The Maine House of Representatives is the lower house of the Maine Legislature.
 The House consists of 151 members (excluding three nonvoting members) representing an equal amount of districts across the state.
 Each voting member of the House represents around 8,800 citizens of the state.
 Because it is a part-time position, members of the Maine House of Representatives usually have outside employment as well.
 Members are limited to four consecutive terms of two years each, but may run again after two years.
George D. Varney Sr. (June 28, 1903 – September 7, 1982) was an American politician from Maine.
 Varney, a Republican, served in the Maine Legislature from 1930-1932 and again from 1936-1948.
 Varney served in the Maine House of Representatives from 1930-1932 and from 1936 to 1942.
 During his final term, Varney served as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives.
 He was elected to represent York County, Maine, including his residence in Kittery, Maine, in the Maine Senate from 1942 to 1948.
 He served as Senate President from 1945-1948.
Georgette B. Berube (July 23, 1927 - February 16, 2005) was an American politician from Maine.
 A Democrat, Berube served in the Maine Legislature for 26 years, including terms in both the Maine House of Representatives and the Maine Senate.
 Berube served in the Maine House from 1970 to 1982 after being elected to represent her hometown of Lewiston.
 Serving until 1982, Berube then ran in the Democratic primary for Governor of Maine, challenging incumbent Joseph Brennan.
 She ran as a party outsider.
 Berube, along with Republican Sherry Huber, lost the primaries but became the first women to run for Governor in Maine.
 Two years later, she sought and won a seat in the Maine Senate, where she served until 1996.
 Retiring temporarily in 1996, Berube was re-elected in 1998 and finished her political career in 2000.
Vinal G. Good (January 6, 1906 - December 23, 2000) was an American politician and lawyer from Maine.
 A Republican from Sebago, Maine, Good served 6 years in the Maine Legislature.
 He was initially elected in 1958 to the Maine House of Representatives.
 Re-elected in 1960, Vinal was elected Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives in January 1961 after spending the previous summer traveling the state meeting fellow house members.
Sara Gideon is an American politician from Maine who is currently Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives.
 A Democrat from Freeport, Gideon represents District 48 of the Maine House of Representatives, which encompasses part of Pownal and Freeport of Cumberland County.
 First elected in 2012, Gideon was reelected in 2014 and chosen as Assistant Majority Leader of the Maine House of Representatives.
Daniel Goodenow (October 30, 1793 – October 7, 1863) was an American politician and jurist from Maine.
 Goodenow was born in Henniker, New Hampshire and was primarily self-educated, though he did graduate from Dartmouth College.
 He studied law under future U.S. Senator John Holmes and was admitted to the York County, Maine Bar in 1817.
 Residing in Alfred, Maine, Goodenow served three one year terms in the Maine House of Representatives (1827, 1828 and 1830), which included a term as Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives.
 He was a member of the National Republican Party while in the Legislature.
 In 1831, Goodenow was the Whig Party candidate for Governor.
 Unsuccessful, he ran again in 1832 and 1833.
 In 1838 and 1841, Goodenow served as Maine Attorney General.
Andrew 'Drew' Ketterer (born January 17, 1949) is an American lawyer and politician from Maine.
 Ketterer, a Democrat, serve two terms (1990-1994) in the Maine House of Representatives from Norridgewock, Maine.
 After not seeking a third term in 1994, Ketterer was elected by the Democratic majority of the Maine Legislature to be Maine Attorney General.
 He served three terms (1995-2001) as Attorney General.
 While in office, he made civil rights enforcement a priority of his office as well as fighting fraud and elder abuse.
 He was replaced by Speaker of the Maine House of Representatives G. Steven Rowe.
Margaret 'Peggy' R. Rotundo (born July 16, 1949) is an American politician from Maine.
 Rotundo served as a Democratic member of the Maine House of Representatives, representing District 74, which included part of Lewiston, from 2008 until 2016.
 From 2000 to 2008, she represented Lewiston and surrounding towns in the Maine Senate.
 In 2012, she was named Co-Chair of the Maine Joint Committee on Appropriations and Financial Affairs along with Senator Dawn Hill.
 Supporters have regularly praised Rotundo for her tireless commitment to the well-being of the Maine people, particularly veterans, the elderly, immigrants and working mothers.
 In February 2016, Rotundo announced she would not run for Maine Senate.
 She was unable to seek re-election to the Maine House of Representatives due to term-limits.
Shapleigh, pronounced "SHAP-lee", is a town in York County, Maine, United States which was incorporated as the state's 43rd town in 1785.
 The population was 2,668 at the 2010 census.
 Shapleigh is divided into the villages of North Shapleigh, Shapleigh Corner, Ross Corner and Emery Mills.
 It is part of the Portland–South Portland–Biddeford, Maine metropolitan statistical area.
David R. Burns is a Maine politician.
 Burns was a Republican member of the Maine House of Representatives representing the District 138, which included his residence in Alfred as well as other towns in York County including Limerick, Newfield and Shapleigh.
 In his first term in office, Burns ran as a clean elections candidate and served on the Taxation Committee.
 He earned a B.A. in Business Administration from Concordia University Texas.
 He served 20 years in the United States Army.

Question: The current  Maine House of Representatives congressman that represents the 43rd town founded in Maine belongs to which political party?
Answer: Republican