In Re Apportionment of Senate

Supreme Judicial Court of Maine

In Re Apportionment of Senate

287 A.2d 421

CourtSupreme Judicial Court of Maine

DecidedMarch 1, 1972

StatusPublished

Cited by1 cases

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In Re Apportionment of Senate, 287 A.2d 421 (Me. 1972).

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Opinion

ORDER

Whereas the Supreme Judicial Court, the Justices unanimously agreeing thereto, has made the apportionment of the Senate and established the districts for the choice of a Senator from each district by order dated February 1,1972, and

Whereas the Supreme Judicial Court has caused said order together with a “memorandum to accompany senatorial apportionment” and an official map of the senatorial districts to be deposited with the Secretary of State in the office of the Secretary of State,

Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered that a copy of said order, memorandum and map be deposited with the Administrative Assistant to the Chief Justice, kept and recorded as a permanent record of the redistricting of the Senate of Maine pursuant to Section 2 of Part Second of Article IV of the Constitution as amended by Article CX effective November 17, 1969.

Said order, memorandum and map shall be recorded in the Maine Reporter.

For the Court

ARMAND A, DUFRESNE, Jr.

Chief Justice.

Whereas the 105th Legislature failed effectively to perform its assigned constitutional task to “cause the State to be divided into districts for the choice of a Senator from each district” prior to January 1, 1972 pursuant to Section 2 of Part Second of Article IV of the Constitution as amended by Article CX effective November 17, 1969.

Now, therefore, in compliance with the provisions of the Constitution in said Article CX, which read:

“In the event that the Legislature shall fail to make an apportionment, the Supreme Judicial Court shall, within sixty days following the end of the period in which the legislature is required to act, but fails to do so, make the apportionment.

the Supreme Judicial Court, the Justices unanimously agreeing thereto, does hereby make the apportionment by causing the State to be divided into thirty-three districts for the choice of Senators, and does hereby ESTABLISH the following districts for the choice of a Senator from each district:

District Number One, consisting of the municipalities of Eliot, Kittery, North Ber-wick, South Berwick, Wells, and York;

District Number Two, consisting of the municipalities of Arundel, Biddeford, Dayton, Kennebunk, and Kennebunkport;

District Number Three, consisting of the municipalities of Acton, Alfred, Berwick, Cornish, Lebanon, Limerick, Limington, Lyman, Newfield, Parsonfield, Sanford, Shap-leigh, and Waterboro;

District Number Four, consisting of the municipalities of Buxton, Hollis, Old Orchard Beach, and Saco in York County, Scarborough in Cumberland County and *422 that part of the City of South Portland, known as “Sunset Park”, bounded easterly by U. S. Route 1 (Main Street), southerly by the Scarborough-South Portland line, westerly by the Scarborough Connector highway, so-called, and northerly by the turnpike access highway running between Main Street, South Portland, and Maine Turnpike Exit #7;

District Number Five, consisting of the municipalities of Bridgton, Harrison, and Otisfield in Cumberland County, Bethel, Canton, Gilead, Milton Township, Peru, and all other municipalities and unorganized territories in Oxford County lying south of said five above named, except Hebron;

District Number Six, consisting of the municipalities of Baldwin, Casco, Cumberland, Falmouth, Gray, Naples, New Gloucester, North Yarmouth, Pownal, Raymond, Sebago, and Windham;

District Number Seven, consisting of the municipalities of Gorham, Standish, West-brook, and the precinct numbered six-two (6-2), as presently constituted, in the City of Portland;

District Number Eight, consisting of the municipalities of Cape Elizabeth and South Portland, excepting that part of the City of South Portland, known as “Sunset Park”, bounded easterly by U. S. Route 1 (Main Street), southerly by the Scarborough-South Portland line, westerly by the Scarborough Connector highway, so-called, and northerly by the turnpike access highway running between Main Street, South Portland, and Maine Turnpike Exit #7;

District Number Nine, consisting of the precincts in the City of Portland numbered one-one (1-1), one-two (1-2), one-three (1-3), one-four (1 — 4), one-five (1-5), two-one (2-1), two-two (2-2) and three-one (3-1), as presently constituted;

District Number Ten, consisting of the precincts in the City of Portland numbered three-two (3-2), four-one (4-1), four-two (4 — 2), five-one (5-1), five-two (5-2), and six-one (6-1), as presently constituted;

District Number Eleven, consisting of the municipalities of Brunswick, Freeport, Harpswell, and Yarmouth in Cumberland County, and Durham in Androscoggin County;

District Number Twelve, consisting of the municipalities of Auburn, Mechanic Falls, Minot, and Poland in Androscoggin County, and Hebron in Oxford County;

District Number Thirteen, consisting of the wards in the City of Lewiston numbered one (1), two (2), three (3), four (4), and five (5), as presently constituted;

District Number Fourteen, consisting of the municipalities of Bowdoin, Bowdoin-ham, Perkins Township, Richmond, and Topsham in Sagadahoc County, Lisbon, Sa-battus, Wales, and the wards in the City of Lewiston numbered six (6) and seven (7), as presently constituted, in Androscoggin County;

District Number Fifteen, consisting of the municipalities of Greene, Leeds, Liver-more, Livermore Falls, and Turner in An-droscoggin County, Farmingdale, Gardiner, Litchfield, Manchester, Monmouth, Wayne, West Gardiner, and Winthrop in Kennebec County;

District Number Sixteen, consisting of Dixfield, Hanover, Mexico, Newry, Rum-ford and TA No. 1, and all other municipalities and unorganized territories in Oxford County lying north of the six above named, and all municipalities and unorganized territories in Franklin County except Chester-ville, Farmington, Freeman Township, Industry, Kingfield, New Sharon, New Vineyard, Reddington, Salem Township, Strong, Sugarloaf Township, T3R2, T4R1, and T4R3;

District Number Seventeen, consisting of the municipalities of Parkman and Wellington in Piscataquis County, Chesterville, Farmington, Freeman Township, Industry, Kingfield, New Sharon, New Vineyard, Reddington, Salem Township, Strong, Sugarloaf Township, T3R2, T4R1, and T4R3 in Franklin County, and all the mu *423 nicipalities and unorganized territories in Somerset County except Canaan, Fairfield, Mercer, Norridgewock, Pittsfield, Skowhe-gan, and Smithfield;

District Number Eighteen, consisting of the municipalities of Mercer, Norridgewock, and Smithfield in Somerset County, Belgrade, Fayette, Mount Vernon, Oakland, Readfield, Rome, Sidney, Vienna, and Wa-terville in Kennebec County;

District Number Nineteen, consisting of the municipalities of Augusta, Chelsea, Hal-lowell, Vassalboro, and Windsor in Kenne-bec County;

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