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===Republican pioneer===

===Republican pioneer===

Guin was a member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee and the Caddo Parish Republican Executive Committee.<ref name=zoominfo/> On March 3, 1964, he ran unsuccessfully for an at-large seat from Caddo Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Two of his five ticket-mates, Taylor Walters  O'Hearn and Morley Alvin Hudson, won their races and became the first members of their party to serve in the state House since [[Reconstruction]]. The two other defeated Republican legislative candidates were Arthur Sour, Jr.,<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', March 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> who in 1972 won election to the state House and served for twenty years, and Fielder Edd Calhoun (1931–2012), an insurance agent and civic figure originally from [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=fielder-calhoun&pid=156372368|title=Obituary of Fielder Calhoun|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=March 9, 2012}}</ref>​

Guin was a member of the Louisiana Republican State Central Committee and the Caddo Parish Republican Executive Committee.<ref name=zoominfo/> On March 3, 1964, he ran unsuccessfully for an at-large seat from Caddo Parish in the Louisiana House of Representatives. Two of his five ticket-mates, Taylor Walters  O'Hearn and Morley Alvin Hudson, won their races and became the first members of their party to serve in the state House since [[Reconstruction]]. The two other defeated Republican legislative candidates were Arthur Sour, Jr.,<ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]]'', March 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> who in 1972 won election to the state House and served for twenty years, and Fielder Edd Calhoun (1931–2012), an insurance agent and civic figure originally from [[Oklahoma City]], [[Oklahoma]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=fielder-calhoun&pid=156372368|title=Obituary of Fielder Calhoun|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=March 9, 2012}}</ref>​

Heading the Republican ticket that year was [[Charlton Lyons]], a Shreveport oilman who challenged Democrat [[John J. McKeithen]] for [[governor]]. Lyons polled the strongest vote in decades for a then rare Republican nominee in Louisiana.<ref>''Shreveport Journal'', March 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> Guin described Lyons as "a good man who wanted to change the political complexion of Louisiana. He built the Republican Party in its present form. He was a great campaigner, and there was much grassroots fervor. When he began to make inroads, the [[sheriff]]s and other Democratic officeholders proceeded to block his election."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54570612|title=Charlton Havard "Big Papa" Lyons, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref>​

Heading the Republican ticket that year was [[Charlton Lyons]], a Shreveport oilman who challenged Democrat [[John J. McKeithen]] for [[governor]]. Lyons polled the strongest vote in decades for a then rare Republican nominee in Louisiana.<ref>''Shreveport Journal'', March 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> Guin described Lyons as "a good man who wanted to change the political complexion of Louisiana. He built the Republican Party in its present form. He was a great campaigner, and there was much grassroots fervor. When he began to make inroads, the [[sheriff]]s and other Democratic officeholders proceeded to block his election."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54570612|title=Charlton Havard "Big Papa" Lyons, Sr.|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=July 24, 2014}}</ref>​

===School board===

===School board===

In the [[general election]] held on November 3, 1964, Guin and two other Republicans running for the Caddo Parish School Board, the late Joel B. Brown and Edward Leo "Ed" McGuire, Jr. (1914-1983), were swept to victory on the coattails of the successful presidential nominee in Louisiana, [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]].<ref>''The Shreveport Times'', November 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> McGuire was a native of Taunton, [[Massachusetts]], who  married the former Mary E. Bell (1916-2011), the daughter of Judge Thornton F. Bell of Shreveport, whom he had met while serving as a second lieutenant in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps during World War II.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=mary-e-mcguire&pid=147615740|title=Mary E. McGuire obituary|date=January 6, 2011|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=July 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McGuire&GSfn=Edward&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1117&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=129524082&df=all&|title=Edward Leo McGuire, Jr.|publisher=findagrave.com|author=Shawn Bohannon|date=May 9, 2014|accessdate=March 3, 2015}}</ref>​

In the [[general election]] held on November 3, 1964, Guin and two other Republicans running for the Caddo Parish School Board, the late Joel B. Brown and Edward Leo "Ed" McGuire, Jr. (1914-1983), were swept to victory on the coattails of the successful presidential nominee in Louisiana, [[U.S. Senator]] [[Barry Goldwater]] of [[Arizona]].<ref>''The Shreveport Times'', November 4, 1964, p. 1.</ref> McGuire was a native of Taunton, [[Massachusetts]], who  married the former Mary E. Bell (1916-2011), the daughter of Judge Thornton F. Bell of Shreveport, whom he had met while serving as a second lieutenant in the [[United States Army]] Air Corps during World War II.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=mary-e-mcguire&pid=147615740|title=Mary E. McGuire obituary|date=January 6, 2011|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=July 28, 2014}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=McGuire&GSfn=Edward&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1117&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=129524082&df=all&|title=Edward Leo McGuire, Jr.|publisher=findagrave.com|author=Shawn Bohannon|date=May 9, 2014|accessdate=March 3, 2015}}</ref>​

Once on the board, Guin argued against reducing the number of members, a position advocated by board president and later state legislator Don W. Williamson. Guin contended that smaller boards augment the power of [[interest group]]s. While the larger membership can be cumbersome and cause longer meetings, Guin said that more members insure that the overall well-being of the community is served, rather than organized vocal minorities.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "The Williamsons of Caddo Parish: A Political 'Mini-Dynasty", ''[[North Louisiana History]]'', Winter 2008, p. 35.</ref>

Once on the board, Guin argued against reducing the number of members, a position advocated by board president and later state legislator Don W. Williamson. Guin contended that smaller boards augment the power of [[interest group]]s. While the larger membership can be cumbersome and cause longer meetings, Guin said that more members insure that the overall well-being of the community is served, rather than organized vocal minorities.<ref>Billy Hathorn, "The Williamsons of Caddo Parish: A Political 'Mini-Dynasty", ''[[North Louisiana History]]'', Winter 2008, p. 35.</ref>

===Abolition of the commission government===

===Abolition of the commission government===

Guin served on the council with another Republican pioneer in Caddo Parish, [[George A. Burton|George Aubrey Burton, Jr.]] (1926-2014), who from 1971 to 1978 was the last to hold the former position of municipal commissioner of finance.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=george-a-burton&pid=171346250|title=George A. Burton, Jr. obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=June 15, 2014}}</ref>​

Guin served on the council with another Republican pioneer in Caddo Parish, [[George A. Burton|George Aubrey Burton, Jr.]] (1926-2014), who from 1971 to 1978 was the last to hold the former position of municipal commissioner of finance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=george-a-burton&pid=171346250|title=George A. Burton, Jr. obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=June 15, 2014}}</ref>​

In 1978, the Shreveport commission government was abolished through a federal court order citing the at-large election system as having operated "invidiously to minimize or cancel the voting power of black electors."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.casetext.com/case/blacks-u-for-lasting-leadership-v-c-of-shreveport#.U9KZbct0wfg|title=''Blacks United for Lasting Leadership v. City of Shreveport|date=1976|publisher=casetext.com|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref> With the commissioners' positions effectively abolished, Guin hence ran for mayor under the new and still serving mayor-council government. His opponents were the Democrats Donald E. Hathaway, his council colleague who headed the Department of Public Works, and William T. "Bill" Hanna, an automobile dealer who ultimately won the position. Less than two years after his  election to the last city council under the commission government, Guin finished with only 1,888 votes (3.4 percent).<ref>''The Shreveport Times'', September 17, 1978, p. 1.</ref>​

In 1978, the Shreveport commission government was abolished through a federal court order citing the at-large election system as having operated "invidiously to minimize or cancel the voting power of black electors."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.casetext.com/case/blacks-u-for-lasting-leadership-v-c-of-shreveport#.U9KZbct0wfg|title=''Blacks United for Lasting Leadership v. City of Shreveport|date=1976|publisher=casetext.com|accessdate=July 25, 2014}}</ref> With the commissioners' positions effectively abolished, Guin hence ran for mayor under the new and still serving mayor-council government. His opponents were the Democrats Donald E. Hathaway, his council colleague who headed the Department of Public Works, and William T. "Bill" Hanna, an automobile dealer who ultimately won the position. Less than two years after his  election to the last city council under the commission government, Guin finished with only 1,888 votes (3.4 percent).<ref>''The Shreveport Times'', September 17, 1978, p. 1.</ref>​