Jerome 'Jerry' G. Plante (born January 8, 1935) is an American politician from

Maine Maine () is a state in the New England and Northeastern regions of the United States. It borders New Hampshire to the west, the Gulf of Maine to the southeast, and the Canadian provinces of New Brunswick and Quebec to the northeast and north ...

. Plante, a

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from

Old Orchard Beach Old Orchard Beach is a resort town and census-designated place (CDP) in York County, Maine, United States. The population was 8,960 at the 2020 census. It is part of the Portland− South Portland−Biddeford, Maine Metropolitan Statistical Are ...

, served in the

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from 1957 to 1964. Plante served as Assistant Minority Leader during his 2nd and 3rd terms in the Maine House (1959–1960; 1961–1962) and as Minority Leader during his 4th and final term (1963–1964). After leaving the legislature, Plante served on the staff of U.S. Congressman

Peter Kyros Peter Nicholas Kyros (July 11, 1925 – July 10, 2012) was an American attorney, politician, and lobbyist who served as a Democratic Party (United States), Democratic United States House of Representatives, U.S. representative from Maine from 19 ...

for four terms (1967–75). He later served as town manager of Old Orchard Beach from 1975 to 1990. He also served on the RSU 23 School Committee and on The Ballpark Commission. In 2021, he was inducted into the Maine Franco-American Hall of Fame.

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