Barry G. Trahan (born December 27, 1954, in
North Attleborough, Massachusetts
North Attleborough, alternatively spelled North Attleboro, is a city in Bristol County, Massachusetts, Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States. The population was 30,834 at the 2020 United States Census.
The villages of Attleboro Falls and ...
) is an American realtor and politician who served one term in the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the State legislature (United States), state legislature of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into ...
as the Representative of the 11th Bristol district.
Trahan was elected in 1986 as a
sticker candidate; defeating five-term incumbent
Roger Goyette. Trahan served in the House as a Democrat and in 1988 sought the Democratic nomination. Trahan was defeated in the Democratic primary by New Bedford City Councilor
Robert Koczera and was unable to win re-election via a second sticker campaign.
References
1954 births
Democratic Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
University of Massachusetts Amherst alumni
Politicians from New Bedford, Massachusetts
Living people
20th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court
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