Massachusetts Senate's 1st Suffolk district in the United States is one of 40 legislative districts of the Massachusetts Senate. It covers portions of Suffolk county. Democrat Nick Collins of South Boston has represented the district since 2018.
Until 2013, the district's seat had "long been regarded as the 'Southie Seat,'...held by a white, Irish-American, South Boston man."
Locales represented
The district includes parts of the city of Boston.
Former locales
The district previously covered the following: Chelsea, circa 1860s North Chelsea, circa 1860s Winthrop, circa 1860s
Senators
Nehemiah Boynton, circa 1859
Alfred Hall
John Edward Beck
Edward Cox
John F. Donovan, circa 1935
William R. Conley, circa 1945
Andrew P. Quigley, 1951–1957
Harold Wilson Canavan, circa 1957
Joseph J. C. DiCarlo, circa 1969
Bill Bulger, circa 1979-1993
John A. Hart, Jr., circa 2002-2013
Linda Dorcena. Forry, circa 2013-2018
Nick Collins, 2018-current
Images
Portraits of legislators
See also
List of Massachusetts Senate elections
List of Massachusetts General Courts
List of former districts of the Massachusetts Senate
Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th
References
External links
Ballotpedia
(State Senate district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey). League of Women Voters of Boston