Elizabeth Poirier

{{Short description|American politician (born 1942)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox officeholder | image = File:2003 Elizabeth Poirier Massachusetts House of Representatives.png | image_size = 150px | name = Elizabeth Poirier | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1942|10|27}} | birth_place = [[Boston, Massachusetts]] | death_date = | death_place = | resting_place = | website = | occupation = Politician | party = [[Republican Party (United States)|Republican]] | spouse = Kevin Poirier | alma_mater = [[Johnson & Wales University]] | title = Member of the<br>[[Massachusetts House of Representatives]]<br>from the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives' 14th Bristol district|14th Bristol]] district | term_start = 1999 | term_end = January 2021 | predecessor = [[Kevin Poirier]] | successor = [[Adam Scanlon]] }}

'''Elizabeth Poirier''' (born October 27, 1942, in [[Boston, Massachusetts]]<ref>{{cite book |title=2001–2002 Public Officers of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts |url=https://archive.org/stream/publicofficersof20012002bost#page/196/mode/2up }}</ref>) is an American politician who represented the 14th Bristol district in the [[Massachusetts House of Representatives]] until 2021, and was the current Third Assistant House Minority Leader. She succeeded her husband [[Kevin Poirier]], who resigned to become director of development at [[Sturdy Memorial Hospital]].<ref>{{cite news |author=Elisa Crouch |title=Poirier resigns; wife to run in special election |url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/39265265.html?dids=39265265:39265265&FMT=ABS&FMTS |work=The Providence Journal |date=February 24, 1999 |access-date=2011-02-12 |archive-date=2011-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110629014150/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/projo/access/39265265.html?dids=39265265:39265265&FMT=ABS&FMTS |url-status=dead }}</ref> She announced in March 2020 that she would not seek another term in that year's election.<ref>{{Cite web|first=Tom|last=Reilly|title=Veteran North Attleboro state representative Poirier won't run again|url=https://www.thesunchronicle.com/news/local_news/veteran-north-attleboro-state-representative-poirier-wont-run-again/article_26a5489f-a800-5d1c-a659-074bfbd4600b.html|access-date=2020-09-03|website=The Sun Chronicle|language=en}}</ref>

==See also== * [[2019–2020 Massachusetts legislature]]

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