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Leonard Joseph Chabert, I (November 18, 1932 – September 26, 1991),〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leonard J. Chabert, I )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Leonard J. Chabert )〕 ==Political career== 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012 )〕 and in the Louisiana State Senate from District 20 from 1980 until 1992.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Membership in the Louisiana State Senate, 1880-2012 )〕 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).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Louisiana general election returns, November 19, 1983 )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 24, 1987 )〕 In the general election, he defeated Voisin once again but narrowly, 17,419 (51.5 percent) to 16,405 (48.5 percent).〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Louisiana general election returns, November 21, 1987 )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Louisiana general election returns, November 16, 1991 )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Louisiana special election returns, August 29, 2009 )〕 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.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Tegan Wendland, "Sen. Norby Chabert Latest to Switch Parties", March 21, 2011 )〕 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「Leonard J. Chabert」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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