The Maine state auditor is a statutory state executive position in the government of the U.S. state of Maine. 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".
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. 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".
List of Maine state auditors Name Took office Left office Party Charles P. Hatch 19071911Republican Lamont A. Stevens 19111913Democratic T.F. Callahan 19131915 Republican J. Edward Sullivan 19151917 Democratic Roy L. Wardwell 19171922 Republican Elbert D. Hayford 19221940 Republican William D. Hayes 19401945 Republican Fred M. Berry 19451957 Republican Michael A. Napolitano 19571965 Republican Armand G. Sansoucy 19651969 Democratic Michael A. Napolitano 19691970 Republican William Otterbein 19701972 Republican Raymond M. Rideout Jr. 19721976 Republican Rodney L. Scribner 1976June 10, 1977 Democratic George J. Rainville June 30, 19771985 Democratic Robert W. Norton 1985March 27, 1987 Democratic Rodney L. Scribner 19871997 Democratic Gail M. Chase 19972005 Democratic Neria Douglass 20052012 Democratic Pola Buckley 20132020Democratic Matthew Dunlap January 2021October 2021Democratic Jacob Norton October 2021November 2022 Matthew Dunlap 2022PresentDemocratic
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