Dick Guidry
| Richard P. "Dick" Guidry | |
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| Louisiana State Representative from Lafourche Parish | |
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In office 1950 (?) – 1954 (?) |
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In office 1964–1976 |
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| Preceded by |
Dudley A. Bernard |
| Succeeded by | L. G. LaPlante, Jr. |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
September 22, 1929 Galliano, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Died | March 26, 2014 (aged 84) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Phyllis Guidry |
| Children | 6 |
| Residence | Galliano, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Golden Meadow High School in Golden Meadow, Louisiana |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
Dudley A. Bernard
Richard P. Guidry, known as Dick Guidry (September 22, 1929 – March 26, 2014) was a businessman from Galliano, Louisiana, who was a Democrat former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from Lafourche Parish. He is considered the youngest member ever elected to the Louisiana House.
On February 1, 2014, less than two months before his death, Guidry and seven others were inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield. In the same ceremony, Guidry's state senate colleague, Harvey Peltier, Jr., of Thibodaux, received posthumous induction.
The Hall of Fame claims that Guidry was elected to the House by a margin of seventeen votes in 1952, when he was twenty-three. He served from Lafourche Parish from 1952 to 1956.
Francis Dugas, a lawyer from Thibodaux, held a House seat from Lafourche Parish from 1956 to 1960. Guidry thereafter took office in May 1964 and left the House permanently in 1976 after three more terms. In the first ever nonpartisan blanket primary held on November 1, 1975, Guidry did not run again. In his last term from 1972 to 1976, he served alongside future U.S. Representative Billy Tauzin of Louisiana's 3rd congressional district and later State Senator Leonard J. Chabert.
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