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'''Billy Henry Robertson''' (May 5, 1938 – June 27, 2013), known as '''Bill Robertson''', was the longest-serving [[mayor]] of the small city of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. With 22.5 years, he was first elected on November 6, 1990, and held the position until his death in office.<ref name=death>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130627/NEWS01/130627012/Minden-mayor-Bill-Robertson-dies|author=Curtis Heyen|title="Minden Mayor Bill Robertson dies"|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 27, 2013|accessdate=June 27, 2013}}</ref><ref>The second longest-serving mayor was [[John T. David]], who held the office from 1946 to 1955.</ref>
'''Billy Henry Robertson''' (May 5, 1938 – June 27, 2013), known as '''Bill Robertson''', was the longest-serving [[mayor]] of the small city of [[Minden, Louisiana|Minden]] in Webster Parish in northwestern [[Louisiana]]. With 22.5 years, he was first elected on November 6, 1990, and held the position until his death in office.<ref name=death>{{cite web|url=http://www.shreveporttimes.com/article/20130627/NEWS01/130627012/Minden-mayor-Bill-Robertson-dies|author=Curtis Heyen|title="Minden Mayor Bill Robertson dies"|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 27, 2013|accessdate=June 27, 2013}}</ref><ref>The second longest-serving mayor was [[John T. David]], who held the office from 1946 to 1955.</ref>
On August 9, 2008, Robertson was elected president of the Louisiana Municipal Association at the annual convention in [[Lafayette]]. He succeeded outgoing LMA President Clarence R. Fields, the long-term mayor of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]].
On August 9, 2008, Robertson was elected president of the Louisiana Municipal Association at the annual convention in [[Lafayette]]. He succeeded outgoing LMA President [[Clarence Fields]], the long-term mayor of [[Pineville, Louisiana|Pineville]].
On October 2, 2010, Robertson, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], won his sixth and final four-year term. He polled 1,885 votes (53 percent) against the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, Alton Monroe "Al" Hortman, Jr., who had also run in 2006, and two "No Party" candidates, Deric Tate and Larry Botzong. Hortman finished with 737 votes (20.8 percent); Tate, 749 (21 percent), and Botzong, 170 (5 percent).<ref name=octelection>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10022010/10022010_60.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 2, 2010|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 2, 2010}}</ref>
On October 2, 2010, Robertson, a [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], won his sixth and final four-year term. He polled 1,885 votes (53 percent) against the [[Republican Party|Republican]] candidate, Alton Monroe "Al" Hortman, Jr., who had also run in 2006, and two "No Party" candidates, Deric Tate and Larry Botzong. Hortman finished with 737 votes (20.8 percent); Tate, 749 (21 percent), and Botzong, 170 (5 percent).<ref name=octelection>{{cite web|url=http://staticresults.sos.la.gov/10022010/10022010_60.html|title=Louisiana primary election returns, October 2, 2010|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=October 2, 2010}}</ref>