# 1981–1982 Massachusetts legislature

The 172nd Massachusetts General Court, consisting of the Massachusetts Senate and the Massachusetts House of Representatives, met in 1981 and 1982 during the governorship of Edward J. King. William Bulger served as president of the Senate and Thomas W. McGee served as speaker of the House.
"In 1981, the General Court overrode the veto of Gov. Edward King to make Massachusetts one of the first states to encourage recycling" by bottle deposit.

## Senators

| name | date of birth | district |
| Carol C. Amick | | 5th Middlesex |
| Chester G. Atkins | April 14, 1948 | |
| John F. Aylmer | January 27, 1934 | |
| George Bachrach | December 2, 1951 | |
| Jack Backman | April 26, 1922 | |
| Louis Peter Bertonazzi | October 9, 1933 | |
| Walter J. Boverini | June 5, 1925 | |
| John A. Brennan Jr. | September 19, 1945 | |
| Anna Buckley | 1924 | |
| Robert C. Buell | April 23, 1931 | |
| William Bulger | February 2, 1934 | |
| John P. Burke | December 2, 1954 | |
| Edward L. Burke | 1942 | |
| Gerard D'Amico | July 27, 1947 | |
| Paul Doane | March 26, 1943 | |
| Francis D. Doris | 1931 | |
| Daniel J. Foley | April 6, 1921 | |
| Mary L. Fonseca | March 30, 1915 | |
| Robert A. Hall | April 15, 1946 | |
| Paul D. Harold | September 5, 1948 | |
| John G. King (politician) | November 30, 1942 | |
| Edward P. Kirby | January 10, 1928 | |
| Arthur Joseph Lewis Jr. | September 3, 1934 | |
| David H. Locke | August 4, 1927 | |
| Michael LoPresti Jr. | April 30, 1947 | |
| William Q. MacLean Jr. | November 4, 1934 | |
| Patricia McGovern | August 2, 1941 | |
| Denis L. Mckenna | August 14, 1922 | |
| Allan R. McKinnon | June 2, 1930 | |
| John Olver | September 3, 1936 | |
| Bill Owens (Massachusetts politician) | July 6, 1937 | |
| John Francis Parker | May 29, 1907 | |
| Sharon Pollard | September 21, 1950 | |
| Martin Thomas Reilly | September 1, 1956 | |
| Samuel Rotondi | April 22, 1946 | |
| Philip L. Shea | October 19, 1941 | |
| Alan Sisitsky | June 4, 1942 | |
| Joseph F. Timilty (state senator) | October 3, 1938 | |
| Roger Tougas | January 9, 1927 | |
| Joseph B. Walsh | November 15, 1923 | |
| Peter Colbourne Webber | May 12, 1952 | |
| Robert D. Wetmore | July 24, 1930 | |

## Representatives

| name | date of birth | district |
| Antone S. Aguiar Jr. | January 2, 1930 | 4th Bristol |
| Theodore J. Aleixo Jr. | August 23, 1942 | |
| Lawrence R. Alexander | 1950 | |
| Steven Angelo | June 8, 1952 | |
| Peter George Asiaf | August 15, 1905 | |
| Michael J. Barrett | June 27, 1948 | |
| Timothy A. Bassett | December 16, 1947 | |
| William D. Benson | 1948 | |
| Walter Bickford | February 16, 1942 | |
| Kevin Blanchette | 1954 | |
| Robert Joseph Bohigian | July 24, 1922 | |
| Royal L. Bolling Jr. | May 1, 1944 | |
| George Bourque | 1913 | |
| James T. Brett | December 22, 1949 | |
| Nicholas J. Buglione | 1932 | |
| Doris Bunte | July 2, 1933 | |
| John Businger | February 5, 1945 | |
| Jeremiah F. Cahir | December 4, 1924 | |
| Howard C. Cahoon Jr. | December 31, 1944 | |
| Ellen M. Canavan | December 26, 1941 | |
| Andrew Card | May 10, 1947 | |
| William A. Carey | January 28, 1920 | |
| Angelo R. Cataldo | November 12, 1917 | |
| Paul Cellucci | April 24, 1948 | |
| Allan R. Chiocca | May 3, 1954 | |
| Rudy Chmura | March 21, 1932 | |
| Salvatore Ciccarelli | February 16, 1941 | |
| Forrester Clark | November 30, 1934 | |
| Deborah R. Cochran | September 18, 1939 | |
| David B. Cohen (mayor) | September 2, 1947 | |
| Gerald M. Cohen | February 22, 1934 | |
| Andrew Collaro | March 21, 1910 | |
| James G. Collins | August 2, 1946 | |
| Edward W. Connelly | August 2, 1919 | |
| Leo R. Corazzini | February 17, 1930 | |
| Robert Correia | January 3, 1939 | |
| Nicholas Costello | 1935 | |
| James J. Craven Jr. | March 24, 1919 | |
| Michael C. Creedon | November 3, 1946 | |
| John F. Cusack | October 5, 1937 | |
| Charles Decas | October 5, 1937 | |
| Walter DeFilippi | October 3, 1926 | |
| A. Joseph DeNucci | August 30, 1939 | |
| Salvatore DiMasi | August 11, 1945 | |
| Stephen W. Doran | March 26, 1956 | |
| Charles Robert Doyle | September 24, 1925 | |
| John R. Driscoll | May 9, 1924 | |
| Dennis J. Duffin | November 24, 1930 | |
| Frank Emilio (politician) | August 31, 1935 | |
| Thomas Francis Fallon | December 4, 1929 | |
| John J. Finnegan | July 21, 1938 | |
| Thomas Finneran | January 2, 1950 | |
| Kevin W. Fitzgerald | 1950 | |
| Charles Flaherty (politician) | October 13, 1938 | |
| Michael F. Flaherty Sr. | September 6, 1936 | |
| William J. Flynn Jr. | 1933 | |
| Peter Forman | April 28, 1958 | |
| Bruce N. Freeman | March 4, 1921 | |
| Thomas M. Gallagher | October 26, 1948 | |
| William F. Galvin | September 17, 1950 | |
| Mary Jane Gibson | February 7, 1933 | |
| William Glodis | April 6, 1934 | |
| Roger R. Goyette | January 22, 1925 | |
| Saundra Graham | September 5, 1941 | |
| Barbara Gray | October 11, 1926 | |
| John Gray | January 12, 1956 | |
| Haden Greenhalgh | January 16, 1931 | |
| Henry Grenier | December 9, 1924 | |
| James T. Harrington | June 9, 1949 | |
| Jonathan Healy | October 10, 1945 | |
| Joseph N. Hermann | June 8, 1924 | |
| Lucile Hicks | May 11, 1938 | |
| Iris Holland | September 30, 1920 | |
| Robert L. Howarth | 1942 | |
| Marie Elizabeth Howe | June 13, 1939 | |
| Philip W. Johnston | July 21, 1944 | |
| Raymond A. Jordan Jr. | May 5, 1943 | |
| Stephen Karol | 1948 | |
| Bill Keating (politician) | September 6, 1952 | |
| Mel King | October 20, 1928 | |
| Paul Kollios | February 24, 1936 | |
| Raymond M. LaFontaine | May 18, 1927 | |
| Nickolas Lambros | January 9, 1933 | |
| Denis Lawrence | 1940 | |
| Mark E. Lawton | July 26, 1949 | |
| Edward LeLacheur | June 1, 1925 | |
| Kenneth M. Lemanski | January 27, 1954 | |
| Leon Lombardi | April 16, 1949 | |
| Michael J. Lombardi | May 27, 1917 | |
| John Loring | 1926 | |
| Thomas R. Lussier | April 5, 1957 | |
| Thomas K. Lynch | April 30, 1946 | |
| Charles Mann | April 27, 1935 | |
| Frank J. Matrango | July 19, 1926 | |
| Thomas W. McGee | May 24, 1924 | |
| Michael J. McGlynn | April 23, 1953 | |
| Arthur James McKenna | October 29, 1914 | |
| Charles F. McNally | April 3, 1929 | |
| John C. McNeil | June 8, 1945 | |
| Robert D. McNeil | December 16, 1930 | |
| Joan Menard | September 6, 1935 | |
| Jim Miceli | March 25, 1935 | |
| Alfred A. Minahan Jr. | September 14, 1953 | |
| F. John Monahan | July 3, 1943 | |
| Richard T. Moore | August 7, 1943 | |
| William E. Moriarty | October 4, 1923 | |
| William D. Mullins | August 13, 1931 | |
| John E. Murphy Jr. | April 3, 1943 | |
| Mary Jeanette Murray | December 24, 1924 | |
| William P. Nagle Jr. | June 10, 1951 | |
| Andrew Natsios | September 22, 1949 | |
| Joseph M. Navin | May 19, 1946 | |
| David R. Nelson (politician) | December 14, 1937 | |
| Lou Nickinello | September 8, 1940 | |
| Thomas C. Norton | December 11, 1934 | |
| Nicholas Paleologos | March 9, 1953 | |
| Marie Parente | May 22, 1928 | |
| Angelo Picucci | April 12, 1915 | |
| Steven Pierce | October 10, 1949 | |
| Vincent J. Piro | 1931 | |
| Kevin Poirier | July 7, 1940 | |
| Daniel F. Pokaski | June 26, 1949 | |
| Michael J. Rea Jr. | July 23, 1940 | |
| William G. Robinson | March 10, 1926 | |
| Andrew J. Rogers Jr. | May 6, 1944 | |
| Robert J. Rohan | August 15, 1921 | |
| Timothy M. Rourke | October 21, 1952 | |
| J. Michael Ruane | December 10, 1927 | |
| Alfred E. Saggese Jr. | November 21, 1946 | |
| Sherman Saltmarsh | April 27, 1929 | |
| Angelo Scaccia | September 29, 1942 | |
| Joseph Scelsi | June 4, 1915 | |
| Susan Schur | February 27, 1940 | |
| Anthony M. Scibelli | October 16, 1911 | |
| Emanuel Serra | June 12, 1945 | |
| Richard R. Silva | March 13, 1922 | |
| Walter Silveira Jr. | June 15, 1934 | |
| Charles Silvia | February 18, 1945 | |
| Theodore C. Speliotis | August 20, 1953 | |
| Gregory W. Sullivan | January 29, 1952 | |
| Royall H. Switzler | September 27, 1938 | |
| Roger Tougas | January 9, 1927 | |
| Peter Trombley | September 16, 1948 | |
| Thomas J. Vallely | January 6, 1950 | |
| Robert A. Vigneau | November 4, 1920 | |
| Richard Voke | December 2, 1947 | |
| Richard L. Walsh | July 26, 1948 | |
| Bruce E. Wetherbee | September 1, 1950 | |
| W. Paul White | July 7, 1945 | |
| Thomas P. White | August 27, 1950 | |
| A. James Whitney | April 15, 1943 | |
| Francis H. Woodward | March 17, 1939 | |