James P. Dunleavy


James P. Dunleavy was an American politician and jurist from Maine. Dunleavy, a Democrat, served one term in the Maine [House of Representatives]. He represented Presque Isle, Maine. After leaving the Legislature, Dunleavy was elected as Judge Probate for Aroostook County. Re-elected in 1980, he won the Democratic Party's nomination for Maine's 2nd [congressional district] in 1982. He lost to Republican incumbent Olympia Snowe.
Dunleavy is a graduate of the University of [Maine School of Law], which he attended on scholarship. He is married and has seven children.
Dunleavy died in December 2023 at his home in Presque Isle, Maine, at the age of 84.