Kenneth F. Lemont

{{Short description|American politician (born 1951)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{infobox officeholder |name=Kenneth F. Lemont |state_senate=Maine |term_start=2000 |term_end=2004 |successor=Mary Andrews |state_house1=Maine |term_start1=1992 |term_end1=2000 |birth_date={{birth date and age|1951|6|21}} |birth_place=Waltham, Massachusetts, U.S. |party=Republican |spouse=Gail |children=2 |education=Bentley College (BS) |occupation=Politician, businessman }} '''Kenneth F. Lemont''' (born June 21, 1951) is an American politician from Maine. A Republican from Kittery, Maine, Lemont served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1992 to 2000.<ref name="ReferenceLibrary">{{cite web|url=http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/lawlib/legbiog/webform1.aspx|title=Legislators Biographical Search|publisher=Maine State Law and Legislative Reference Library|accessdate=6 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151220092239/http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/lawlib/legbiog/webform1.aspx|archive-date=20 December 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref> Unable to seek re-election in 2000 to the House due to term limits, Lemont was elected to the Maine Senate over Democrat Catherine Woodard of South Berwick.<ref name="SOS">{{cite web|url=http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/2000g/gen00ss.htm|title=Maine General Election, November 7, 2000 - Tabulations - State Senator (Secretary of State, State of Maine, U.S.A.)|work=Maine|accessdate=6 September 2014|archive-date=18 October 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018002958/http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/2000g/gen00ss.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>

Re-elected in 2002 against Democrat Larry Deater of Kittery,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/2002g/gen02ss.htm|title=General Election, November 5, 2002 - Tabulations - State Senator (Secretary of State, State of Maine, U.S.A.)|work=Maine|accessdate=6 September 2014|archive-date=December 2, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202234259/http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec/elec/2002g/gen02ss.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> Lemont did not seek re-election in 2004 and was replaced by fellow Republican Mary Andrews.

Lemont graduated from Bentley College in 1973 with a Bachelor of Science degree. He and his wife Gail have two sons.<ref name="PVS">{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/6664/kenneth-lemont#|title=Kenneth Lemont's Biography|work=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=6 September 2014}}</ref>

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