
Massachusetts House of Representatives' 11th Bristol district in the United States is one of 160
legislative districts included in the
lower house
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of the
Massachusetts General Court
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. It covers part of
Bristol County.
Democrat Chris Hendricks of New Bedford has represented the district since 2019.
Locales represented
The district includes the following localities:
*
Acushnet
* part of
New Bedford
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The current district geographic boundary overlaps with that of the Massachusetts Senate's
2nd Bristol & Plymouth district.
Former locales
The district previously covered:
* part of
Fall River, circa 1927
*
Somerset
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, circa 1927
Representatives
* Robert L. Pitman, circa 1858
* Thomas H. Soule, circa 1858
* Samuel Watson, circa 1858–1859
* Nathan B. Gifford, circa 1859
* Augustus L. West, circa 1859
* James T. Bagshaw, circa 1920
* William Cyril Crossley, circa 1920
* Ernest A. Larocque, circa 1920
* Harold Clinton Nagle, circa 1951
* James Anthony O'Brien, circa 1951
* Carlton M. Viveiros, circa 1975
*
Roger R. Goyette, 1979-1987
*
Christopher Hendrickss, 2019–current
See also
*
List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections
* Other Bristol County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives:
1st,
2nd,
3rd,
4th,
5th,
6th,
7th,
8th
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,
9th,
10th,
12th,
13th,
14th
*
List of Massachusetts General Courts
The Massachusetts Legislature, legislature of the U.S. state of Massachusetts is known as the Massachusetts General Court, General Court. It has a 40-member upper house (Massachusetts Senate) and a 160-member lower house (Massachusetts House of ...
*
List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images
1908 Charles Boivin Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Charles Boivin
1908 David Keefe Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, David Keefe
1908 Isaac Willetts Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Isaac Willetts
1918 Ernest LaRocque Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Ernest LaRocque
1918 Frank Mulveny Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Frank Mulveny
1918 James Bagshaw Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James Bagshaw
1923 Thomas Charles Crowther Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Thomas Charles Crowther
1923 William Franklin Thomas Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William Franklin Thomas
1935 Albert Rubin Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Albert Rubin
1935 William Grant Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William Grant
1945 James OBrien Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James O'Brien
1945 William White Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, William White
1953 Harold Clinton Nagle Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Harold Clinton Nagle
1967 James OBrien Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, James Anthony O'Brien Jr.
1967 John Long Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, John Long
1975 Carlton Viveiros Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Carlton Viveiros
1983 Roger Goyette Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Roger Goyette
1995 Robert Koczera Massachusetts House of Representatives.png, Robert Koczera
References
External links
Ballotpedia* (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's
American Community Survey
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).
{{Massachusetts government
House
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Government of Bristol County, Massachusetts