Bill Diamond | |
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Member of the Maine Senate | |
In office December 3, 2014 – December 7, 2022 | |
Preceded by | Rodney Whittemore |
Succeeded by | Timothy Nangle |
Constituency | 26th district |
In office December 2004 – December 2012 | |
Succeeded by | Gary Plummer |
Constituency | 12th district |
45th Secretary of State of Maine | |
In office 1989–1996 | |
Governor | John R. McKernan Jr. Angus King |
Preceded by | Rodney S. Quinn[1] |
Succeeded by | Dan Gwadosky[1] |
Personal details | |
Born | 1945 (age 78–79) |
Political party | Democratic |
Spouse | Jane Diamond |
Alma mater | University of Southern Maine, Gorham University of New England |
G. William Diamond (born 1945) is an American Democratic politician, educator, small business owner, legislator and former Maine Secretary of State. Diamond currently serves in the Maine Senate representing Senate District 26, which comprises the towns of Windham, Raymond, Standish, Casco, Baldwin and Frye Island.
Diamond served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1977 to 1982, was the Maine Secretary of State from 1989 to 1997, and has served in the Maine Senate from 1982 to 1986, from 2004 to 2012 and from 2018 to the present. He was a teacher in the Windham and Raymond school systems for 18 years and was the superintendent and director of governmental relations for the controversial Élan School in Poland, Maine.