Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Middlesex district
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Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th 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 Norfolk County.{{cite web |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/eledist/reps11idx.htm |title=Massachusetts Representative Districts |access-date= April 28, 2020 |work=Sec.state.ma.us }} Democrat David Linsky of Natick has represented the district since 1999.{{cite web |access-date= April 28, 2020 |work= PD43+ |author= Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division |url= https://electionstats.state.ma.us/elections/search/year_from:1970/year_to:2020/office_id:8/district_id:58795 |title= State Representative elections: 5th Middlesex district }} Candidates running for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Jaymin Patel.{{citation |publisher=Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |url=https://www.sec.state.ma.us/ele/ele20/state_primary_candidates20.htm |title=2020 State Primary Candidates |work=Sec.state.ma.us |access-date= August 28, 2020 }}{{citation |title= Veteran MetroWest legislators face primary challengers |url= https://www.milforddailynews.com/news/20200828/veteran-metrowest-legislators-face-primary-challengers |date= August 28, 2020 |work= Milforddailynews.com |publisher=Gannett Co., Inc. }}
Towns represented
The district includes the following localities:{{citation |url=https://malegislature.gov/Laws/SessionLaws/Acts/2011/Chapter153 |title= Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court |work=Acts (2011) |author=Massachusetts General Court }}
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex and Norfolk district and Norfolk, Bristol and Middlesex district.{{Citation |url=https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/7/30/1848730/-How-do-counties-House-districts-and-legislative-districts-all-overlap-These-new-tools-show-you|author=David Jarman|work= How do counties, House districts, and legislative districts all overlap? |publisher=Daily Kos |date=July 30, 2019 |title= Upper legislative district ↔ lower legislative district correspondences: MA |quote= State House Districts to State Senate Districts }}
=Former locale=
Representatives
- Oliver Holman, circa 1858 {{cite book |chapter-url=https://archive.org/details/massachusettsreg1858bost/page/n21/mode/1up |title=Massachusetts Register |publisher=Adams, Sampson & Co. |location=Boston |year=1858 |chapter=Massachusetts House of Representatives |pages=10–12 }}
- Elisha Hayden, circa 1859 {{cite book |url= https://archive.org/details/manualforuseofge1859mass/page/200/mode/2up |title=Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court |year= 1859 |location=Boston |via=Internet Archive }}
- Samuel Cutler, circa 1888 {{cite book |series= Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts |title= 1888 State House Directory |editor=Geo. F. Andrews |publisher=Lakeview Press |chapter= Representatives: Middlesex County |date= October 17, 1888 |chapter-url= https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/42/mode/2up }}
- Albert W. Bullock, circa 1920 {{cite book |title=Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 |date=October 17, 2023 |publisher=Boston Review |url= https://archive.org/details/publicofficialso1920bost }}
- George G. Moyse, circa 1920
- Leverett Saltonstall, circa 1929
- Margaret Jane Spear, 1941-1950{{Cite web | url = https://archives.lib.state.ma.us/bitstream/handle/2452/264678/ocn910514718.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y | title = History of Women in the Massachusetts Legislature 1923 – 2015 | publisher = Massachusetts Caucus of Women Legislators | date = 2015 | accessdate = July 6, 2021 }}
- Irene K. Thresher, 1951-1961 {{cite book |title=1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |location= Boston |url= https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19511952bost }}{{cite news | url = https://www.newspapers.com/clip/39455248/obituary-for-irene-thresher-aged-81/ | title = Irene Thresher, 81, former state legislator | newspaper = The Boston Globe | location = Boston, Massachusetts | date = 26 August 1981 | page = 44 | via = Newspapers.com }}
- Howard Whitmore, Jr., circa 1951
- William Anthony Pickett, circa 1975 {{cite book |title=1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |location= Boston |url= https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof19751976bost }}
- Paula Lewellen, 1977-1978
- Lou Nickinello, circa 1982
- Joseph M. Connolly, 1983–1991
- Douglas Stoddart, 1991–1999
- David Paul Linsky, 1999-current
See also
- List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
- Other Middlesex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 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
- List of Massachusetts General Courts
- List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
;Portraits of legislators
1908 Frank Barnes Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Frank Barnes
1908 Patrick Duane Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Patrick Duane
1918 John Gibbs Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|John Gibbs
1918 John Hudson Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|John Hudson
1923 Albert Bullock Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Albert Bullock
1923 George Moyse Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|George Moyse
Leverett Saltonstall cph.3b10555.jpg|Leverett Saltonstall
1935 Clarence Luitwieler Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Clarence Luitwieler
1945 Henderson Inches Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Henderson Inches
1945 Margaret Spear Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Margaret Jane Spear
1953 Howard Whitmore Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Howard Whitmore
1953 Irene Thresher Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Irene Thresher
1967 Irving Fishman Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Irving Fishman
1967 Theodore Mann Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Theodore Mann
1975 William Pickett Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|William Pickett
1983 Joseph Connolly Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Joseph Connolly
1995 Douglas Stoddart Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|Douglas Stoddart
2005 David Linsky Massachusetts House of Representatives.png|David Linsky
References
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External links
- [https://ballotpedia.org/Massachusetts_House_of_Representatives Ballotpedia]
- {{cite web |url= https://censusreporter.org/profiles/62000US25122-5th-middlesex-district-ma/ |title= 5th Middlesex District, MA |work= Censusreporter.org }} (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
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