William Diamond

Bill Diamond
Member of the Maine Senate
In office
December 3, 2014 – December 7, 2022
Preceded byRodney Whittemore
Succeeded byTimothy Nangle
Constituency26th district
In office
December 2004 – December 2012
Succeeded byGary Plummer
Constituency12th district
45th Secretary of State of Maine
In office
1989–1996
GovernorJohn R. McKernan Jr.
Angus King
Preceded byRodney S. Quinn[1]
Succeeded byDan Gwadosky[1]
Personal details
Born1945 (age 78–79)
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseJane Diamond
Alma materUniversity 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.

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