Massachusetts House of Representatives' 1st Franklin 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 Franklin County and Hampshire County. The seat is currently vacant. Democrat Natalie Blais of Sunderland represented the district from 2019 until January 2026.
Towns represented The district includes the following localities: Ashfield Buckland Chester Chesterfield Conway Cummington Deerfield Goshen Huntington Leverett Middlefield Montague Plainfield Shelburne Shutesbury Sunderland Whately Williamsburg Worthington
The current district geographic boundary overlaps with those of the Massachusetts Senate's Berkshire, Hampshire, Franklin and Hampden and Hampshire, Franklin and Worcester districts.
Former locales The district previously covered: Bernardston, circa 1927 Charlemont, circa 1927 Colrain, circa 1927 Hawley, circa 1927 Heath, circa 1927 Leyden, circa 1927 Monroe, circa 1927 New Salem, circa 1872 Northfield, circa 1927 Orange, circa 1872 Rowe, circa 1927 Warwick, circa 1872
Representatives Pliny Fisk, circa 1858 Hugh B. Miller, circa 1859 George D. Wells, circa 1858-1859 Freeman C. Griswold, circa 1888 Charles river Elmer, circa 1908 Albert Bray, circa 1918 Walter H. Kemp, circa 1920 Elisha Hooper, circa 1923 Fred Dole, circa 1935 George Fuller, circa 1945 Philip F. Whitmore, circa 1951 Winston Healy, circa 1970 Jonathan L. Healy, 1971–1993 Stephen Kulik, 1993–2019 Natalie M. Blais, 2019-2026
See also Massachusetts House of Representatives' 2nd Franklin district List of Massachusetts House of Representatives elections List of Massachusetts General Courts List of former districts of the Massachusetts House of Representatives
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Ballotpedia (State House district information based on U.S. Census Bureau's American Community Survey). League of Women Voters of Franklin County Amherst League of Women Voters