Peter Forman (born April 28, 1958, in

Plymouth, Massachusetts Plymouth (; historically known as Plimouth and Plimoth) is a town in Plymouth County, Massachusetts, United States. Located in Greater Boston, the town holds a place of great prominence in American history, folklore, and culture, and is known a ...

) is president and CEO of the South Shore (MA) Chamber of Commerce. He was formerly an American politician who served as a member of the

Massachusetts House of Representatives The Massachusetts House of Representatives is the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court, the state legislature of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It is composed of 160 members elected from 14 counties each divided into single-member ...

, Sheriff of

Plymouth County, Massachusetts Plymouth County is a county in the U.S. state of Massachusetts, south of Boston. As of the 2020 census, the population was 530,819. Its county seats are Plymouth and Brockton. In 1685, the county was created by the Plymouth General Court, ...

, and as a member of the

Paul Celucci Argeo Paul Cellucci (; April 24, 1948 – June 8, 2013) was an American politician and diplomat from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. A Republican, he served as the 69th governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2001, and as the United State ...

and

Jane M. Swift Jane Maria Swift (born February 24, 1965) is an American politician and nonprofit executive who served as the 69th lieutenant governor of Massachusetts from 1999 to 2003 and, concurrently, as acting governor from April 2001 to January 2003. She w ...

administrations.

Massachusetts House of Representatives

Forman represented the 1st Plymouth District in the

from 1981 to 1995. He was the Minority Whip from 1989 to 1991 and in 1991 succeeded the departing Steven Pierce as House Minority Leader. Forman was a candidate for

Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts The Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth is the principal public information officer of the government of the U.S. state of Massachusetts. The Secretary of the Commonwealth oversees the Corporations Division, the Elections Division, the ...

1994 File:1994 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: The 1994 Winter Olympics are held in Lillehammer, Norway; The Kaiser Permanente building after the 1994 Northridge earthquake; A model of the MS Estonia, which sank in the Baltic Sea; Nelson Ma ...

, but lost in the Republican primary to State Senator

Arthur E. Chase Arthur E. Chase (February 4, 1930 – January 5, 2015) was an American businessman and politician who represented the Worcester District in the Massachusetts Senate from 1991 to 1995. He co-founded the Central Massachusetts Legislative Caucus. ...

Sheriff of Plymouth County

On November 21, 1994, Forman was appointed by

Governor A governor is an administrative leader and head of a polity or political region, ranking under the head of state and in some cases, such as governors-general, as the head of state's official representative. Depending on the type of political ...

William Weld William is a masculine given name of Norman French origin.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, ''Oxford Dictionary of First Names'', Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, , p. 276. It became very popular in the English language after the Norman conq ...

to serve as Plymouth County Sheriff. In 1996 he defeated Patricia Lawton in a special election to finish the term of former Sheriff Peter Flynn. He was elected to his first full term in 1998; defeating Halifax Selectman Troy Garron. Forman resigned as Sheriff less than a year later to join the Cellucci administration.

Cellucci and Swift administrations

Forman joined the Cellucci administration as Deputy Secretary of Administration and Finance. When

succeeded Cellucci as Governor, she named Forman her Chief of Staff. As Swift's Chief of Staff, Forman helped the acting Governor in her attempt to remove

Christy Mihos Christy Peter Mihos (June 13, 1949 – March 25, 2017) was an American politician and businessman from Massachusetts. He was an Independent candidate for governor of Massachusetts in 2006. He ran for the Republican nomination for governor in 201 ...

and Jordan Levy from the Massachusetts Turnpike Authority board and with the shakeup at the

Massachusetts Port Authority Massachusetts Port Authority (Massport) is an American port authority in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. It owns and operates three airports—Logan International Airport, Hanscom Field, and Worcester Regional Airport—and public terminals i ...

following the

September 11 attacks The September 11 attacks, commonly known as 9/11, were four coordinated suicide terrorist attacks carried out by al-Qaeda against the United States on Tuesday, September 11, 2001. That morning, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commerc ...

. While Swift was on a "working maternity leave" following the birth of her twin daughters, Forman carried out many key duties of the Governor's office. Forman was fired by Swift on January 23, 2002. Following his dismissal, he worked without pay to help Swift's running mate Patrick Guerriero prepare to face

Jim Rappaport James Rappaport, born in 1956, is a real estate developer, entrepreneur, attorney, philanthropist, and Republican politician from Massachusetts. Personal life James Rappaport received his education from Wharton School of Business and the Bosto ...

at the Republican Convention.

References

1958 births Republican Party members of the Massachusetts House of Representatives Massachusetts sheriffs People from Plymouth, Massachusetts Colby College alumni Living people Chiefs of staff to the governor of Massachusetts {{Massachusetts-MARepresentative-stub