Senate District 35
Mark Lawrence
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Senator Mark Lawrence served as President of the Maine Senate from 1997 to 2000.
Senate District 35
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Maine Legislature backs Sen. Lawrence bill to strengthen access to clean water
AUGUSTA — Today, the Maine Senate passed a bill sponsored by Sen. Mark W. Lawrence, D-Eliot, to strengthen access to clean water by allowing the Public Utilities Commission to approve a rate change if it determines that the proposal is a cost-effective way to keep water affordable for low-income...
Sen. Lawrence celebrates Community Action Grants awarded to South Berwick, Ogunquit and York
AUGUSTA — Senator Mark W. Lawrence, D-Eliot, today announced that communities in Senate District 35 are recipients of a Community Action Grant award from the Community Resilience Partnership. The partnership is administered by the Governor's Office of Policy Innovation and the Future to help...
Senator Mark Lawrence is serving his eleventh nonconsecutive term in the Maine Senate, representing District 35, which includes the towns of Eliot, Kittery, Ogunquit, South Berwick and York.
Senator Lawrence is a practicing attorney from Southern Maine, with a distinguished career in public service. He was first elected to the Maine House of Representatives during his second year of law school, where he served from 1988 to 1992. He then served four terms in the Maine Senate from 1992 to 2000 and was elected President of the Maine Senate for his final two terms.
Following his career in the Legislature, Mark served as York County District Attorney from 2003 to 2010 before reopening a private practice in South Berwick.
Aside from his legal work, he is an active member of his community. Mark is one of the founding members of the Laudholm Trust in Wells and has worked to secure funding for Land for Maine’s Future. He lives in Eliot with his wife, Tina, and is a proud father to Céline and Hayley.
Education
- J.D., University of Maine Law School
- Bachelor’s Degree, Bowdoin College
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