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A second "Burns" also served in the Louisiana House of Representatives: ''Timothy G. "Tim" Burns'', a Republican from St. Tammany Parish. Henry Lee Burns (born March 2, 1947) is Republican departing member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from District 9 in Bossier Parish in northwestern Louisiana. He owns and operates the Wooden Spoon bakery in Bossier City and is a thoroughbred owner and breeder.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Representative Henry L. Burns )〕 Burns ran in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 24, 2015, for the District 36 seat in the Louisiana State Senate being vacated by the term-limited Republican Robert R. Adley. Burns carries the backing of both the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry and the state AFL-CIO. In the November 21 runoff election, he was defeated by 326 votes by fellow Republican Ryan Gatti, a lawyer from Bossier City, 14,023 votes (50.6 percent) to 13,698 (49.4 percent). Burns lost his native Webster Parish by 557 votes.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Results for Election Date: 11/21/2015 )〕 ==Background== A native of Shongaloo in central Webster Parish,〔 Burns is one of three sons of the late Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Burns, Sr. In 1958, Burns, Sr. (1907-1976), won a write-in election for a seat on the Webster Parish School Board, having unseated the incumbent Parey Branton,〔"Burns Wins Over School Board Head: Gets 55 Percent of Votes for Victory over Branton", ''Minden Herald'', November 6, 1958, p. 1〕 his fellow Democrat, who was later the three-term District 10 state representative for Webster Parish. One of Burns' brothers, Kerry O. Burns (1940-2015), was a Webster Parish property tax assessor prior to 2004. Another brother is A. J. Burns, Jr., of West Monroe. Henry Burns is a former member of the Bossier Parish School Board and a well-known area raconteur who frequently lectures at public schools on the keys to success in life, with emphasis on perseverance. Until the late 1980s, Burns was an independent petroleum and natural gas operator. When the business failed, he launched his bakery despite the odds against success and his having to learn the business from scratch. "I went from crude oil to Crisco oil," Burns said, noting that his accountant, bankers, and attorney told him that he had too much debt for his venture to succeed. Nevertheless, the Wooden Spoon had some success: "No one knew I was down and out because I had a smile on my face and never stopped." Burns said that the bakery succeeded because "people respond to cookies ... () a reminder of their childhood."〔"State Representative offers students encouragement", ''The Shreveport Times'', December 3, 2008〕 Burns graduated in 1965 from Shongaloo High School. He received his Bachelor of Arts degree in upper elementary education from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches and his Master of Arts in educational administration from Pepperdine University, a Churches of Christ institution in Malibu, California.〔 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「Henry Burns」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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