Mike Burton (politician)
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Michael Leigh Burton (born August 4, 1941, in Alhambra, California)[1] is an American politician. He served in the Oregon House of Representatives from 1985–1995 and was Speaker Pro-tempore (temporarily) in the 1991 session.
He was the Executive Officer of Metro, a regional government in the Portland, Oregon metropolitan area, from 1995-2003. He was a member of the original Metro Council (elected in 1978) and served until 1982.[2] He was also vice provost and executive director of Portland State University's school of Extended Studies from 2003 to 2011. Following an audit over his travel expenses by PSU, he resigned from the university in June 2011 after being threatened to be put on an administrative leave. He was convicted of official misconduct in 2012 for falsely claiming his pleasure trip to Europe in 2010 as a work related expense. As of 2019, Burton lives in Vancouver, Washington.[3]