Maine State Auditor

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The Maine State Auditor is a statutory state executive position in the government of the U.S. state of Maine.[1] According to the Office of the State Auditor's webpage, the primary purpose of the position is "to audit the financial statements of the State of Maine and expenditures of federal programs".

The Office of State Auditor was created in 1883 to examine the accounts held by the Maine State Treasurer. Originally a three-member committee, the single State Auditor position was created in 1907.[2] State Auditors are elected by the Maine Legislature for a term of four years and each Auditor is limited to two four-year terms.

Qualifications[]

According to statute, the State Auditor "..shall be a certified public accountant or a college graduate with not less than 6 years of experience as a professional accountant or auditor, including not less than 5 years of auditing experience, of which not less than 4 years shall have been in a supervisory capacity".[3]

List of Maine State Auditors[1][]

Name Took Office Left Office Party
1907 1911 Republican
Lamont A. Stevens 1911 1913 Democratic
T.F. Callahan 1913 1915 Democratic
1915 1917 --
1917 1922 --
1922 1940 Republican
1940 1945 Republican
1945 1957 Republican
1957 1965 Republican
Armand G. Sansoucy 1965 1969 Democratic
Michael A. Napolitano 1969 1970 Democratic
1970 1972 Democratic
1972 1976 Democratic
1976 1977 Democratic
June 30, 1977 1985 Democratic
1985 March 27, 1987 Democratic
Rodney L. Scribner 1987 1997 Democratic
Gail M. Chase 1997 2005 Democratic
Neria Douglass 2005 2012 Democratic
Pola Buckley 2013 2020 Democratic
Matthew Dunlap 2021 present Democratic

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b "Maine State Auditors, 1907-". Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library. Archived from the original on 28 December 2014. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  2. ^ "Department of Audit : Home Page". Maine. Retrieved 28 December 2014.
  3. ^ "Title 5, §241: State Auditor; salary". Retrieved 28 December 2014.
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