Michael F. Flaherty, Sr. (born September 6, 1936) is a former member of the Massachusetts House of Representatives and former associate justice of the Boston Municipal Court. A South Boston Democrat, he represented the 4th Suffolk district from 1967 to 1991. He was appointed to the Boston Municipal Court by Governor Jane M. Swift in July 2001, and retired in 2006. He is a former attorney who graduated from Boston College and the New England School of Law. He is the father of Michael F.