Stephen L. Gunn
| Stephen Lee Gunn | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for District 22 (Catahoula, Grant, La Salle, and Rapides parishes) |
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In office 1992–1996 |
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| Preceded by | A. Dale Smith |
| Succeeded by | Thomas D. "Tommy" Wright |
| Mayor of Montgomery, Grant Parish, Louisiana, USA | |
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In office October 5, 2002 – October 2, 2010 |
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| Preceded by | Tim T. Coolman |
| Succeeded by | Vera "Susie" Waters |
| Personal details | |
| Born | May 12, 1946 |
| Political party | Independent-turned-Republican |
| Spouse(s) | Single |
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Montgomery High School |
| Occupation | Businessman |
| Religion | United Methodist Church |
| Military service | |
| Service/branch | United States Air Force (1968-1972) |
| One of Gunn's predecessors as mayor of Montgomery was his great-aunt, Lula Wardlow, the first ever woman mayor of a Louisiana community. | |
Montgomery High School
Stephen Lee Gunn, known as Steve Gunn (born May 12, 1946) is an American securities investor who served as an Independent member from 1992 to 1996 of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 22 (Catahoula, Grant, and La Salle parishes plus one precinct in Rapides Parish). From 2002 to 2010, he was the mayor of Montgomery.
Gunn's maternal great-aunt, Lula Wardlow, was mayor of Montgomery from 1926 to 1930. A Democrat, she was the first woman ever to be elected mayor of any community in Louisiana. She was a Methodist minister and denominational leader.
Gunn was born to Murrell Harrison Gunn (1919–1978), a Grant Parish school principal and administrator, and the former Elizabeth Wardlow (1924–2010), an English teacher at Montgomery High School and the daughter of James Owen Wardlow (1895–1980) and the former Mabel Thompson (1897–1977). Gunn graduated in 1964 from Montgomery High School and in 1968 from Northwestern State University in . From 1968 to 1972, he was a first lieutenant in the United States Air Force. He is single.
Gunn was elected to the legislature by ninety-four votes in 1991. He campaigned on a limited budget from his own resources and knocked on the door of nearly every residence in the district. In the October 19 primary, he ran second to incumbent Democrat A. Dale Smith, but ahead of a second Democrat, Cliff Zell. Gunn received 6,087 primary votes (33 percent) to Smith's 8,538 (46 percent), and Zell's 21 percent. In the general election, Gunn prevailed, 9,931 to Smith's 9,837. Gunn lost Grant Parish in the primary, but he beat Smith by some 800 votes in Smith's home parish in the general election to secure his narrow victory. He did not seek reelection in 1995.
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