Judy Paradis
Member of the Maine Senate
from the 2nd district
In office
1992–1994
Personal details
Born (1944-01-17) January 17, 1944 (age 80)
St. Agatha, Maine
Political partyDemocratic
ProfessionTeacher

Judy Ayotte Paradis (born January 17, 1944) is an American politician from Maine. From 1986 to 1994, she represented Madawaska, Maine while serving in the Maine Legislature as a member of the Maine House of Representatives (1986-1992) and the Maine Senate (1992-1994). In 1991, she won the Toll Fellowship from the National Council of State Legislatures.[1]

In December 2011, during an event in Northern Aroostook County, Paradis told Governor Paul LePage, "You come off as a bully" during a workshop regarding large cuts to MaineCare proposed by the LePage administration.[2]

Personal

Paradis was born on January 17, 1944, in St. Agatha, Maine of French Canadian parents. Bilingual, she speaks English and Acadian French. She studied French at the University of Maine Fort Kent. She then taught French at Wisdom Middle High School in her hometown and nearby Madawaska High School. She was inducted in the Maine Women's Hall of Fame in 2005.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Judy Ayotte Paradis - University of Maine at Augusta - University of Maine at Augusta". Archived from the original on 30 May 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2013.
  2. ^ "N. Maine audience criticizes LePage's MaineCare cuts". Bangor Daily News. Associated Press. Retrieved 10 March 2013.


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