Ernie Alexander
| Ernest Joseph "Ernie" Alexander | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 43 (Lafayette Parish) | |
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In office 2000–2008 |
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| Preceded by | Michael John Michot |
| Succeeded by | Patrick Page Cortez |
| Lafayette City-Parish Council | |
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In office 1996–2000 |
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| Preceded by | New position created by Lafayette City-Parish Charter |
| Succeeded by | Marc F. Mouton |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
May 3, 1933 Port Allen West Baton Rouge Parish Louisiana, USA |
| Died | January 17, 2012 (aged 78) Lafayette, Louisiana |
| Resting place | St. John Cemetery in Lafayette, Louisiana |
| Political party | Republican Party while a legislator |
| Spouse(s) | Shirley Champagne Alexander (married 1954-2012, his death) |
| Children | No children |
| Alma mater | University of Louisiana at Lafayette |
| Occupation |
Educator; Broadcaster Businessman |
| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| With apparent reluctance, Alexander yielded his Lafayette-based seat in the Louisiana House of Representatives to fellow Republican Patrick Page Cortez, a fraternity brother of then State Senator Michael J. Michot of Lafayette. In 2012, Cortez succeeded Michot in the state Senate. | |
Ernest Joseph "Ernie" Alexander, Jr. (May 3, 1933 – January 17, 2012) was from 2000 to 2008 a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 43 in Lafayette Parish. Prior to his legislative tenure, Alexander served a four-year term on the newly established Lafayette City-Parish Council. A former classroom teacher, he previously co-owned radio stations KMDL and KFTE in Lafayette.
Alexander was born to Ernest Alexander, Sr., and the former Dolores Cronan in Port Allen in West Baton Rouge Parish, Louisiana, near Baton Rouge.
A graduate of the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, Alexander was a former "Outstanding Teacher in Lafayette Parish" and "Outstanding Speech and Debate Coach in Louisiana." He was a president of the Lafayette Parish Association of Educators and penned A Programmed Guide to Teaching Radio and Television in Lafayette Parish Schools. A past president of Mid-Acadiana Broadcasting Corporation, he was affiliated with the Louisiana Association of Broadcasters. He formerly co-owned and was the general manager of KMDL and KFTE radio. He was inducted into the Louisiana Broadcaster Hall of Fame. He was also once a television weatherman.
A former chairman of the Lafayette Republican Party, Alexander also served on the elected Republican State Central Committee. He held membership in the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry, the National Federation of Independent Business, Better Business Bureau of Acadiana, and the Public Affairs Research Council, a nonpartisan "good government" interest group. Alexander was active in the TEA Party movement prior to his death, and the group named the "Ernie Alexander Library" at its Lafayette headquarters in his honor.
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