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|name= Roy Louis Brun​

|name= Roy Louis Brun​

|office=[[Judge]] of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court in Caddo Parish​

|office=[[Judge]] of the Louisiana 1st Judicial District Court in Caddo Parish​

|term_start2=1997​

|term_start=1997​

|office2=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for Caddo Parish (District 5)​

|office2=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for Caddo Parish (District 5)​

|term_start2=1988 ​

|term_start2=1988 ​

Blaine MacGregor Brun (born 1987)​

Blaine MacGregor Brun (born 1987)​

|party= [[Republican Party|Republican]]​

|party= [[Republican Party|Republican]]​

|religion= [[Episcopalian]]

|religion=[[Episcopalian]]

|occupation=[[Attorney]] and [[Judge]]​

|occupation=[[Attorney]] and [[Judge]]​

|alma_mater=Fair Park High School ([[Shrevepoert]])​

|alma_mater=Fair Park High School ([[Shreveport]])​

[[Louisiana State University]]<br>​

[[Louisiana State University]]<br>​

LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center}}​

LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center}}​

'''Roy Louis Brun''' (born January 15, 1953) is a 1st Judicial District Court [[judge]] in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who was earlier a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative from 1988 to 1997. Brun was considered to have been one of the more [[conservative]] members of the legislature during his nine years of service.​​<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.la.gov/legisdocs/members/h1812-2020.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (Caddo Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=May 15, 2020}}</ref>

'''Roy Louis Brun''' (born January 15, 1953) is a 1st Judicial District Court [[judge]] in [[Shreveport]], [[Louisiana]], who was earlier a [[Republican Party|Republican]] state representative from 1988 to 1997. Brun was considered to have been one of the more [[conservative]] members of the legislature during his nine years of service.​​<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legis.la.gov/legisdocs/members/h1812-2020.pdf|title=Membership of the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (Caddo Parish)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=May 15, 2020}}</ref>

==Background==

==Background==​

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Brun (pronounced BRUNN) was the son of Edwin Louis Brun (1925-2013), a native of Shreveport who during [[World War II]] was attached to a mobile field hospital in the [[Solomon Islands]] in the battles of [[Battle of Guadalcanal|Guadalcanal]] and Bougainville  in preparation for the [[Battle of the Philippines]].<ref name=elbobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=edwin-brun&pid=162899894&fhid=6692#fbLoggedOut|title=Edwin Louis Brun|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 8, 2013}}</ref>His mother was the former Faye Hendrick (1927-2012), a native of [[Portland, Maine|Portland]], [[Maine]], who met her husband in class at Union College, a [[Seventh-day Adventist]] institution in the capital of [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]], [[Nebraska]]. Mrs. Brun was an award-winning [[history]] teacher, guidance counselor, and a supervisor of student teachers at Rusheon Junior High School in [[Bossier City]] under the jurisdiction of the Bossier Parish School Board.  Through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, she evaluated educational institutions in both Louisiana and once during a two-week trip to the former [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=158900787#fbLoggedOut|title=Fay Hendrick Brun|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 8, 2013}}</ref>​

Brun (pronounced BRUNN) was the son of Edwin Louis Brun (1925-2013), a native of Shreveport who during [[World War II]] was attached to a mobile field hospital in the [[Solomon Islands]] in the battles of [[Battle of Guadalcanal|Guadalcanal]] and Bougainville  in preparation for the [[Battle of the Philippines]].<ref name=elbobit>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=edwin-brun&pid=162899894&fhid=6692#fbLoggedOut|title=Edwin Louis Brun|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 8, 2013}}</ref>His mother was the former Faye Hendrick (1927-2012), a native of [[Portland, Maine|Portland]], [[Maine]], who met her husband in class at Union College, a [[Seventh-day Adventist]] institution in the capital of [[Lincoln, Nebraska|Lincoln]], [[Nebraska]]. Mrs. Brun was an award-winning [[history]] teacher, guidance counselor, and a supervisor of student teachers at Rusheon Junior High School in [[Bossier City]] under the jurisdiction of the Bossier Parish School Board.  Through the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, she evaluated educational institutions in both Louisiana and once during a two-week trip to the former [[Soviet Union]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?pid=158900787#fbLoggedOut|title=Fay Hendrick Brun|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|accessdate=February 8, 2013}}</ref>​

 

In his early working career, Edwin Brun was a pharmaceutical salesman. He became a science teacher and then counselor under the Caddo Parish School Board. The Bruns traveled throughout the world to augment their interest in various areas of knowledge ranging from wildflowers to [[telescope]]s. Edwin Brun's obituary implies that their son, Roy, was born in [[Baton Rouge]], where he would later attend college and law school. The family did not settle in Shreveport until 1954, when Roy was one year old. The Bruns also had a daughter, Dr. Sylvia Brun Gage (born 1956). The senior Bruns are interred in her native Maine.<ref name=elbobit/>​

In his early working career, Edwin Brun was a pharmaceutical salesman. He became a science teacher and then counselor under the Caddo Parish School Board. The Bruns traveled throughout the world to augment their interest in various areas of knowledge ranging from wildflowers to [[telescope]]s. Edwin Brun's obituary implies that their son, Roy, was born in [[Baton Rouge]], where he would later attend college and law school. The family did not settle in Shreveport until 1954, when Roy was one year old. The Bruns also had a daughter, Dr. Sylvia Brun Gage (born 1956). The senior Bruns are interred in her native Maine.<ref name=elbobit/>​

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