy (D, 10th Norf.) ▌ Paul McMurtry (D, 11th Norf.) ▌ John H. Rogers (D, 12th Norf.) ▌ Denise Garlick (D, 13th Norf.) ▌ Alice Peisch (D, 14th Norf.) ▌ Tommy Vitolo (D, 15th Norf.) ▌ Matt Muratore (R, 1st Plymouth) ▌ Susan Gifford (R, 2nd Plym.) ▌ Joan Meschino (D, 3rd Plym.) ▌ Patrick J. Kearney (D, 4th Plym.) ▌ David DeCoste (R, 5th Plym.) ▌Vacant (6th Plym.) ▌ Alyson Sullivan (R, 7th Plym.) ▌ Angelo D'Emilia (R, 8th Plym.) ▌ Gerard Cassidy (D, 9th Plym.) ▌ Michelle DuBois (D, 10th Plym.) ▌ Rita Mendes (D, 11th Plym.) ▌ Kathleen LaNatra (D, 12th Plym.) ▌ Adrian Madaro (D, 1st Suffolk) ▌ Daniel Joseph Ryan (D, 2nd Suff.) ▌ Aaron Michlewitz (D, 3rd Suff.) ▌ David Biele (D, 4th Suff.) ▌ Christopher Worrell (D, 5th Suff.) ▌ Russell Holmes (D, 6th Suff.) ▌ Chynah Tyler (D, 7th Suff.) ▌ Jay Livingstone (D, 8th Suff.) ▌ John F. Moran (D, 9th Suff.) ▌ Bill MacGregor (D, 10th Suff.) ▌ Judith García (D, 11th Suff.) ▌ Brandy Fluker Oakley (D, 12th Suff.) ▌ Daniel J. Hunt (D, 13th Suff.) ▌ Robert Consalvo (D, 14th Suff.) ▌ Sam Montaño (D, 15th Suff.) ▌ Jessica Giannino (D, 16th Suff.) ▌ Kevin Honan (D, 17th Suff.) ▌ Michael Moran (D, 18th Suff.) ▌ Jeff Turco (D, 19th Suff.) ▌ Kimberly Ferguson (R, 1st Worcester) ▌ Jonathan Zlotnik (D, 2nd Wor.) ▌ Mike Kushmerek (D, 3rd Wor.) ▌ Natalie Higgins (D, 4th Wor.) ▌ Donnie Berthiaume (R, 5th Wor.) ▌ John Marsi (R, 6th Wor.) ▌ Paul Frost (R, 7th Wor.) ▌ Michael Soter (R, 8th Wor.) ▌ David Muradian (R, 9th Wor.) ▌ Brian Murray (D, 10th Wor.) ▌ Hannah Kane (R, 11th Wor.) ▌ Meghan Kilcoyne (D, 12th Wor.) ▌ John J. Mahoney (D, 13th Wor.) ▌ Jim O'Day (D, 14th Wor.) ▌ Mary Keefe (D, 15th Wor.) ▌ Dan Donahue (D, 16th Wor.) ▌ David LeBoeuf (D, 17th Wor.) ▌ Joseph D. McKenna (R, 18th Wor.) ▌ Kate Donaghue (D, 19th Wor.)
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