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Dan Gwadosky

Member of the Maine House of Representatives
In office 1978–1995

Dan A. Gwadosky (February 16, 1954 – August 10, 2011) was an American politician from Maine. A Democrat, Gwadosky was first elected to the Maine House of Representatives in 1978 at the age of 23 and served there for 18 years as well as 8 years as Secretary of State of Maine from 1997 to 2005. Beginning in 2005, Gwadosky was appointed Director of the Bureau of Alcoholic Beverages and Lottery Operations. He was Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives from 1994 to 1996.

Personal and education

Gwadosky was born in Waterville, Maine and grew up in nearby Fairfield, Maine, where he attended Lawrence High School. He earned a B.S. in Management and a M.A. in Computer Technology from Thomas College in Waterville. He was married to Cheryl Norton, who works for Sappi fine paper in Skowhegan.They have two children and lived in Augusta. Gwadosky died in August 2011 of pancreatic cancer.

References

^ Former Secretary of State Dan Gwadosky dies at 57 Portland Press Herald, August 11, 2011
https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=193664
https://lldc.mainelegislature.org/Open/LegRec/
^ Bureau Director Archived 2011-05-14 at the Wayback Machine Maine.gov
L'Hommediu, Andrea (January 18, 2002). "Interview with Dan Gwadosky" (PDF). Retrieved 2 July 2013.
"Kennebec Journal and Morning Sentinel".

Maine House of Representatives
Preceded byThomas M. Teague	Member of the Maine House of Representatives from the 94th district 1978–1984	Succeeded byLeland C. Davis, Jr
Preceded byNathaniel J. Crowley Sr.	Member of the Maine House of Representatives from the 99th district 1984–1994	Succeeded byRuth Joseph
Preceded byLouise Townsend	Member of the Maine House of Representatives from the 101st district 1994–1996	Succeeded byPaul L. Tessier
Political offices
Preceded byJohn L. Martin	Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives 1994–1996	Succeeded byLibby Mitchell
Preceded byWilliam Diamond	Secretary of State of Maine 1997–2004	Succeeded byMatthew Dunlap

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