{{Short description|American politician and lobbyist}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} '''N. Duane Noland''' (born September 12, 1956) is an American politician and lobbyist who served as a Republican member of the Illinois General Assembly first in the Illinois House of Representatives and later in the Illinois Senate.
==Biography== Born in Blue Mound, Illinois, Noland graduated from the public schools in Blue Mound, and attended the University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign where he earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agriculture Education and Economics.<ref name="Senate Resolution">{{cite web|title=Senate Resolution 599, 92nd General Assembly|publisher=Illinois General Assembly|url=http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet92/srgroups/sr/920SR0599LV.html}}</ref><ref name="ilga.gov">{{Cite web|url=http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/legisnet90/hrgroups/hr/900HR0729LV.html|title = HR0729 90th General Assembly}}</ref> Professionally, he has been Vice President of Noland Farms and an agribusiness officer at Illinois National Bank of Springfield for four years.<ref name="Illinois Issues Names"/>
On April 3, 1990, Noland was appointed to the Illinois House of Representatives to succeed Mike Tate who resigned to become executive director of the Illinois Association of Independent Insurance Agents.<ref name="Illinois Issues Names">{{cite web|last=Burtle-McCredie|first=Patricia|title=Tenhouse, Noland appointed to House|date=May 1, 1990|volume=16|number=5|accessdate=February 20, 2019|work=Illinois Issues|publisher=Sangamon State University|url=https://www.lib.niu.edu/1990/ii900527.html}}</ref> The district included all or portions of Macon, Christian, Cumberland, Shelby, and Moultrie counties in Central Illinois.<ref>[http://www.idaillinois.org/cdm/ref/collection/bb/id/34827 Illinois Blue Book 1991-1992] page 63</ref> While a member of the Illinois House, Noland served as Minority Spokesman for the Agriculture and Conservation Committee, as well as being seated on the following committees: Appropriations-Public Safety Committee, the Insurance Committee, and the Registration and Regulation Committee.<ref name="ilga.gov"/>
In the 1998 election for Illinois Senate, Noland defeated Democratic incumbent Kevin Kehoe, who had been appointed to replace the late Penny Severns.<ref>{{cite news|editor-last=Davis|editor-first=Jennifer|title=Decatur Senator Named|work=Illinois Issues|volume=24|number=5|publisher=Sangamon State University|date=May 15, 1998|accessdate=February 2, 2019|url=http://www.lib.niu.edu/1998/ii980542.html}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last=Simpson|first=Burney|title=State of the State: New State Team Moves from Promise-making to Governance|date=February 1, 1999|volume=25|number=2|accessdate=February 20, 2019|work=Illinois Issues|publisher=Sangamon State University|url=https://www.lib.niu.edu/1999/ii990206.html}}</ref> The Senate district he represented, located in Central Illinois, included all or parts of Macon, Christian, Piatt, Champaign, Coles, Cumberland, Moultrie, and Effingham.<ref>Illinois blue book, 1997-1998 page 66</ref>
He and his wife, Tina Beckett, have two sons and one daughter.<ref>{{cite interview|last=Noland|first=Duane|title=Meet N. Duane Noland: former state legislator, farmer and CEO of Association of Illinois Electrical Cooperative|interviewer=Kelly J. Huff|publisher=Herald & Review|location=Decatur, Illinois|date=October 1, 2010|access-date=February 20, 2019|url=https://herald-review.com/special-section/news/business_journal/profiles/meet-n-duane-noland-former-state-legislator-farmer-and-ceo/article_76319e00-cd79-11df-8e36-001cc4c002e0.html}}</ref> As of 2017, Noland is the CEO of the Association of Illinois Electrical Cooperatives.<ref>{{cite news|last=Gertz Husar|first=Deborah|title=Member focus drives Adams Electric Cooperative, association CEO says|date=September 10, 2015|newspaper=Herald-Whig|accessdate=February 20, 2019|url=https://www.whig.com/story/29996528/member-focus-drives-adams-electric-cooperative-association-ceo-says#}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Lees|first=Matt|title=SIC Alumna and State Senator Encourages Students to "Get Involved"|date=November 17, 2017|newspaper=WRUL|accessdate=February 20, 2019|url=http://www.wrul.com/2017/11/17/sic-alumna-and-state-senator-encourage-students-to-get-involved/}}</ref>
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