Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Norfolk district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Norfolk 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 Bristol County and Norfolk County.[1] Democrat Lou Kafka of Stoughton has represented the district since 1991.[2] Candidates running for this district seat in the 2020 Massachusetts general election include Andrew Flowers.[3][4]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Norfolk district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census.
Norfolk County, MA Government
County Level Elected Officials
County Commissioners: Francis W. O'Brien (D, Dedham), Joseph P. Shea (D, Quincy), Peter H. Collins (D, Milton)
Clerk of Courts: Walter Timilty
(D, Milton)
District Attorney: Michael W. Morrissey
(D, Quincy)
Register of Deeds: William P. O'Donnell
(D, Norwood)
Register of Probate: Patrick W. McDermott
(D, Quincy)
County Sheriff: Jerry McDermott
(R, Westwood)
County Treasurer: James E. Timilty
(D, Walpole)
State Government
State Senate Districts:
List
State House of Rep. Districts:
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th
Governors Council Districts:
2nd, 3rd, 4th, 7th
Website

Towns represented

The district includes the following localities:[5]

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

Former locales

The district previously covered:

Representatives
  • Lot W. Bicknell, circa 1858 [9]
  • Nathaniel Shaw, circa 1858 [9]
  • Elias S. Beals, circa 1859 [10]
  • Daniel Lovell, circa 1859 [10]
  • Charles W. Seavey, circa 1888 [11]
  • Elijah Baron Stowe, circa 1888 [11]
  • Frederic W. Kingman, circa 1920 [12]
  • Frank D. McCarthy, circa 1951 [13]
  • Andrew H. Card, Jr., circa 1975 [14]
  • William Richard Keating, 1979–1985
  • Marjorie Clapprood, 1985–1991
  • Louis L. Kafka, 1991-2020[2]
  • Ted Philips, 2020-present

See also

Images
  • Louis Flye
  • Frank Allen
  • George Frederick James
  • Frank Coughlin
  • Frank McCarthy
  • William Nourse
  • Daniel Rider
  • Andrew Card
  • William Keating
  • Louis Kafka

References
  1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 8th Norfolk district". PD43+. Retrieved April 29, 2020.
  3. "2020 State Primary Candidates", Sec.state.ma.us, Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, retrieved August 27, 2020
  4. "Directory: Massachusetts 2020", Runforsomething.net, Washington, D.C., retrieved August 27, 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". Commonwealth of Massachusetts, A Manual for the Use of the General Court for 1927-1928. Boston. pp. 196–206.
  8. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
  9. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
  10. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
  11. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Norfolk County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
  12. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
  13. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
  14. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.

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