Maine State Auditor

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Maine State Auditor
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Incumbent
Matthew Dunlap
since November 14, 2022
First holder Charles P. Hatch
Website www.maine.gov/audit/

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".

Contents

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

Name [1] Took officeLeft officeParty
Charles P. Hatch 19071911Republican
Lamont A. Stevens 19111913Democratic
T.F. Callahan 19131915Democratic
J. Edward Sullivan 19151917--
Roy L. Wardwell 19171922--
Elbert D. Hayford 19221940Republican
William D. Hayes 19401945Republican
Fred M. Berry 19451957Republican
Michael A. Napolitano 19571965Republican
Armand G. Sansoucy 19651969Democratic
Michael A. Napolitano19691970Democratic
William Otterbein 19701972Democratic
Raymond M. Rideout Jr. 19721976Democratic
Rodney L. Scribner 19761977Democratic
George J. Rainville June 30, 19771985Democratic
Robert W. Norton 1985March 27, 1987Democratic
Rodney L. Scribner19871997Democratic
Gail M. Chase 19972005Democratic
Neria Douglass 20052012Democratic
Pola Buckley 20132020Democratic
Matthew Dunlap January 2021October 2021Democratic
Jacob Norton October 2021November 2022
Matthew Dunlap 2022PresentDemocratic

References

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