Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Plymouth district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Plymouth 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 Plymouth County.[1] Democrat Michelle DuBois of Brockton has represented the district since 2015.[2] Candidates running for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Jack Lally.[3][4]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 10th Plymouth district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:[5]

• part of Brockton
• part of East Bridgewater
• West Bridgewater

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Norfolk, Bristol and Plymouth district and 2nd Plymouth and Bristol district.[6]

Former locale

The district previously covered Bridgewater, circa 1872.[7]

Representatives

• Elbridge Keith, circa 1858 [8]
• Jarvis D. Burrell, circa 1859 [9]
• Patrick McCarthy, circa 1888 [10]
• William B. Baldwin, circa 1920 [11]
• E. Gerry Brown, circa 1920 [11]
• Sylvia Donaldson, circa 1923
• Philip W. Johnston, circa 1975 [12]
• John Cruz
• Christine Canavan
• Michelle M. Dubois, 2015-current[2][13]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Plymouth County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 11th, 12th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

• 
  Portus Hancock
• 
  Timothy Meade
• 
  Herbert Amiel Bartlett
• 
  William Baldwin
• 
  Ezra Clark
• 
  M. Sylvia Donaldson
• 
  John Lyons
• 
  Peter Asiaf
• 
  Philip Johnston
• 
  Michael Creedon
• 
  Christine Canavan

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 10th Plymouth district". PD43+. Retrieved May 4, 2020.
3. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 26, 2020
4. "DuBois, Lally exchange harsh criticism in battle for Brockton rep seat", Enterprisenews.com, Gannett Co., Inc., August 25, 2020
5. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
6. 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
7. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
8. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
9. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
10. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Plymouth County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
11. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
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

External links

• Ballotpedia. Massachusetts House of Representatives Tenth Plymouth District
• "10th Plymouth District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).