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{{Infobox officeholder
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Elmore Francis Bonin
|name=Elmore Francis Bonin, Sr.
|office=Louisiana State Senator for<br> Iberia and St. Martin parishes
|office=Louisiana State Senator for<br> Iberia and St. Martin parishes
|term_start=1952
|term_start=1952
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
}}
}}
'''Elmore Francis Bonin''' (February 4, 1904 – December 6, 1961) was a [[business]]man, farmer, and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] politician from his native St. Martinville, [[Louisiana]], who represented Iberia and St. Martin parishes in the Louisiana State Senate from 1952 to 1956 and again from 1960 until his death the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880-2020: Iberia and St. Martin parishes|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=September 21, 2017}}</ref>
'''Elmore Francis Bonin, Sr.''' (February 4, 1904 – December 6, 1961), was a [[business]]man, farmer, and [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] politician from his native St. Martinville, [[Louisiana]], who represented Iberia and St. Martin parishes in the Louisiana State Senate from 1952 to 1956 and again from 1960 until his death the following year.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://senate.la.gov/Documents/Membership/1880membership.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana Senate, 1880-2020: Iberia and St. Martin parishes|publisher=Louisiana State Senate|accessdate=September 21, 2017}}</ref>
Bonin was the son of Luke Bonin (1872-1939) and the former Marie Cecile Blanche Durand (1874-1963).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bonin&GSfn=Luke&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=168923689&df=all&|title=Luke Bonin|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 21, 2017}}</ref> 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.
Bonin was the son of Luke Bonin (1872-1939) and the former Marie Cecile Blanche Durand (1874-1963).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bonin&GSfn=Luke&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=168923689&df=all&|title=Luke Bonin|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=September 21, 2017}}</ref> 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>
In 1928, Bonin wed the former Gertrude Steckler (1905-1980), 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, along with his parents, at St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery in St. Martinville.<ref name=bio/>
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, along with his parents, at St. Michael's Catholic Cemetery in St. Martinville.<ref name=bio/>