Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Middlesex district

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Middlesex district, 2013. Based on the 2010 United States census.

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Middlesex 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 Middlesex County and Worcester County. ^[1] Democrat Carolyn Dykema of Holliston represented the district from 2009 ^[2] until her resignation to take a private sector job in 2022.

Towns represented

The district as drawn with 2010 census data includes the following localities: ^[3]

• Holliston
• Hopkinton
• Southborough
• one precinct of Westborough

This district boundary overlaps those of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk district and its Middlesex and Worcester district. ^[4]

The new boundaries, drawn from 2020 census data, include:

• Holliston
• Hopkinton
• part of Millis
• Sherborn

Former locale

The district previously covered part of Cambridge, circa 1872. ^[5]

Representatives

• Sedgwick L. Plumer, circa 1858 ^[6]
• Edward J. Collins, circa 1858-1859 ^{[6] [7]}
• Thomas Rice, Jr, circa 1859 ^[7]
• Theodore P. Dresser, circa 1888 ^[8]
• James F. Leland, circa 1920 ^[9]
• James Alan Hodder, circa 1951 ^[10]
• William I. Randall, circa 1951 ^[10]
• Mary Fantasia, circa 1975 ^[11]
• Andrew Natsios, 1975-1987
• Barbara A. Gardner, 1987-2001 ^[12]
• Paul Loscocco, 2001–2009
• Carolyn Dykema, 2009-2022 ^[2]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
• Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th, 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd, 24th, 25th, 26th, 27th, 28th, 29th, 30th, 31st, 32nd, 33rd, 34th, 35th, 36th, 37th

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  Charles Flagg
• 
  Wilbur Wood
• 
  James Stewart
• 
  Charles Olson
• 
  Joseph Tuttle
• 
  Carl Sheridan
• 
  Clarence Wood
• 
  James Alan Hodder
• 
  William Randall
• 
  Elbert Tuttle
• 
  Robert Belmonte
• 
  Mary Fantasia
• 
  Andrew Natsios
• 
  Barbara Gardner
• 
  Paul Loscocco

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 8th Middlesex 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. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
7. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
8. Geo. F. Andrews, ed. (October 16, 1888). "Representatives: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
9. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review. October 16, 2023.
10. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
11. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
12. State Library of Massachusetts, "Massachusetts State Legislator's Papers Collections at the State Library", Mass.gov, retrieved September 3, 2020

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "8th Middlesex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).