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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Elmore F. Bonin
|office=Louisiana State Senator for Iberia and St. Martin parishes
|term_start=1952
|term_end=1956
|preceded=J. Maxime Roy<br>
Bernard Trappey
|succeeded=Gabriel A. Ackal<br>
Rexford C. McCullough
|term_start2=1960
|term_end2=December 6, 1961
|preceded2=Gabriel A. Ackal<br>
Rexford C. McCullough
|succeeded2=Garland L. Bonin
|birth_date=February 4, 1902
|birth_place=St. Martinville<br> [[Louisiana]], USA
|occupation=[[Business]]man, farmer
|alma_mater=University of Louisiana at Lafayette<br> (formerly Southwestern Louisiana Institute)
|death_date=December 6, 1961
|death_place=St. Martinville, Louisiana
|resting_place=St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery in St. Martinville
|spouse=Gertrude Steckler Bonin (married 1928-1961, his death)
|children=Three children
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
}}
'''Elmore F. Bonin (February 4, 1904 – December 6, 1961) was a [[business]]man, farmer, and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] politician who represented St. Martin Parish in the [[Louisiana]] State Senate from 1952 to 1956 and again from 1960 until his death the next year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880-2020|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=September 21, 2017}}</ref>
A native of St. Martinville, Bonin was the son of Luke Bonin and the former Blanche Durand. He graduated in 1924 from Southwestern Louisiana Institute. As a state senator in 1960 under the administration of [[Governor]] [[Jimmie Davis]], Bonin introduced legislation to change the name of Southwestern Louisiana Institute to the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Bonin Hall on the USL campus is named in his honor. <ref name=bio/>The institution, however, is now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
In 1928, Bonin wed the former Gertrude Steckler, the daughter of the former Paula Muller and the [[New Orleans]] feed and seed merchant Joseph Steckler, Elmore and Gertrude had three children: Elmore, Jr. (born 1930), Joseph (born 1936), Margaret (born 1942). From 1930 to 1942, he was a member of the St. Martinville City Council and from 1942 to 1952 sat on the St. Martin Parish School Board, his last year as the board president.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site19.php|title=Bonin, Elmore F.|publisher=A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography|accessdate=September 21, 2017}}</ref>
Bonin was affiliated with the St. Martin de Tours [[Roman Catholic|Catholic Church]] parish. He died at the age of fifty-seven and is interred in St. Martinville at St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery.<ref name=bio/>
==References==
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|name=Elmore F. Bonin
|office=Louisiana State Senator for Iberia and St. Martin parishes
|term_start=1952
|term_end=1956
|preceded=J. Maxime Roy<br>
Bernard Trappey
|succeeded=Gabriel A. Ackal<br>
Rexford C. McCullough
|term_start2=1960
|term_end2=December 6, 1961
|preceded2=Gabriel A. Ackal<br>
Rexford C. McCullough
|succeeded2=Garland L. Bonin
|birth_date=February 4, 1902
|birth_place=St. Martinville<br> [[Louisiana]], USA
|occupation=[[Business]]man, farmer
|alma_mater=University of Louisiana at Lafayette<br> (formerly Southwestern Louisiana Institute)
|death_date=December 6, 1961
|death_place=St. Martinville, Louisiana
|resting_place=St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery in St. Martinville
|spouse=Gertrude Steckler Bonin (married 1928-1961, his death)
|children=Three children
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
}}
'''Elmore F. Bonin (February 4, 1904 – December 6, 1961) was a [[business]]man, farmer, and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] politician who represented St. Martin Parish in the [[Louisiana]] State Senate from 1952 to 1956 and again from 1960 until his death the next year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880-2020|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=September 21, 2017}}</ref>
A native of St. Martinville, Bonin was the son of Luke Bonin and the former Blanche Durand. He graduated in 1924 from Southwestern Louisiana Institute. As a state senator in 1960 under the administration of [[Governor]] [[Jimmie Davis]], Bonin introduced legislation to change the name of Southwestern Louisiana Institute to the University of Southwestern Louisiana, Bonin Hall on the USL campus is named in his honor. <ref name=bio/>The institution, however, is now known as the University of Louisiana at Lafayette.
In 1928, Bonin wed the former Gertrude Steckler, the daughter of the former Paula Muller and the [[New Orleans]] feed and seed merchant Joseph Steckler, Elmore and Gertrude had three children: Elmore, Jr. (born 1930), Joseph (born 1936), Margaret (born 1942). From 1930 to 1942, he was a member of the St. Martinville City Council and from 1942 to 1952 sat on the St. Martin Parish School Board, his last year as the board president.<ref name=bio>{{cite web|url=http://www.lahistory.org/site19.php|title=Bonin, Elmore F.|publisher=A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography|accessdate=September 21, 2017}}</ref>
Bonin was affiliated with the St. Martin de Tours [[Roman Catholic|Catholic Church]] parish. He died at the age of fifty-seven and is interred in St. Martinville at St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery.<ref name=bio/>
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Bonin, Elmore}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:State Senators]]
[[Category:Education]]
[[Category:Democrats]]
[[Category:Catholics]]