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The second mayoral tenure lasted for only five months. He was appointed by the Mandeville City Council to replace Eddie Price, III, who had resigned upon criminal conviction.<ref> Cindy Chang, [http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/10/post_24.html "Mandeville mayor resigns under fire"] in ''Times-Picayune'', 2009 October 10, pp. A1, A11; [http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2009/10/a_disgraced_mayor_finally_resi.html "Mayor Price's resignation"] in ''Times-Picayune'', 2009 October 10, Saint Tammany Edition, p. B4; Cindy Chang, [http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-34/1255324868262670.xml&coll=1 "Council to pick interim mayor: Mandeville then will call special election"] in ''New Orleans Times-Picayune'', October 12, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, pp. B1, B2.</ref>​

The second mayoral tenure lasted for only five months. He was appointed by the Mandeville City Council to replace Eddie Price, III, who had resigned upon criminal conviction.<ref> Cindy Chang, [http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2009/10/post_24.html "Mandeville mayor resigns under fire"] in ''Times-Picayune'', 2009 October 10, pp. A1, A11; [http://www.nola.com/opinions/index.ssf/2009/10/a_disgraced_mayor_finally_resi.html "Mayor Price's resignation"] in ''Times-Picayune'', 2009 October 10, Saint Tammany Edition, p. B4; Cindy Chang, [http://www.nola.com/news/t-p/metro/index.ssf?/base/news-34/1255324868262670.xml&coll=1 "Council to pick interim mayor: Mandeville then will call special election"] in ''New Orleans Times-Picayune'', October 12, 2009, Saint Tammany Edition, pp. B1, B2.</ref>​

 

In Terrebonne Parish, Lyons was president of the parish council and a member of the former Terrebonne Parish Police Jury, in addition to his time as mayor of Houma. After retiring to Mandeville, he served for five months on the Mandeville City Council in 2000 to complete the unexpired term of Homer Fouquier after Jack McGuire did not seek reelection. Lyons, in applying to be interim mayor, agreed not to be a candidate in the  [[special election]] held on March 27, 2010, to complete the term to which Price had been elected and which ended in 2012.<ref>Kia Hall Hayes, [http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/10/update_ray_baas_selected_as_ne.html "North Shore city selects leader", ''New Orleans Times-Picayune'', October 18, 2009, Metro Edition, pp. A1, A8.</ref>​

In Terrebonne Parish, Lyons was president of the parish council and a member of the former Terrebonne Parish Police Jury, in addition to his time as mayor of Houma. After retiring to Mandeville, he served for five months on the Mandeville City Council in 2000 to complete the unexpired term of Homer Fouquier after Jack McGuire did not seek reelection. Lyons, in applying to be interim mayor, agreed not to be a candidate in the  [[special election]] held on March 27, 2010, to complete the term to which Price had been elected and which ended in 2012.<ref>Kia Hall Hayes, [http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/10/update_ray_baas_selected_as_ne.html "North Shore city selects leader", ''New Orleans Times-Picayune'', October 18, 2009, Metro Edition, pp. A1, A8.</ref>​

 

In 1988, the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Lyons polled 16 percent of the votes cast in the nonpartisan blanket primary for the District 2 seat on the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Victory went instead to another Democrat, later [[Governor]] [[Kathleen Blanco]], who defeated a [[Republican Party|Republican]], Kernan "Skip" Hand in the [[general election]] for the PSC held in conjunction with the U.S. presidential election.

In 1988, the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Lyons polled 16 percent of the votes cast in the nonpartisan blanket primary for the District 2 seat on the Louisiana Public Service Commission. Victory went instead to another Democrat, later [[Governor]] [[Kathleen Blanco]], who defeated a [[Republican Party|Republican]], Kernan "Skip" Hand in the [[general election]] for the PSC held in conjunction with the U.S. presidential election.

Lyons was married to the former Joan Ortego (1932-2014). Their children are Edward, Jr., Thomas L. "Tommy", Jeff, Lesley, and Ben Lyons.<ref>Suzanne Le Breton, "Lyons named interim mayor of Mandeville, ''St. Tammany News'', July 17, 2011.</ref> Other finalists for the position of interim mayor were Ray Baas, Clayton Borne, Adolph Ringen, Christina Rukavina, and Glen Runyon; eliminated in the first round were Clifford Bergeron, Stephen Fisher, Phillip Lynch, Leah Martin, Wayne Morgan, Robert Newell, and Maurice Prevost.</ref> Growing up in Houma, Lyons was the first member of his family to have English as  his native language.<ref>Cindy Chang, [http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/10/post_71.html ,"Fresh breeze invigorates Mandeville City Hall", ''Times-Picayune'', 2009 October 25, Metro Edition, pp. A1, A14.</ref>​

Lyons was married to the former Joan Ortego (1932-2014). Their children are Edward, Jr., Thomas L. "Tommy", Jeff, Lesley, and Ben Lyons.<ref>Suzanne Le Breton, "Lyons named interim mayor of Mandeville, ''St. Tammany News'', July 17, 2011.</ref> Other finalists for the position of interim mayor were Ray Baas, Clayton Borne, Adolph Ringen, Christina Rukavina, and Glen Runyon; eliminated in the first round were Clifford Bergeron, Stephen Fisher, Phillip Lynch, Leah Martin, Wayne Morgan, Robert Newell, and Maurice Prevost.</ref> Growing up in Houma, Lyons was the first member of his family to have English as  his native language.<ref>Cindy Chang, [http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2009/10/post_71.html ,"Fresh breeze invigorates Mandeville City Hall", ''Times-Picayune'', 2009 October 25, Metro Edition, pp. A1, A14.</ref>​

 

Lyons is known for his dancing, singing, and storytelling. Often, when given a mere word or topic, he can immediately recall a story from the 1940s in vivid detail.​ On February 1, 2014, he  was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.<ref>"Who's famous?", ''Bossier Press-Tribune'', October 2, 2013.</ref>​

Lyons is known for his dancing, singing, and storytelling. Often, when given a mere word or topic, he can immediately recall a story from the 1940s in vivid detail.​ On February 1, 2014, he  was inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield.<ref>"Who's famous?", ''Bossier Press-Tribune'', October 2, 2013.</ref>​

 

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