Massachusetts House of Representatives' 27th Middlesex district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 27th Middlesex 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 the city of Somerville in Middlesex County.[1][2] Democrat Denise Provost of Somerville has represented the district since 2007.[3] Candidates for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election[4] include Erika Uyterhoeven[5] and Catia Sharp.[6]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 27th Middlesex district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census.

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's 2nd Middlesex district.[7]

Representatives
  • Cyrus A. Davis, circa 1858 [8]
  • Noah Ball, circa 1859 [9]
  • Dennis J. O'Brien, circa 1888 [10]
  • Lewis Parkhurst, circa 1908
  • Winfield F. Prime, 1913-1914
  • Jacob Bitzer, 1915-1919
  • Charles C. Warren, circa 1920 [11]
  • Bert Currier, circa 1923
  • Owen McLellan, circa 1935
  • Michael Francis Skerry, circa 1951 [12]
  • Paul Cavanaugh, circa 1967
  • Sherman W. Saltmarsh, Jr., circa 1975 [13]
  • Charles Flaherty, circa 1983
  • Patricia D. Jehlen
  • Denise Provost, 2007-current[3]

Former locale

The district previously covered:

See also

Images
  • Lewis Parkhurst
  • Winfield F. Prime, in office 1913-1914 (photo circa 1901)
  • Jacob Bitzer, in office 1915-1919
  • Bert Currier
  • Owen McLellan
  • Michael Skerry
  • Paul Cavanaugh
  • Sherman Saltmarsh
  • Charles Flaherty
  • Patricia Jehlen, in office 2003–2005 (photo 1991)
  • Denise Provost

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  2. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  3. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 27th Middlesex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 1, 2020.
  4. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 5, 2020
  5. "Massachusetts Women's Political Caucus Political Action Committee Endorsed Candidates", Mwpc.org, retrieved August 5, 2020
  6. "Directory: Massachusetts 2020", Runforsomething.net, Washington, D.C., retrieved August 27, 2020
  7. 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
  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: Middlesex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  11. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  12. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  13. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  14. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.

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