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Richard Joseph Ward III,known as Rick Ward III,is an attorney and politician from Port Allen,Louisiana,who was a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate,representing district 17 until his resignation in June 2022.
Brian James Costello is an American historian,author,archivist and humanitarian. He is an 11th generation resident of New Roads,Louisiana,seat of Pointe Coupee Parish. He is three-quarters French and one-quarter Italian in ancestry.
Albin Alexander Provosty was a lawyer from New Roads,Louisiana,who represented Avoyelles and his native Pointe Coupee parishes in the Louisiana State Senate from 1912 to 1920 in what is now the geographically large District 17 covering all or parts of seven parishes. He was also a district attorney and for several years the publisher of The Pointe Coupee Banner. He lived in a classic home in New Roads with his wife,the former Marie Adele LeDoux (1870-1967).
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- ↑ "Major Thibaut's Biography". Project Vote Smart . Retrieved May 11, 2015.
- ↑ "Election Results (School Board)". Louisiana Secretary of State. September 30, 2006. Retrieved May 11, 2015.
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- ↑ Kennedy, Emma (4 February 2019). "Pointe Coupee, New Roads eye joint garbage contract as first sign of teamwork in new government". The Advocate. Retrieved 2022-05-01.
