Barry J. Hobbins (born May 17, 1951) is an American lawyer, politician and is the current Public Advocate of Maine. A Democrat, he served in the
Maine House of Representatives
The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature. The House consists of 151 voting members and three nonvoting members. The voting members represent an equal number of districts across the state and are elected via p ...
, representing part of
Saco. As a State Senator, he represented several towns in York County, including Buxton, Dayton, Old Orchard Beach as well as Saco.
His election to the Maine House in 2012 came after serving for 8 consecutive years in the
Maine Senate (2004-2012). From 2010 to 2012, Hobbins served as the Minority Leader of the Maine Senate.
Hobbins is a practicing attorney and law-firm partner in Saco. From 1988 to 2007, Hobbins served on the
University of New England Board of Trustees.
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Biography
Hobbins was first elected to the 106th legislature in 1972 at the age of 21. In 1973, he earned a BA from the University of Maine
The University of Maine (UMaine or UMO) is a Public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university in Orono, Maine. It was established in 1865 as the land-grant college of Maine and is the Flagship universities, flagshi ...
and, in 1977, a JD from Franklin Pierce Law Center. Hobbins was elected as a State Senator in 2004 and began his third term in 2010.
As an attorney, Hobbins served as chair of the Judiciary Committee in the State Senate and a member of the Utility and Energy Committee.[Leader Barry Hobbins]
Maine Senate
In April 2017, Hobbins was nominated by Gov. Paul LePage to serve as the State of Maine's next utility ratepayer advocate.[Fishell, Darren, "LePage picks old-school Democrat as next state utilities watchdog," Bangor Daily News, April 14, 2017.]
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References
External links
Our Campaigns Page on Barry Hobbins
1951 births
Living people
People from Saco, Maine
Maine lawyers
Democratic Party members of the Maine House of Representatives
Minority leaders of the Maine Senate
University of Maine alumni
University of New Hampshire School of Law alumni
21st-century American politicians
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