Massachusetts House of Representatives' 8th Suffolk district in the United States is one of 160 legislative districts included in the lower house of the Massachusetts General Court. It covers parts of Boston in Suffolk County. Democrat Jay Livingstone of Back Bay has represented the district since 2013.
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Middlesex and Suffolk district and 3rd Suffolk district.
Representatives Otis Rich, circa 1858 George F. Williams, circa 1858 Thomas H. Bussell, circa 1859 George A. Shaw, circa 1859 Harrison H. Atwood, circa 1888 Edward J. Donovan, circa 1888 James Melville Hunnewell, circa 1920 Henry Lee Shattuck, circa 1920 Charles Iannello, circa 1951 Michael F. Flaherty Sr., circa 1975 Barney Frank, circa 1979-1981 Thomas Vallely, circa 1981-1985 Mark Roosevelt, circa 1985-1995 Paul C. Demakis, 1995-2005 Martha M. Walz, January 2005 – February 2013 Jay Livingstone, 2013-current
See also List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections Other Suffolk County districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 6th, 7th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 12th, 13th, 14th, 15th, 16th, 17th, 18th, 19th List of Massachusetts General Courts List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
Images Portraits of legislators
References
External links Ballotpedia (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey). League of Women Voters of Boston