Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Worcester district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Worcester 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 Hampshire County and Worcester County.[1] Republican Donnie Berthiaume of Spencer has represented the district since 2015.[2][3]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 5th Worcester district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[4]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire and Middlesex district.[5]

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives
  • Thomas E. Glazier, circa 1858 [7]
  • William Mayo, circa 1859 [8]
  • George H. Coolidge, circa 1888 [9]
  • Henry D. Haynes, circa 1888 [9]
  • Wilfrid J. Lamoureux, circa 1920 [10]
  • Leo Joseph Cournoyer, circa 1951 [11]
  • John F. Farland, circa 1975 [12]
  • Donald R. Berthiaume, Jr, 2015-current[2][13]

See also

Images
Portraits of legislators
  • Alexis Boyer
  • Herman Stanley Cheney
  • Valmore Tetreault
  • Ignatius Cleary
  • Joseph O'Kane
  • Edward Staves
  • Leo Joseph Cournoyer
  • Paul Corriveau
  • John Farland
  • Henry Grenier
  • Stephen Brewer
  • Anne Gobi

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 5th Worcester district". PD43+. Retrieved April 28, 2020.
  3. Steve Brown (October 29, 2020), "Here Are The Contested Legislative Races In Massachusetts", Wbur.org, archived from the original on November 1, 2020
  4. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
  5. 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
  6. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  7. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  8. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  9. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Worcester County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  10. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  11. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  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, Most of the incumbent Republicans are facing a challenge
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