Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th Suffolk district explained

Massachusetts House of Representatives' 15th Suffolk 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 Brookline in Norfolk County and part of Boston in Suffolk County.^[1] Democrat Nika Elugardo of Jamaica Plain has represented the district since 2019.^[2]

The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's 1st Middlesex and Norfolk district, Norfolk and Suffolk district, and 2nd Suffolk district.

Representatives

• Michael Garity, circa 1888 ^[3]
• Frank Forrest Woods, circa 1888
• William A. Canty, circa 1920 ^[4]
• James J. Mulvey, circa 1920
• John Joseph Beades, circa 1951 ^[5]
• Francis Xavier Joyce, circa 1951
• John P. McMorrow (1953–1957)
• George V. Kenneally Jr. (1957–1963)
• Royal L. Bolling, Jr., circa 1975 ^[6]
• Kevin Fitzgerald, circa 2002
• Jeffrey Sanchez, January 2003 – January 2019
• Nika Elugardo, 2019-2023
• Sam Montaño, 2023–present

See also

• List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
• Other Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th
• List of Massachusetts General Courts
• List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives

Images

Portraits of legislators

External links

• Ballotpedia
• Web site: 15th Suffolk District, MA . Censusreporter.org . (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey).
• League of Women Voters of Brookline
• League of Women Voters of Boston

Notes and References

1. Web site: Massachusetts Representative Districts . April 29, 2020 . Sec.state.ma.us .
2. Web site: April 29, 2020 . PD43+ . Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Elections Division . State Representative elections: 15th Suffolk district .
3. Book: Official Gazette, Commonwealth of Massachusetts . 1888 State House Directory . Geo. F. Andrews . Lakeview Press . Representatives: Suffolk County . https://archive.org/details/officialgazette1888andr/page/32/mode/2up .
4. Book: Public Officials of Massachusetts: 1920 . Boston Review .
5. Book: 1951–1952 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .
6. Book: 1975–1976 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts . Boston .