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|preceded3=Vera "Susie" Waters
|preceded3=Vera "Susie" Waters
|birth_date=May 12, 1946}
|birth_date=May 12, 1946}
|spouse= Single
|spouse= Single<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Murrell Harrison and Elizabeth Wardlow Gunn
|party=[[Independent voter|Independent]]
|party=[[Independent voter|Independent]]
|religion=[[United Methodist]]
|religion=[[United Methodist]]
|occupation= [[Business]]man
|occupation= [[Business]]man
[[United States Air Force]] (1968-1972)
[[United States Air Force]] (1968-1972)
|alma_mater=Montgomery (Louisiana)<br> High School<br>
|alma_mater=Montgomery (Louisiana)<br> High School
[[Northwestern State University]]
[[Northwestern State University]]
|footnotes='''Note''':<br>
|footnotes='''Note''':<br>
*One of Gunn's predecessors as [[mayor]] of Montgomery was his great-aunt, [[Lula Wardlow]], the first ever woman mayor of a [[Louisiana]] community.}}
*One of Gunn's predecessors as [[mayor]] of Montgomery was his great-aunt, [[Lula Wardlow]], the first ever woman mayor of a [[Louisiana]] community.}}
'''Stephen Lee Gunn''', known as '''Steve Gunn''' (born May 12, 1946), is a securities investor and the [[mayor]] of [[rural]] Montgomery, [[Louisiana]], who formerly served from 1992 to 1996 as an [[Independent voter|Independent]] state representative for District 22 (Catahoula, Grant, and La Salle parishes plus one precinct in Rapides Parish).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=May 12, 2020}}</ref> Gunn served as mayor of mayor from 2002 to 2010 and returned for a second stint as mayor in November 2018.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Grant Parish), November 6, 2018.</ref>
'''Stephen Lee Gunn''', known as '''Steve Gunn''' (born May 12, 1946), is a securities investor and the [[mayor]] of [[rural]] Montgomery, [[Louisiana]], who formerly served from 1992 to 1996 as an [[Independent voter|Independent]] state representative for District 22 (Catahoula, Grant, and La Salle parishes plus one precinct in Rapides Parish).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=May 12, 2020}}</ref> Gunn served as mayor of mayor from 2002 to 2010 and returned for a second stint as mayor in November 2018.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns (Grant Parish), November 6, 2018.</ref>
==Background==
==Background==
Gunn's maternal great-aunt, [[Lula Wardlow]], was mayor of Montgomery from 1926 to 1930. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], she was the first woman ever to be elected mayor of any community in Louisiana. She was a [[Methodist]] minister and denominational leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-w/|title=Wardlow, Lula|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 12, 2020}}</ref>
Gunn's maternal great-aunt, [[Lula Wardlow]], was mayor of Montgomery from 1926 to 1930. A [[Democratic Party|Democrat]], she was the first woman ever to be elected mayor of any community in Louisiana. She was a [[Methodist]] minister and denominational leader.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.lahistory.org/resources/dictionary-louisiana-biography/dictionary-louisiana-biography-w/|title=Wardlow, Lula|publisher=''A Dictionary of Louisiana Biography'': Louisiana Historical Association|accessdate=May 12, 2020}}</ref>