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| term_end2=1992
| term_end2=1992
| preceded2=Edgar G.<br> "Sonny" Mouton, Jr.
| preceded2=Edgar G.<br> "Sonny" Mouton, Jr.
| succeeded2=J. Lomax "Max" Jordan, Jr.
| succeeded2=[[J. Lomax Jordan]]
| office3=President of the Louisiana State Senate
| office3=President of the Louisiana State Senate
| term_start3=1988
| term_start3=1988
John and Oneida Bares
John and Oneida Bares
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|footnotes='''Notes''':<br>
*The [[National Organization for Women]] successfully targeted Allen Bares for defeat in 1991 because of his sponsorship of legislation to outlaw most [[abortion]]s in [[Louisiana]].<br>
* Though NOW contributed to Bares' defeat, he was succeeded in the Louisiana State Senate by a [[pro-life]] [[Republican Party|Republican]], [[J. Lomax Jordan]].<br>
* In addition to his strongly pro-life position, Bares was a devotee of the [[Boy Scouts]], which in the year 2000 awarded him its Silver Eagle Award.<br>
* Bares was a legislative advocate of [[worker's compensation]] , [[tort]], and [[education]]al reform while he served in both houses of the legislature.<br>
* A speaker of [[French]], Bares supported efforts to promote French culture and language within Louisiana.
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Bares' obituary describes him as "a passionate leader in the pro-life movement [who] authored historic legislation to protect the precious lives of the unborn in Louisiana."<ref name=obit/> In 1991, Bares authored a measure in the Senate, co-sponsored in the House by Representative Sam H. Theriot of Abbeville, which would have outlawed most abortions in Louisiana, including impregnations which resulted from [[incest]]. The legislature approved the bill, but it was vetoed by Governor Roemer on the grounds that it went beyond the scope of the [[United States Supreme Court]] opinion, ''[[Roe v. Wade]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2D61639F933A15755C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=Louisiana Abortion Law Is Delayed |author=Ronald Smothers|date=June 20, 1991|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=September 23, 2019}}</ref> Such [[feminist]] groups as the [[National Organization for Women]], subsequently headed by the Louisiana native Kim Gandy, formerly of [[Bossier City]], successfully targeted Bares and a pro-life House member, fellow Democrat Carl Newton Gunter, Jr. (1938-1999) of Rapides Parish, for defeat. The controversy worked to Jordan's advantage though he too took the pro-life position. In the end, Bares and Gunter were defeated in what Louisiana feminists hailed as a great success.<ref>''The Feminist Chronicles — 1991 — Political,'' Feminist Majority Foundation, accessed August 20, 2008.</ref>
Bares' obituary describes him as "a passionate leader in the pro-life movement [who] authored historic legislation to protect the precious lives of the unborn in Louisiana."<ref name=obit/> In 1991, Bares authored a measure in the Senate, co-sponsored in the House by Representative Sam H. Theriot of Abbeville, which would have outlawed most abortions in Louisiana, including impregnations which resulted from [[incest]]. The legislature approved the bill, but it was vetoed by Governor Roemer on the grounds that it went beyond the scope of the [[United States Supreme Court]] opinion, ''[[Roe v. Wade]].''<ref>{{cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9D0CE2D61639F933A15755C0A967958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=all|title=Louisiana Abortion Law Is Delayed |author=Ronald Smothers|date=June 20, 1991|publisher=''[[The New York Times]]''|accessdate=September 23, 2019}}</ref> Such [[feminist]] groups as the [[National Organization for Women]], subsequently headed by the Louisiana native Kim Gandy, formerly of [[Bossier City]], successfully targeted Bares and a pro-life House member, fellow Democrat Carl Newton Gunter, Jr. (1938-1999) of Rapides Parish, for defeat. The controversy worked to Jordan's advantage though he too took the pro-life position. In the end, Bares and Gunter were defeated in what Louisiana feminists hailed as a great success.<ref>''The Feminist Chronicles — 1991 — Political,'' Feminist Majority Foundation, accessed August 20, 2008.</ref>
Bares led Jordan in the 1991 primary with 13,409 votes (40 percent) to 9,313 ballots (28 percent). Two other Republicans, Carl W. Tritschler (born 1964) and Max A. Menard received a critical 6,713 (20 percent) and 3,921 votes (12 percent), respectively. The three Republican candidates, in what was otherwise a heavily Democratic year in Louisiana politics, polled a combined 60 percent in the state Senate primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> In the runoff, technically the [[general election]] on November 16, 1991, Jordan received 22,224 (60 percent) to Bares' 14,730 (again 40 percent). In that same election, [[Edwin Edwards]] returned for a fourth nonconsecutive term as governor in the showdown with former [[Ku Klux Klan]] figure [[David Duke]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>
Bares led Republican [[J. Lomax Jordan]] in the 1991 primary with 13,409 votes (40 percent) to 9,313 ballots (28 percent). Two other Republicans, Carl W. Tritschler (born 1964) and Max A. Menard received a critical 6,713 (20 percent) and 3,921 votes (12 percent), respectively. The three Republican candidates, in what was otherwise a heavily Democratic year in Louisiana politics, polled a combined 60 percent in the state Senate primary.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 19, 1991.</ref> In the runoff, technically the [[general election]] on November 16, 1991, Jordan received 22,224 (60 percent) to Bares' 14,730 (again 40 percent). In that same election, [[Edwin Edwards]] returned for a fourth nonconsecutive term as governor in the showdown with former [[Ku Klux Klan]] figure [[David Duke]].<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General election returns, November 16, 1991.</ref>
A reformer in the legislature, Bares served as national vice president of the Education Commission of the States from 1985 to 1986. He championed tort reform and was a lead author of the 1987 Workman's Compensation Reform Act. Bares was president of the Louisiana Chapter of the Association of French Speaking Legislators and a supporter of the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL). In 1991, the nation of [[France]] awarded Bares the Medal of Merit to recognize his efforts to preserve the French language and culture in Louisiana.<ref name=obit/> He grew up speaking French and did not learn [[English]] until he entered elementary school. On two occasions, Bares, as a state senator, accompanied Governor Roemer on trips to France and to [[Japan]].<ref name=am/>
A reformer in the legislature, Bares served as national vice president of the Education Commission of the States from 1985 to 1986. He championed tort reform and was a lead author of the 1987 Workman's Compensation Reform Act. Bares was president of the Louisiana Chapter of the Association of French Speaking Legislators and a supporter of the Council for the Development of French in Louisiana (CODOFIL). In 1991, the nation of [[France]] awarded Bares the Medal of Merit to recognize his efforts to preserve the French language and culture in Louisiana.<ref name=obit/> He grew up speaking French and did not learn [[English]] until he entered elementary school. On two occasions, Bares, as a state senator, accompanied Governor Roemer on trips to France and to [[Japan]].<ref name=am/>
==Civic leadership==
==Civic leadership==
Bares was active in Kiwanis International, the Lafayette [[Chamber of Commerce]], and St. Pius X [[Roman Catholic]] Church. He was the first elected president of Our Lady of Fatima Church. He was president of the Evangeline Area Boy Scouts Council located in Lafayette. He received the Silver Beaver Award from the Scouts in 2000. He was an avid [[horse]]man, [[hunter]], [[Fishing|fisherman]], and [[golf]]er.<ref name=obit/>
Bares was active in Kiwanis International, the Lafayette [[Chamber of Commerce]], and St. Pius X [[Roman Catholic]] Church. He was the first elected president of Our Lady of Fatima Church. He was president of the Evangeline Area Boy Scouts Council located in Lafayette. He received the Silver Beaver Award from the Scouts in 2000. He was an avid [[horse]]man, [[hunter]], [[Fishing|fisherman]], and [[golf]]er.<ref name=obit/>