Leonard J. Chabert
| Leonard Joseph Chabert, I | |
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| Louisiana State Senator from District 20 (Terrebonne and Lafourche parishes) | |
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In office March 1980 – 1991 |
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| Preceded by |
Claude B. Duval Anthony Guarisco, Jr. |
| Succeeded by | Marty James Chabert |
| Louisiana State Representative from District 53, including Terrebonne Parish | |
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In office 1972 – March 1980 |
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| Preceded by | Gerald F. Lofaso |
| Succeeded by | Murray J. Hebert |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
November 18, 1932 |
| Died | September 26, 1991 (aged 58) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Viona Lapeyrouse Chabert |
| Children |
Marty James Chabert |
| Residence | Houma, Louisiana |
| Occupation | Businessman |
November 18, 1932
Chauvin
Terrebonne Parish
Marty James Chabert
Leonard Charles Chabert
Norby Chabert
Leonard Joseph Chabert, I (November 18, 1932 – September 26, 1991), of Houma, Louisiana, was a member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature. He was born in rural Chauvin in Terrebonne Parish in South Louisiana.
Chabert served in the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1972 to 1980, along with Dick Guidry, Morris Lottinger, Jr., and Elward Thomas Brady, Jr., who represented other districts which included a portion of Terrebonne Parish. and in the Louisiana State Senate from District 20 from 1980 until 1992.
In 1983, Chabert won his second term in the Senate in a general election race against fellow Democrat, Glenn F. Voisin, 19,530 votes (55.2 percent) to 15,862 (44.8 percent). In 1987, Chabert was again forced into a second race with Glynn Voisin. The third-place candidate, Elward Brady, had switched to the Republican Party and finished with 19.6 percent of the vote in the nonpartisan blanket primary. In the general election, he defeated Voisin once again but narrowly, 17,419 (51.5 percent) to 16,405 (48.5 percent).
Chabert died near the end of his third Senate term and was succeeded for one term by son, Marty James Chabert, an easy winner over the Republican Paul E. Brown. A younger son, Norby Chabert of Houma, was elected to the same seat in a special election held in August 2009, upon the resignation of Reggie Paul Dupre, Jr., who had succeeded Marty Chabert in 1996. Like his father and brother, Norby Chabert held Democratic Party allegiance. In 2011, however, Norby Chabert switched to the Republican Party, which had already become the majority in the chamber.
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