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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. ==Background== 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.〔 For fifty years, Alexander was the radio voice of the Lafayette Kiwanis Football Jamboree. He was a coach and board member of the Lafayette Little League football program for twenty years. He was active in cultural affairs too, including the Lafayette Little Theatre, Acadiana Arts Council, and a past president of the Acadiana Symphony Association.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ernie Alexander」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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