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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Raymond Julian Laborde, I
|nationality=[[France|French]]-[[United States|American]]|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for District 28 (Avoyelles Parish)]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|term_start=May 1972
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''Raymond Julian Laborde, I''' (born August 18, 1927&ndash. January 17, 2016), was a [[department store]] owner and a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] [[politician]] in his native Marksville in Avoyelles Parish south of [[Alexandria, Louisiana|Alexandria]], [[Louisiana]]. He was often called "Mr. Marksville."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thetowntalk.com/story/news/local/avoyelles/2016/01/18/mr-marksville-raymond-laborde-dies-age-88/78963462/|author=Richard P. Sharkey|title='Mr. Marksville' Raymond Laborde dies at age of 88|publisher=''The Alexandria Town Talk''|date=January 17, 2016|accessdate=November 2, 2019}}</ref>wo
The Marksville mayor from 1958 to 1970, Laborde thereafter served five terms from 1972 to 1992 in the Louisiana House of Representatives.<ref name=listing>{{cite web|url=
