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==Caddo Parish commissioner==

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In 1978, Armstrong was one of four Republicans defeated for newly established seats on the seven-member Shreveport City Council, when the [[mayor-council]] government superseded the former city commission format. Armstrong, along with B. Leonard Critcher (born 1944), a financial planner who subsequently relocated to [[Dallas]], [[Texas]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://coveringassets.com/about/|title=B. Leonard Critcher|publisher=coveringassets.com|accessdate=January 22, 2015}}</ref> Joe E. Wallace, and the African- American L. V. Myles, was defeated in the second round of balloting by Democratic candidates, who hence became the first council members under the new and still continuing system of government.<ref>Billy Hathorn, ''The Republican Party in Louisiana'' ([[Natchitoches, Louisiana]]: [[Northwestern State University]], 1980), p. 278.</ref><ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' November 8, 1978, p. 1.</ref>

In 1978, Armstrong was one of four Republicans defeated for newly established seats on the seven-member Shreveport City Council, when the [[mayor-council]] government superseded the former city commission format. Armstrong, along with B. Leonard Critcher (born 1944), a financial planner who subsequently relocated to [[Dallas]], [[Texas]];<ref>{{cite web|url=http://coveringassets.com/about/|title=B. Leonard Critcher|publisher=coveringassets.com|accessdate=January 22, 2015; no longer on-line}}</ref> Joe E. Wallace, and the African- American L. V. Myles, was defeated in the second round of balloting by Democratic candidates, who hence became the first council members under the new and still continuing system of government.<ref>Billy Hathorn, ''The Republican Party in Louisiana'' ([[Natchitoches, Louisiana]]: [[Northwestern State University]], 1980), p. 278.</ref><ref>''[[Shreveport Journal]],'' November 8, 1978, p. 1.</ref>

On December 10, 1984, Armstrong assumed the District 11 seat on the 12-member Caddo Parish Commission, the parish governing board. From 1987 to 1989, Armstrong was the commission president.<ref name=samuels>Veta Samuels, "The History of the Caddo Parish Commission."</ref> He was succeeded in the presidential slot by [[Lloyd Lenard]], another Republican member. The Caddo Parish Commission was formerly the 20-member Caddo Police Jury, on which Armstrong also served from Ward 19 from 1976 to 1984.<ref name=samuels/> Armstrong is a former president of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana.<ref name=whoswho/> In his last election to the commission in 1987, Armstrong prevailed with 4,883 votes (59.5 percent), having won outright over a fellow Republican, Billy R. Walker, and a Democratic opponent, Derrel Franks.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>

On December 10, 1984, Armstrong assumed the District 11 seat on the 12-member Caddo Parish Commission, the parish governing board. From 1987 to 1989, Armstrong was the commission president.<ref name=samuels>Veta Samuels, "The History of the Caddo Parish Commission."</ref> He was succeeded in the presidential slot by [[Lloyd Lenard]], another Republican member. The Caddo Parish Commission was formerly the 20-member Caddo Police Jury, on which Armstrong also served from Ward 19 from 1976 to 1984.<ref name=samuels/> Armstrong is a former president of the Police Jury Association of Louisiana.<ref name=whoswho/> In his last election to the commission in 1987, Armstrong prevailed with 4,883 votes (59.5 percent), having won outright over a fellow Republican, Billy R. Walker, and a Democratic opponent, Derrel Franks.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary election returns, October 24, 1987.</ref>