id: ocd-person/bffdb553-5c5c-403e-8e2c-47b34a7b50f5
name: Matthew Dawson
given_name: Matthew
family_name: Dawson
birth_date: 1968-01-12
gender: Male
email: rep-dawson@rilegislature.gov
image: https://www.lynchpine.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/1101520/2020/04/dawson_matthew_s.jpg
party:
- name: Democratic
roles:
- start_date: 2023-01-03
  type: lower
  jurisdiction: ocd-jurisdiction/country:us/state:ri/government
  district: '65'
offices:
- classification: capitol
  address: 82 Smith St., Providence, RI 02903
  voice: 401-222-3580
- classification: district
  address: 40 Channing Ave., East Providence, RI 02915
  voice: 401-258-3660
links:
- url: https://www.rilegislature.gov/representatives/dawson/Pages/Biography.aspx
- url: https://www.rilegislature.gov/representatives/dawsonm/Pages/Biography.aspx
other_names:
- name: Dawson, M.
- name: M. Dawson
- name: M.S. Dawson
- name: Matthew S. Dawson
sources:
- url: https://ballotpedia.org/Matthew_Dawson_(Rhode_Island)
- url: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Matthew_Dawson_(politician)
- url: https://justfacts.votesmart.org/candidate/biography/210030/matthew-dawson
- url: https://webserver.rilin.state.ri.us/Email/RepEmailListDistrict.asp
- url: https://www.linkedin.com/in/matthew-dawson-20b59b45
- url: https://www.lynchpine.com/attorney/dawson-matthew-s
- url: https://www.rilegislature.gov/representatives/dawson/Pages/Biography.aspx
  note: Image Source
- url: https://www.rilegislature.gov/representatives/dawsonm/Pages/Biography.aspx
- url: https://www.rilegislature.gov/SiteAssets/MailingLists/Representatives.xls
- url: https://www.rilegislature.gov/SiteAssets/Representatives.xls
  note: Detail Excel Source
extras:
  City/Town Represented: East Providence