The Boston mayoral election of 1933 occurred on Tuesday, November 7, 1933. Former state treasurer Frederick Mansfield defeated five other candidates to be elected Mayor of Boston.
In 1918, the Massachusetts state legislature had passed legislation making the Mayor of Boston ineligible to serve consecutive terms. Thus, incumbent James Michael Curley was unable to run for re-election.
Mansfield was inaugurated on Monday, January 1, 1934.
Candidates William J. Foley, District Attorney of Suffolk County since 1927 Frederick Mansfield, Treasurer and Receiver-General of Massachusetts from 1914 to 1915 Malcolm Nichols, Mayor of Boston from 1926 to 1930 Joseph F. O'Connell, member of the United States House of Representatives from 1907 to 1911 Henry Parkman Jr., member of the Massachusetts Senate since 1929, member of the Boston City Council from 1925 to 1929 Michael H. Sullivan, municipal court judge and former chairman of the Boston Finance Commission
Results CandidatesGeneral ElectionVotes% Frederick Mansfield 70,035 28.31 Malcolm Nichols 68,321 27.62 William J. Foley 60,776 24.57 Henry Parkman Jr. 28,184 11.73 Joseph F. O'Connell 9,961 4.03 Michael H. Sullivan 9,127 3.69 All others 132 0.53
See also List of mayors of Boston, Massachusetts
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