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Mayor's Office website The Office of the Mayor of Lafayette , known historically as Vermilionville , was established by an amendment passed on March 9, 1869, which replaced the "regular preliminaries of laying out" enacted by the Legislature upon the incorporation of Vermilionville on March 11, 1836. [ 1 ]
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The 2019 Lafayette mayoral election was held on November 16, 2019. It saw the election of Josh Guillory, a Republican attorney. [8] Joel Robideaux, the incumbent mayor-president, did not seek reelection. A total of 5 candidates participated in the election. A primary election was held on October 12 to decide the two candidates on the general ...
William Dudley Lastrapes Jr. served three consecutive terms as mayor of Lafayette from 1980 to 1992.
In 1804, Alexandre Mouton, the son of founder Jean, was born in Lafayette and would later become a U.S. Senator and, from 1843 to 1846, Governor of Louisiana. [ 4 ] On April 17, 1863, the Battle of Vermilion Bayou was fought, the third battle in a series of running battles between Union Major General Nathaniel Prentice Banks and Confederate ...
[38] [42] Lafayette's chief executive was initially called the city-parish president, but is now known as the mayor-president for the Lafayette Consolidated Government. Republican Monique Blanco-Boulet was elected to this office most recently. [124] The consolidation of the city and parish has been the subject of continuous public debate over ...
Greater Lafayette mayors send prayers to Delphi community upon arrest in teens' murders. Greater Lafayette mayors: 'Incredibly sad time,' offers prayers to Delphi community as arrest made Skip to ...
Lester Joseph Durel Jr. (born April 3, 1953), known as Joey Durel, is an American businessman and politician who served as the mayor of Lafayette, Louisiana from 2004 to 2016. Elected in 2003, [ 1 ] he became the second Republican mayor of his city and the second person elected as "City-Parish president" of the combined City of Lafayette and ...