Robert W. Duplessie is an American politician and firefighter from Maine. Duplessie, grew up in North Vassalboro, Maine and graduated from Winslow High School. A Democrat, served from 1998 to 2006 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 ...

, where he represented a portion of Westbrook. During his first two terms, he served on the Natural Resources Committee and during his final two terms, Duplessie served as Assistant Majority Leader of the House of Representatives. He was succeeded in District 125 by fellow Democrat

Ann Peoples Ann Elizabeth Peoples ( Murphy; January 31, 1947 – November 12, 2019) was an American politician from Maine. A Democrat, Peoples was elected for the third time in 2010 to represent part of Westbrook, Cumberland County. She also has served on ...

. Duplessie worked as a firefighter in neighboring Portland for 28 year prior to serving in the Legislature. He was also President of the Professional Fire Fighters of Maine, IAFF, for 15 years and served for 22 years on the Maine AFL-CIO Executive Board. In January 2007, a month after leaving the Legislature, Duplessie was hired by the Maine Department of Conservation as assistant to the commissioner. Now retired on his tree farm in Andover, Maine, he serves on the Mahoosuc Land Trust Board of Directors & chairs the Lands Committee.

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Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Politicians from Westbrook, Maine Democratic Party members of the Maine House of Representatives 20th-century American firefighters Trade unionists from Maine {{Maine-politician-stub