John F. St. Cyr (January 8, 1936 – January 27, 2022) was an American politician and judge.

Biography

St. Cyr was born in

North Adams, Massachusetts North Adams is a city in Berkshire County, Massachusetts, United States. It is part of the Pittsfield, Massachusetts Metropolitan Statistical Area. Its population was 12,961 as of the 2020 census. Best known as the home of the largest contempor ...

, and graduated from St. Joseph High School in North Adams. He graduated from the

College of the Holy Cross The College of the Holy Cross is a private Jesuit liberal arts college in Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. It was founded by educators Benedict Joseph Fenwick and Thomas F. Mulledy in 1843 under the auspices of the Society of Jesus. ...

in 1957 and from

Georgetown University Law Center Georgetown University Law Center is the Law school in the United States, law school of Georgetown University, a Private university, private research university in Washington, D.C., United States. It was established in 1870 and is the largest law ...

in 1963. St. Cyr was admitted to the Massachusetts bar and practiced law in

Millis, Massachusetts Millis is a town in Norfolk County in the U.S. state of Massachusetts. It had a population of 8,460 at the 2020 census. The town is approximately southwest of downtown Boston and is bordered by Norfolk, Sherborn, Holliston, Medfield, and M ...

. St. Cyr served 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 ...

from 1967 to 1972 and was a Republican. He then served as a Massachusetts District Court judge from 1972 to 1997. He died in

Norton, Massachusetts Norton is a New England town, town in Bristol County, Massachusetts, United States, and contains the villages of Norton Center, Massachusetts, Norton Center and Chartley, Massachusetts, Chartley. The population was 19,202 at the 2020 United Stat ...

.'1967-1968 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts,' Biographical Sketch of John F. St. Cyr, pg. 297

References

1936 births 2022 deaths People from Millis, Massachusetts People from North Adams, Massachusetts College of the Holy Cross alumni Georgetown University Law Center alumni Massachusetts lawyers Massachusetts District Court judges Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives 20th-century members of the Massachusetts General Court {{Massachusetts-politician-stub