Joint Standing Committees
118th Maine Legislature
as of August 18, 1998
Agriculture, Conservation and Forestry
Senate Marge L. Kilkelly, Chair (D-Lincoln)
Judy Paradis (D-Aroostook)
R. Leo Kieffer (R-Aroostook)
House George H. Bunker, Jr., Chair (D-Kossuth Township)
Roland B. Samson (D-Jay)
David C. Shiah (D-Bowdoinham)
Paul Volenik (D-Brooklin)
Linda Rogers McKee (D-Wayne)
Sharon Libby Jones (D-Greenville)
Ruel P. Cross (R-Dover-Foxcroft)*
Edward L. Dexter (R-Kingfield)
Walter R. Gooley (R-Farmington)
Priscilla Lane (R-Enfield)
Appropriations and Financial Affairs
Senate Michael H. Michaud, Chair (D-Penobscot)
John J. Cleveland (D-Androscoggin)
Richard A. Bennett (R-Oxford)
House George J. Kerr, Chair (D-Old Orchard Beach)
Thomas E. Poulin (D-Oakland)
Elizabeth Townsend (D-Portland)
Kathleen Alicia Stevens (D-Orono)
Randall L. Berry (D-Livermore)
Patricia Lemaire (D-Lewiston)
David N. Ott (R-York)*
Richard Kneeland (R-Easton)
Jean Ginn Marvin (R-Cape Elizabeth)
Tom J. Winsor (R-Norway)
Banking and Insurance
Senate Lloyd P. LaFountain III, Chair (D-York)
Robert E. Murray, Jr. (D-Penobscot)
I. Joel Abromson (R-Cumberland)
House Jane W. Saxl, Chair (D-Bangor)
Julie Winn (D-Glenburn)
Thomas M. Davidson (D-Brunswick)
Christopher P. O'Neil (D-Saco)
Joseph C. Perry (D-Bangor)
Stephen S. Stanley (D-Medway)
Joseph G. Carleton, Jr. (R-Wells)*
Sumner A. Jones, Jr. (R-Pittsfield)
Arthur F. Mayo III (R-Bath)
Joseph Bruno (R-Raymond)
Business and Economic Development
Senate John T. Jenkins, Chair (D-Androscoggin)
Anne M. Rand (D-Cumberland)
Bruce W. MacKinnon (R-York)
House Marc J. Vigue, Chair (D-Winslow)
Rosaire J. Sirois (D-Caribou)
Richard R. Farnsworth (D-Portland)
Thomas P. Shannon (D-Lewiston)
Thomas J. Wright (D-Berwick)
Robert A. Cameron (R-Rumford)*
Thomas W. Murphy, Jr. (R-Kennebunk)
William E. Bodwell II (R-Brunswick)
Jay MacDougall (R-North Berwick)
Adam Mack (R-Standish)
Criminal Justice
Senate Robert E. Murray, Jr., Chair (D-Penobscot)
William B. O'Gara (D-Cumberland)
Betty Lou Mitchell (R-Penobscot)
House Edward J. Povich, Chair (D-Ellsworth)
George H. Bunker, Jr. (D-Kossuth Township)
Roger D. Frechette (D-Biddeford)
Sharon Libby Jones (D-Greenville)
Christopher T. Muse (D-South Portland)
Michael J. McAlevey (R-Waterboro)*
Judith B. Peavey (R-Woolwich)
Edgar Wheeler (R-Bridgewater)
Julie Ann O'Brien (R-Augusta)
James H. Tobin, Jr. (R-Dexter)
Education and Cultural Affairs
Senate Peggy A. Pendleton, Chair (D-Cumberland)
Mary R. Cathcart (D-Penobscot)
Mary E. Small (R-Sagadahoc)
House Shirley K. Richard, Chair (D-Madison)
Michael F. Brennan (D-Portland)
Mabel J. Desmond (D-Mapleton)
James G. Skoglund (D-St. George)
Elizabeth Watson (D-Farmingdale)
Christina L. Baker (D-Bangor)
Alvin L. Barth, Jr. (R-Bethel)*
Rodney W. McElroy (R-Unity)
Vaughn A. Stedman (R-Hartland)
Irvin G. Belanger (R-Caribou)
Health and Human Services
Senate Judy Paradis, Chair (D-Aroostook)
Susan W. Longley (D-Waldo)
Betty Lou Mitchell (R-Penobscot)
House Carol A. Kontos, Chair (D-Windham)
Joseph E. Brooks (D-Winterport)
Elaine Fuller (D-Manchester)
Thomas J. Kane (D-Saco)
Wendy Pieh (D-Bremen)
Michael W. Quint (D-Portland)
Glenys P. Lovett (R-Scarborough)*
Jeffery G. Joyner (R-Hollis)
Tarren R. Bragdon (R-Bangor)
Lois A. Snowe-Mello (R-Poland)
Inland Fisheries and Wildlife
Senate Marge L. Kilkelly, Chair (D-Lincoln)
Richard P. Ruhlin (D-Penobscot)
Stephen E. Hall (R-Piscataquis)
House Norman R. Paul, Chair (D-Sanford)
Ronald E. Usher (D-Westbrook)
Joseph E. Clark (D-Millinocket)
Matthew Dunlap (D-Old Town)
Albion D. Goodwin (D-Pembroke)
Royce W. Perkins (R-Penobscot)*
Howard A. Chick (R-Lebanon)
John H. Underwood (R-Mechanic Falls)
Ruel P. Cross (R-Dover-Foxcroft)
Harry G. True (R-Fryeburg)
Donna M. Loring (Penobscot Nation)
Judiciary
Senate Susan W. Longley, Chair (D-Waldo)
Lloyd P. LaFountain III (D-York)
John W. Benoit (R-Franklin)
House Richard H. Thompson, Chair (D-Naples)
Elizabeth Watson (D-Farmingdale)
David Etnier (D-Harpswell)
Joseph M. Jabar, Sr. (D-Waterville)
Richard H. Mailhot (D-Lewiston)
Judith A. Powers (D-Rockport)
Debra D. Plowman (R-Hampden)*
David R. Madore (R-Augusta)
Richard A. Nass (R-Acton)
G. Paul Waterhouse (R-Bridgton)
Labor
Senate Mary R. Cathcart, Chair (D-Penobscot)
Sharon Anglin Treat (D-Kennebec)
S. Peter Mills (R-Somerset)
House Pamela Henderson Hatch, Chair (D-Skowhegan)
Roland B. Samson (D-Jay)
Brian Bolduc (D-Auburn)
Joseph E. Clark (D-Millinocket)
Benjamin L. Rines, Jr. (D-Wiscasset)
Stephen S. Stanley (D-Medway)
Robert E. Pendleton, Jr. (R-Scarborough)*
Steven M. Joyce (R-Biddeford)
Russell P. Treadwell (R-Carmel)
James D. Layton (R-Cherryfield)
Legal and Veterans Affairs
Senate Beverly C. Daggett, Chair (D-Kennebec)
Richard J. Carey (D-Kennebec)
Norman K. Ferguson, Jr. (R-Oxford)
House John L. Tuttle, Jr., Chair (D-Sanford)
Albert P. Gamache (D-Lewiston)
Nancy L. Chizmar (D-Lisbon)
Charles D. Fisher (D-Brewer)
Rosita Gagne (D-Buckfield)
Paul L. Tessier (D-Fairfield)
Harry G. True (R-Fryeburg)*
Janice E. Labrecque (R-Gorham)
Joseph H. Bigl (R-Bucksport)
Duane J. Belanger (R-Wallagrass)
Marine Resources
Senate Jill M. Goldthwait, Chair (I-Hancock)
Peggy A. Pendleton (D-Cumberland)
Bruce W. MacKinnon (R-York)
House David Etnier, Chair (D-Harpswell)
Paul Volenik (D-Brooklin)
Martha A. Bagley (D-Machias)
Albion D. Goodwin (D-Pembroke)
Wendy Pieh (D-Bremen)
William D. Pinkham (R-Lamoine)*
James D. Layton (R-Cherryfield)
Royce W. Perkins (R-Penobscot)
Kenneth A. Honey (R-Boothbay)
Reginald G. Pinkham (R-Brunswick)
Frederick J. Moore III (Passamaquoddy Tribe)
Natural Resources
Senate Sharon Anglin Treat, Chair (D-Kennebec)
John M. Nutting (D-Androscoggin)
Jeffrey H. Butland (R-Cumberland)
House G. Steven Rowe, Chair (D-Portland)
David C. Shiah (D-Bowdoinham)
Thomas Bull (D-Freeport)
Scott W. Cowger (D-Hallowell)
Linda Rogers McKee (D-Wayne)
Bruce S. Bryant (D-Dixfield)
Edward L. Dexter (R-Kingfield)*
Roy I. Nickerson (R-Turner)
June C. Meres (R-Norridgewock)
Clifton Foster (R-Gray)
State and Local Government
Senate John M. Nutting, Chair (D-Androscoggin)
Jill M. Goldthwait (I-Hancock)
James D. Libby (R-York)
House Douglas J. Ahearne, Chair (D-Madawaska)
William Lemke (D-Westbrook)
Lucien A. Dutremble (D-Biddeford)
Martha A. Bagley (D-Machias)
Laura Sanborn (D-Alton)
F. Thomas Gieringer, Jr. (R-Portland)*
Randall L. Bumps (R-China)
Robert F. Fisk, Jr. (R-Falmouth)
Susan Kasprzak (R-Newport)
Belinda A. Gerry (I-Auburn)
Taxation
Senate Richard P. Ruhlin, Chair (D-Penobscot)
Beverly C. Daggett (D-Kennebec)
S. Peter Mills (R-Somerset)
House Verdi L. Tripp, Chair (D-Topsham)
John L. Tuttle, Jr. (D-Sanford)
Bonnie Green (D-Monmouth)
G. Steven Rowe (D-Portland)
Kenneth T. Gagnon (D-Waterville)
Alton E. Morgan (D-South Portland)
Robert W. Spear (R-Nobleboro)*
Kenneth F. Lemont (R-Kittery)
John T. Buck (R-Yarmouth)
Peter E. Cianchette (R-South Portland)
Transportation
Senate William B. O'Gara, Chair (D-Cumberland)
John T. Jenkins (D-Androscoggin)
Vinton E. Cassidy (R-Washington)
House Joseph D. Driscoll, Chair (D-Calais)
Gerald N. Bouffard (D-Lewiston)
Paul Chartrand (D-Rockland)
Charles D. Fisher (D-Brewer)
Gary J. Wheeler (D-Eliot)
David A. Lindahl (R-Northport)*
Dean F. Clukey (R-Houlton)
Steven M. Joyce (R-Biddeford)
Christine R. Savage (R-Union)
Robert J. Winglass (R-Auburn)
Utilities and Energy
Senate Richard J. Carey, Chair (D-Kennebec)
John J. Cleveland (D-Androscoggin)
Philip E. Harriman (R-Cumberland)
House Kyle W. Jones, Chair (D-Bar Harbor)
Carol A. Kontos (D-Windham)
Ronald E. Usher (D-Westbrook)
Gary O'Neal (D-Limestone)
Patrick Colwell (D-Gardiner)
Charles C. LaVerdiere (D-Wilton)
Joseph B. Taylor (R-Cumberland)*
Henry L. Joy (R-Crystal)
Donald P. Berry, Sr. (R-Belmont)
John W. Vedral III (R-Buxton)
*Ranking Republican Member
From Joseph W. Mayo, Clerk of the House of the 118th Legislature
Joy J. O'Brien, Secretary of the Senate of the 118th Legislature