Thomas Walsh (Massachusetts politician)

Thomas Walsh
official portrait from second tenure in state house
Member of the
Massachusetts House of Representatives
from the 12th Essex district
Assumed office
2016
Preceded byLeah Cole Allen
In office
1987–1995
Preceded byTheodore C. Speliotis
Succeeded byJohn P. Slattery
Member of the Peabody City Council
In office
2014–2016
In office
1984–1987
Personal details
Born (1960-07-15) July 15, 1960 (age 64)
Salem, Massachusetts
Political partyDemocratic
ResidencePeabody, Massachusetts
Alma materSalem State University (formerly Salem State College)
OccupationAccount Manager
Politician
1987 state house portrait

Thomas P. Walsh (born July 15, 1960 in Salem, Massachusetts) is an American politician who represented the 12th Essex district in the Massachusetts House of Representatives from 1987–1995 and served as a City Councilor in Peabody, Massachusetts from 1984–1987, and was elected to the same office again in 2014.[1] In 2016, he returned to the Massachusetts House of Representatives by winning a special election to replace Leah Cole in the 12th Essex District.[2]

  1. ^ 1993–1994 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts.
  2. ^ "Walsh returns to Beacon Hill". The Salem News. March 3, 2016.