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'''Frank Barnett Blackburn''' (born February 11, 1944)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx?galogin=voter |title=Frank Blackburn, February 1944 |publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]] |accessdate=December 28, 2014 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is a former interim [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. As one of the two at-large members of the Bossier City Council under the mayor-council form of government, Blackburn, a [[Democratic Party |Democrat]], became mayor in September 1983, upon the death in office of [[Marvin Anding]].
'''Frank Barnett Blackburn''' (born February 11, 1944)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://voterportal.sos.la.gov/home.aspx?galogin=voter |title=Frank Blackburn, February 1944 |publisher=[[Louisiana Secretary of State]] |accessdate=December 28, 2014 }}{{dead link|date=January 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> is a former interim [[mayor]] of [[Bossier City]] in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. As one of the two at-large members of the Bossier City Council under the mayor-council form of government, Blackburn, a [[Democratic Party |Democrat]], became mayor in September 1983, upon the death in office of [[Marvin Anding]].
In August 19, 1971, Blackburn filed as a candidate for the Bossier Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body.<ref>''The Bossier Banner'', August 19, 1971, p. 4d.</ref> On March 15, 1980, he was elected to the city council in a special election to fill the at-large seat on the city council created by the election of [Robert Roy Adley to the Louisiana House of Representatives. In the council race, Blackburn defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, David Harold Broussard (1947-1998).<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', March 17, 1980, p. 2.</ref> He then won a full council term in 1981.
In August 19, 1971, Blackburn filed as a candidate for the Bossier Parish Police Jury, the parish governing body.<ref>''The Bossier Banner'', August 19, 1971, p. 4d.</ref> On March 15, 1980, he was elected to the city council in a special election to fill the at-large seat on the city council created by the election of Robert Roy Adley to the Louisiana House of Representatives. In the council race, Blackburn defeated the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, David Harold Broussard (1947-1998).<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', March 17, 1980, p. 2.</ref> He then won a full council term in 1981.
Blackburn was succeeded in the spring of 1984 by Donald Edward Jones, who in a heated [[special election]] defeated Marvin Anding's widow, Patricia Janelle Ball Anding (1935-2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/19861358482So2d876_11143.xml/GARRETT%20v.%20KNEASS|title=''Garrett v. Kneass''|date=March 21, 1986|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref>
Blackburn was succeeded in the spring of 1984 by Donald Edward Jones, who in a heated [[special election]] defeated Marvin Anding's widow, Patricia Janelle Ball Anding (1935-2012).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.leagle.com/decision/19861358482So2d876_11143.xml/GARRETT%20v.%20KNEASS|title=''Garrett v. Kneass''|date=March 21, 1986|publisher=leagle.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref>