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