district website predecessor successor image_size party state_house term_start residence article_title name alma_mater
40th -lsb- http://www.repmaher.com state representative john maher -rsb- albert pettit incumbent 195px republican pennsylvania september 7 , 1997 upper st. clair , pennsylvania john a. maher
 john a. maher duke university oxford university
john a. maher

john a. maher is a republican member of the pennsylvania house of representatives from the 40th district .
he was originally elected to the house in a special election on september 9 , 1997 .
he was the republican nominee for state auditor general in the 2012 election .
