About
Rep. Martin
Born, raised and educated in Maine, John L. Martin was
first elected to the House of Representatives in 1964, served an
unprecedented ten terms as Speaker of the House. From 2000-2008 John was
a member of the
Maine State Senate and served on the Joint Standing Committees
on Appropriations and Financial Services, Natural Resources, and the Health
and Human Services.
He was reelected to the Maine House in November of 2008.
An assistant professor of Political Science and Government at the
University of Maine at Fort Kent and a member of the New England Political
Science Association and the American Academy of Political Science, John
also served as President of the National Conference of State Legislatures
from 1990-1991. He was Chairman of the State-Federal Assembly of NCSL in
1985-86, Vice Chair of NCSL's Budget, Fiscal & Rules Committee in 1986-87,
and Chair of the Task Force on Reapportionment in 1987-1988.
In addition, he was a member of the Board of the Foundation for
State Legislatures and was Vice Chair of the Regional Executive Committee
of the Democratic State Legislative Leaders Association. In 1990, he was
elected Chair of the State Democratic Leaders Association and served on
both the Democratic National Committee and the Executive Committee of the
Democratic National Committee. He was President of the State Legislative
Leaders Foundation from 1979 to 1982 and Chairman of the New England Caucus
of State Legislatures in 1982 and 1983.
From 1970-72 he was Chairman of the Land Use Regulation Commission
and was also Chairman of the Intergovernmental Relations Commission
in 1969. John Martin's other activities include serving as Treasurer
of Northern Maine General Hospital, a non-profit organization which operates
the Mercy Home a nursing home in Eagle Lake, and St. Francis House.
He is also the president of Ambulance Services Inc, as well as President of Fish
Ruix Health Centers.
To view high resolution photos of Rep. John Martin click
here.
News
| January 13, 2012 | Reps. Martin and Theriault announce College Goal Sunday program
| | January 3, 2012 | Democrats say LePage uses frail seniors as political pawns in budget
LePage Administration concedes $60 million in assisted living facility cuts not required
| | December 13, 2011 | Lawmakers scrutinize LePage’s budget shortfall
Democrats say shortfall based on miscalculations not increases in MaineCare enrollment
| | October 12, 2011 | Rural health care costs spike
New Republican law proving bad for rural businesses
| | September 23, 2011 | Republicans set stage to ram through radical new Congressional map
Maine GOP to ignore public, law for national political gain
| | August 30, 2011 | Special commission gives majority support to Democratic Congressional map
Plan advances to Legislature, must earn two-thirds support
| | August 23, 2011 | Public overwhelmingly rejects radical Republican plan
Compromise, simple solution urged during public hearing
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Committees
Rep. Martin serves as House chair of the Joint Select Committee on Joint
Rules and is a member
on the Joint Standing Committe on Appropriations
and Financial
Affairs.
For more information about the schedule of committee hearings or to sign
up for advance notice of public hearings click
here.
Issues
You can learn more about what the House Democrats are doing for
Maine by clicking
here. And I'd like to hear what you think -- please Contact
Me.
Legislation
Click on the button below to see all bills, joint resolutions
and orders I sponsored or cosponsored this session, as well as
legislative sentiments that honor and recognize people from our
district and throughout the state.
To do a general bill search, click
here.
Contact Me
Thank you for taking time to contact me. You may use the online
Contact Form to reach
me.
You can also contact me at my home:
PO Box 250
Eagle Lake, ME 04739
Home tel: (207) 444-5556
When the Legislature is in session, you can leave
a message for me by calling the State House Message
Phone: (800) 423-2900 or the State House TTY Line:
(207) 287-4469.
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