Nelson Madore (born c. 1943; Died December 24,2020) is a

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politician and academic. He was the Mayor of

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from 1999 to 2004, and professor of history, geography and government at Thomas College in Waterville. He retired from Thomas College after 40 years in 2009.

Education and academia

Madore earned his BA in history and government in 1965 from the

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and his MA in history from Maine two years later in 1967. He taught for two years at Penquis Valley High School in Milo, Maine. He began teaching courses at Thomas in 1969. He earned an EdD in Educational Administration from

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in 1982. Madore co-authored and co-edited ''Voyages: A Maine Franco-American Reader'' in 2007. The anthology was noted as "the most important book published in American Studies in 2007" by a reviewer in the Canadian academic journal ''University Affairs'', and it was presented to Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, at a ceremony in Washington, DC, in November 2008.

Local politics

Madore served in various levels of city government in Waterville; his positions included 18 years on the Waterville Board of Education, including 12 as chair. He served as the city's mayor from 1999 to 2004. He was replaced as mayor by businessman Paul LePage. In 2006, Madore was a candidate to be the Democratic nominee for County Commissioner of

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, but lost to Zachary Matthews.Primary Election Results, June 11, 1996
State of Maine

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