Paul LePage

Paul LePage got married to Sharon Crabbe in 1971 and the couple welcomed their two daughters, Lisa and Lindsay, in 1975 and 1976. The marriage did not work for too long and Paul LePage and Sharon Crabbe divorced in 1980.

He got married for a second time in 1984 to Ann DeRosby. The couple has two children, Paul and Lauren. Ann works as a waitress in Boothbay to supplement the family income.

He also has an adopted son named Raymond, whom he adopted from Raymond’s biological father in Jamaica. However, there are no papers to support his adoption.

He was born on 9th October, 1948 in Lewiston, Maine. His mother, Theresa Gagnon and his father, Gerard LePage were both of French-Canadian decent. Thus, his mother tongue is French.

Throughout his childhood, Paul has struggled with poverty and an abusive father. In fact his first ever memory of his father is that of Gerard kicking him. His father was an alcoholic. He drank heavily on weekends and worked from Monday to Friday.

Paul had seventeen siblings. Many of his brothers died, he recalls having tripped over the dead body of his four year old brother one night. He loved his mother as she tried her best to keep the family going.

One unfaithful night, his father returned home in a drunken state, he beat up Paul, breaking his nose and jaw until a neighbor intervened. That night his father gave him 50 cents and told him to get his nose fixed at the local hospital.

Seizing the opportunity, he ran away from home with 50 cents in search of a better life, never to return to hell. He took up odd jobs such as washing dishes, helping truck drivers and paid for his own education.

After completing his masters he worked at a private consultancy giving executive officer, financial officer and chief operating officer advice to startups and established companies, banks, aiding trustees and insurance companies mainly in Canada and Maine.

He then worked for his first wife’s lumber company in Canada for a period of 7 years, beginning from 1972. In 1979 he began working for Scott paper in Maine.

It was in the year 1996, when Paul was hired as general manager of Marden’s. He helped spread the business and Marden’s went from a meagre six to fifteen stores.

Around the same time he also established his own firm named ‘LePage & Kasevich Inc’. The company was built to assist in building new companies requiring financial and administrative advice.

Paul established a sound career for himself, unlike his other siblings who couldn’t come out of their fear and poverty. He was made City Councilor of Waterville for two terms and the following third term was appointed as Mayor of Waterville in 2003.

He served Waterville as the mayor for eight years. During his office, he brought about major changes and improvement. He reduced annual taxes, supported local education strongly, he boosted the credit rating of the city and raised the city’s ‘Rainy Day Fund’ from one to ten million.