| | '''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 has long been active in the Masonic lodge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mastermason.com/shreveportscottishrite/history.htm|title=The History of the Shreveport Scottish Rite Valley|publisher=mastermason.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref> He is a native of Lamar County, [[Texas]]. Blackburn and his son, Josh Barnett Blackburn (born June 28, 1970), operate Blackburn Radiator Shop, which he established in Bossier City in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/c/mmf95k3/blackburn-radiator-shop?ftoggle-frontend-prod-on=abTests.engagement.claim_drivers_d|title=Blackburn Radiator Shop|publisher=manta.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref> | | Blackburn has long been active in the Masonic lodge.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mastermason.com/shreveportscottishrite/history.htm|title=The History of the Shreveport Scottish Rite Valley|publisher=mastermason.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref> He is a native of Lamar County, [[Texas]]. Blackburn and his son, Josh Barnett Blackburn (born June 28, 1970), operate Blackburn Radiator Shop, which he established in Bossier City in 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.manta.com/c/mmf95k3/blackburn-radiator-shop?ftoggle-frontend-prod-on=abTests.engagement.claim_drivers_d|title=Blackburn Radiator Shop|publisher=manta.com|accessdate=February 26, 2015}}</ref> |