Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Essex district

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Essex 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 Essex County.[1] Republican Donald Wong of Saugus has represented the district since 2011.[2]

Map of Massachusetts House of Representatives' 9th Essex district, 2013. Based on 2010 United States Census.

Locales represented

The district includes the following localities:[3]

• part of Lynn
• part of Saugus
• part of Wakefield

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 3rd Essex and 5th Middlesex districts.[4]

Former locale

The district previously covered Rockport, circa 1872.[5]

Representatives

• Joseph Ross, circa 1858 [6]
• Ebenezer Cogswell, circa 1859 [7]
• Caleb Jerome Norwood, circa 1888 [8]
• James W. Robertson, circa 1920 [9]
• Everett Breed Bacheller, circa 1951 [10]
• Julie Gilligan, circa 1967
• J. Michael Ruane, circa 1975 [11]
• Belden Bly
• Steven Angelo
• Mark Falzone
• Donald H. Wong, 2011-current[12][13]

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Essex County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th
• Essex County districts of the Massachusett Senate: 1st, 2nd, 3rd; 1st Essex and Middlesex; 2nd Essex and Middlesex
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

• 
  Nesbit Gleason
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  Charles Abbott
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  Cornelius Donovan
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  Patrick Kearns
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  Louis O'Keefe
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  Paul Zollo
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  Andre Sigourney
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  Julie Gilligan
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  Philip Carney
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  J. Michael Ruane
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  Steven Angelo
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  Mark Falzone

References

1. "Massachusetts Representative Districts". Sec.state.ma.us. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
2. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division. "State Representative elections: 9th Essex district". PD43+. Retrieved May 3, 2020.
3. Massachusetts General Court, "Chapter 153. An Act Relative to Establishing Representative Districts in the General Court", Acts (2011)
4. 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
5. "Representative Districts". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Sampson, Davenport, & Company. 1872.
6. "Massachusetts House of Representatives". Massachusetts Register. Boston: Adams, Sampson & Co. 1858. pp. 10–12.
7. Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Manual for the Use of the General Court. Boston. 1859 – via Internet Archive.
8. Geo. F. Andrews (ed.). "Representatives: Essex County". 1888 State House Directory. Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Lakeview Press.
9. Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920. Boston Review.
10. 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
11. 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Boston.
12. "Young Dem seeks Essex seat as incumbent cites need for 'balance'", Politico.com, November 7, 2016
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

External links

• Ballotpedia
• "9th Essex District, MA". Censusreporter.org. (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).