Office Overview
- Office: Massachusetts State Representative, 19th Suffolk
- Government Level: State
- Jurisdiction: Massachusetts
- District: 19th Suffolk
- Status: Former
- Selection Method: elected
- Leadership Role: Speaker of the House, 2009–December 29th, 2020 at 6:00 P.M.
- Term Following the 2020 Election: Scheduled for January 2021–January 2023; not served after the December 2020 resignation (statutory schedule; actual service may differ)
- Service Began: Not Verified
- First Documented Selection for This District: 1994 general election
- Term Following the 1994 Election: January 1995–January 1997 (statutory schedule; actual service may differ)
- Last Election for This Office: 2020 general election; 13,898 votes
- Service Ended: December 29th, 2020 at 6:00 P.M.
- Party: Democratic
Public Office Contact
This Page records historical service. Historical office contact details have not been verified; the official resources below provide institutional information.
Official Resources
Sources and Verification
Last Reviewed: October 18th, 2026
Jurisdiction Artwork Credit: Official jurisdictional seal from the existing governed MPD media package; Jurisdiction artwork; not a photograph of the officeholder
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- Representative Robert A. DeLeo biography — Profile heading; Public Service; Speaker references
- House Journal, December 28, 2020 — Printed pages 2–3, resignation letter dated December 28th, 2020
- PD43+ Robert A. DeLeo candidate profile — 2020 19th Suffolk State Representative general election result
- Massachusetts Constitution, Article LXIV, section 1 — Article LXIV, section 1, lines 972–979
- 1992 State Representative General Election, 20th Suffolk District — Election title/district; DeLeo 13,474; observed on 2026-10-18
- 1994 State Representative General Election, 19th Suffolk District — Election title, district, and result table; DeLeo 10,807 votes
- Representative Robert A. DeLeo biography — Biography and Education & Public Service; identifies 19th Suffolk since 1991 and elected 1990; claim conflicts with district rows
- 2020 State Representative General Election, 19th Suffolk District — Direct election result; DeLeo reelected for 19th Suffolk
- House Journal, Dec. 28, 2020 — DeLeo resignation effective Dec. 29, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.
- Jurisdiction Artwork source
- Leadership Role: Official biography gives Speaker beginning 2009; House Journal gives resignation effective date.
- Term Following the 2020 Election: The scheduled period is not actual service. The resignation preceded the new term.
- Service Began: The General Court biography applies 19th Suffolk to service since 1991; the 1992 election return says 20th Suffolk and the 1994 return says 19th Suffolk. No individual first-service/oath record was retrieved.
- Term Following the 1994 Election: This follows the 1994 election and constitutional House-term schedule, rather than an independently verified personal oath date.
- Last Election for This Office: DeLeo resigned before the term following the 2020 election began.