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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Harvey Bernard LeBas
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br>District 38 (Evangeline and<br> St. Landry parishes)
|term_start=2008
|term_end=2020
|preceded=Eric LaFleur
|succeeded=[[Rhonda Butler]]
|birth_date=September 21, 1943
|birth_place=Place of birth missing
|residence=Ville Platte, Louisiana, USA
|spouse=Charlotte Ann Demoruelle LeBas
|children=
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|occupation=[[Pharmacist]]
|religion=
|alma_mater=Sacred Heart High School (Ville Platte)<br>
[[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]||
'''Harvey Bernard LeBas''', known as '''Bernard LeBas''' or '''H. Bernard LeBas''' (born September 21, 1943),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/harvey-lebas/e469590630726
|title=Harvey LeBas (Bernard)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=October 6, 2020}}</ref> is a [[pharmacist]] from Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish, [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former state representative for District 38. From 2008 to 2020, he represented Evangeline and St. Landry parishes in the southern portion of his state.<ref name=hblb>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (Evangeline and St. Landry parishes)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 6, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
LeBas graduated in 1961 from then [[Roman Catholic]] Sacred Heart High School in Ville Platte. In 1968, he received his pharmacy degree from the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]], then known as Northeast Louisiana State College.<ref name=hblb/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart/candidate/biography/93790/bernard-lebas#.VUtcl_lViko|title=H. Bernard LeBas's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 2, 2020}}</ref> LeBas owns four pharmacies in Evangeline and St. Landry parishes. His father, brother, two of his sons, and a daughter-in-law were or are pharmacists. He is a past president of the Louisiana Pharmaceutical Association.<ref name=pharm>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianagovernmentalstudies.com/mymob/LeBasHBernard.html|title=Bernard LeBas|publisher=louisianagovernmentalstudies.com|accessdate=May 7, 2015}}</ref>
LeBas is a former resident of [[Lafayette]] and Youngsville, both in [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]]..<ref>{{cite web|url=http://intelius.com/results.php?&formname=name&qf=H&qmi=B&qn=LeBas&qcs=Ville+Platte%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Harvey Bernard LeBas|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=October 6, 2020}}</ref>
==Political life==
As a newcomer to politics, LeBas was unopposed in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 20, 2007, for the District 38 House seat vacated by his fellow Democrat, Eric LaFleur, who ran instead successfully for the District 28 seat in the state Senate.<ref name=pharm/> To gain a second term in 2011, LeBas defeated two [[Republican Party|Republican]] opponents, Julie Kay Disotell Harrington (born November 1970) of [[Melville, Louisiana|Melville]] in St. Landry Parish and Peter Anthony Vidrine<ref name=electionresults/>(born November 1957), also of Ville Platte. Formerly affiliated with the [[John Birch Society]] and the [[Ron Paul]] presidential campaign in 2012, Vidrine subsequently joined the [[Constitution Party]. In 1996, Vidrine ran for [[Louisiana's 7th congressional district]] seat, since disbanded, but victory went to the Democrat, Christopher "Chris" John of Crowley in Acadia Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://facebook.com/pvidrine|title=Peter Vidrine|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 7, 2015}}</ref>
In the 2011 campaign, LeBas received more than $68,000 in contributions from the Louisiana Democratic Party, $6,000 from the Louisiana Dental Association, and $2,500 from a [[political action committee]] headed by former [[Governor]] [[Kathleen Blanco]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/H._Bernard_LeBas|title=Bernard LeBas|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 6, 2020}}</ref> LeBas finished the race with 6,023 votes (51.8 percent) to Harrington's 3,787 (28.4 percent) and Vidrine's 2,649 (19.8 percent).<ref name=electionresults>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>
Representative LeBas served on the House Democratic Caucus, the Rural Caucus, and the Acadiana delegation. He sat on three House committees: (1) Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development, (2) Health and Welfare, (3) Transportation, Highways, and Public Works.<ref name=hblb/>
LeBas' ratings from the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry have ranged from 31 to 69 percent over the years he has been a legislator. In 2012, the National Federation of Independent Business scored him 40 percent. LeBas ranked 100 percent from the Louisiana Association of Educators.<ref name=ratings/> In April 2015, he introduced legislation to double the number of days that a substitute teacher in public schools who has retired from full-time teaching could teach without an adverse impact on their retirement benefits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedrumnewspaper.info/?p=3323|title=LeBas seeks to ease substitute teacher shortage|date=April 9, 2015|publisher=''The Drum Newspaper''|accessdate=May 7, 2015}}</ref>
In 2013 and 2014, the [[conservative]] [[Louisiana Family Forum]] scored him 70 and 86 percent, respectively. Louisiana [[Right to Life]] in 2013 and 2014 rated him 75 and 100 percent, respectively.<ref name=ratings>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/evaluations/93790/bernard-lebas#.VUrOgPlViko|title=H. Bernard LeBas's Ratings and Evaluations|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 6, 2020}}</ref> In 2008, the Louisiana Right to Life Federation presented him with a "Defender of Life" award for his work on behalf of HB 517 to protect the rights of conscience of health care providers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prolifelouisiana.org/legislation/state/awards/defenders.html|title=Defender of Life Award Recipients|publisher=prolifelouisiana.org|accessdate=May 7, 2015}}</ref> In 2014, LeBas co-sponsored the requirement that [[abortion]] providers have hospital admitting privileges near their clinic; only five House members voted against the measure.<ref name=votingrecords/>
LeBas also voted in 2014 to extend the time for implementation of the [[Common Core]] State Standards Initiative. He voted against the requirement that companies must give public notice of proposed hydraulic [[fracking]]. He voted to halt the transportation of dogs in open truck beds on interstate highways. He voted against the repeal of the anti-sodomy laws; the measure failed in the House, 27-67. He voted for the concealed carry of weapons in restaurants that serve alcoholic beverages. In 2013, he did not vote on the issue of permanent concealed-carry permits but opposed making information on the permits a matter of the public record. In 2010, he opposed allowing handguns to be brought into churches for protection of the congregation.<ref name=votingrecords/>
He voted for judicial pay increases and for removing the mandatory retirement age of judges. LeBas voted to reduce the penalties for [[marijuana]] possession; the measure passed the House, 54-38.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/93790/bernard-lebas#.VUrOgPlViko|title=H. Bernard LeBas's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 6, 2020}}</ref>
LeBas voted against tax incentives to recruit a [[National Basketball Association]] team to Louisiana and opposed state [[income tax]] deductions to taxpayers donating to scholarship funds. He did not vote on the issue of requiring that welfare recipients undergo periodic testing for use of [[narcotics]]. In 2011, LeBas co-sponsored [[parole]] eligibility for elderly offenders. He voted for a permanent tax on [[cigarette]]s. He opposed reducing the number of hours that polling stations remain open; Louisiana traditionally has had 14-hour election days. He voted to forbid telephone use while driving. LeBas opposed changes to the teacher tenure law.<ref name=votingrecords/>
Term-limited in the state House in 2019, LeBas was an unsuccessful candidate for the District 28 seat in the Louisiana Senate, won by the Republican [[Heather Cloud]]
==References==
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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Harvey Bernard LeBas
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative for<br>District 38 (Evangeline and<br> St. Landry parishes)
|term_start=2008
|term_end=2020
|preceded=Eric LaFleur
|succeeded=[[Rhonda Butler]]
|birth_date=September 21, 1943
|birth_place=Place of birth missing
|residence=Ville Platte, Louisiana, USA
|spouse=Charlotte Ann Demoruelle LeBas
|children=
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|occupation=[[Pharmacist]]
|religion=
|alma_mater=Sacred Heart High School (Ville Platte)<br>
[[University of Louisiana at Monroe]]||
'''Harvey Bernard LeBas''', known as '''Bernard LeBas''' or '''H. Bernard LeBas''' (born September 21, 1943),<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.mylife.com/harvey-lebas/e469590630726
|title=Harvey LeBas (Bernard)|publisher=Mylife.com|accessdate=October 6, 2020}}</ref> is a [[pharmacist]] from Ville Platte in Evangeline Parish, [[Louisiana]], who is a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] former state representative for District 38. From 2008 to 2020, he represented Evangeline and St. Landry parishes in the southern portion of his state.<ref name=hblb>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2024 (Evangeline and St. Landry parishes)|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=October 6, 2020}}</ref>
==Background==
LeBas graduated in 1961 from then [[Roman Catholic]] Sacred Heart High School in Ville Platte. In 1968, he received his pharmacy degree from the [[University of Louisiana at Monroe]], then known as Northeast Louisiana State College.<ref name=hblb/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart/candidate/biography/93790/bernard-lebas#.VUtcl_lViko|title=H. Bernard LeBas's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 2, 2020}}</ref> LeBas owns four pharmacies in Evangeline and St. Landry parishes. His father, brother, two of his sons, and a daughter-in-law were or are pharmacists. He is a past president of the Louisiana Pharmaceutical Association.<ref name=pharm>{{cite web|url=http://www.louisianagovernmentalstudies.com/mymob/LeBasHBernard.html|title=Bernard LeBas|publisher=louisianagovernmentalstudies.com|accessdate=May 7, 2015}}</ref>
LeBas is a former resident of [[Lafayette]] and Youngsville, both in [[Lafayette|Lafayette Parish]]..<ref>{{cite web|url=http://intelius.com/results.php?&formname=name&qf=H&qmi=B&qn=LeBas&qcs=Ville+Platte%2C+LA&focusfirst=1|title=Harvey Bernard LeBas|publisher=intelius.com|accessdate=October 6, 2020}}</ref>
==Political life==
As a newcomer to politics, LeBas was unopposed in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 20, 2007, for the District 38 House seat vacated by his fellow Democrat, Eric LaFleur, who ran instead successfully for the District 28 seat in the state Senate.<ref name=pharm/> To gain a second term in 2011, LeBas defeated two [[Republican Party|Republican]] opponents, Julie Kay Disotell Harrington (born November 1970) of [[Melville, Louisiana|Melville]] in St. Landry Parish and Peter Anthony Vidrine<ref name=electionresults/>(born November 1957), also of Ville Platte. Formerly affiliated with the [[John Birch Society]] and the [[Ron Paul]] presidential campaign in 2012, Vidrine subsequently joined the [[Constitution Party]. In 1996, Vidrine ran for [[Louisiana's 7th congressional district]] seat, since disbanded, but victory went to the Democrat, Christopher "Chris" John of Crowley in Acadia Parish.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://facebook.com/pvidrine|title=Peter Vidrine|publisher=[[Facebook]]|accessdate=May 7, 2015}}</ref>
In the 2011 campaign, LeBas received more than $68,000 in contributions from the Louisiana Democratic Party, $6,000 from the Louisiana Dental Association, and $2,500 from a [[political action committee]] headed by former [[Governor]] [[Kathleen Blanco]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ballotpedia.org/H._Bernard_LeBas|title=Bernard LeBas|publisher=ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 6, 2020}}</ref> LeBas finished the race with 6,023 votes (51.8 percent) to Harrington's 3,787 (28.4 percent) and Vidrine's 2,649 (19.8 percent).<ref name=electionresults>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>
Representative LeBas served on the House Democratic Caucus, the Rural Caucus, and the Acadiana delegation. He sat on three House committees: (1) Agriculture, Forestry, Aquaculture, and Rural Development, (2) Health and Welfare, (3) Transportation, Highways, and Public Works.<ref name=hblb/>
LeBas' ratings from the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry have ranged from 31 to 69 percent over the years he has been a legislator. In 2012, the National Federation of Independent Business scored him 40 percent. LeBas ranked 100 percent from the Louisiana Association of Educators.<ref name=ratings/> In April 2015, he introduced legislation to double the number of days that a substitute teacher in public schools who has retired from full-time teaching could teach without an adverse impact on their retirement benefits.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thedrumnewspaper.info/?p=3323|title=LeBas seeks to ease substitute teacher shortage|date=April 9, 2015|publisher=''The Drum Newspaper''|accessdate=May 7, 2015}}</ref>
In 2013 and 2014, the [[conservative]] [[Louisiana Family Forum]] scored him 70 and 86 percent, respectively. Louisiana [[Right to Life]] in 2013 and 2014 rated him 75 and 100 percent, respectively.<ref name=ratings>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/evaluations/93790/bernard-lebas#.VUrOgPlViko|title=H. Bernard LeBas's Ratings and Evaluations|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 6, 2020}}</ref> In 2008, the Louisiana Right to Life Federation presented him with a "Defender of Life" award for his work on behalf of HB 517 to protect the rights of conscience of health care providers.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.prolifelouisiana.org/legislation/state/awards/defenders.html|title=Defender of Life Award Recipients|publisher=prolifelouisiana.org|accessdate=May 7, 2015}}</ref> In 2014, LeBas co-sponsored the requirement that [[abortion]] providers have hospital admitting privileges near their clinic; only five House members voted against the measure.<ref name=votingrecords/>
LeBas also voted in 2014 to extend the time for implementation of the [[Common Core]] State Standards Initiative. He voted against the requirement that companies must give public notice of proposed hydraulic [[fracking]]. He voted to halt the transportation of dogs in open truck beds on interstate highways. He voted against the repeal of the anti-sodomy laws; the measure failed in the House, 27-67. He voted for the concealed carry of weapons in restaurants that serve alcoholic beverages. In 2013, he did not vote on the issue of permanent concealed-carry permits but opposed making information on the permits a matter of the public record. In 2010, he opposed allowing handguns to be brought into churches for protection of the congregation.<ref name=votingrecords/>
He voted for judicial pay increases and for removing the mandatory retirement age of judges. LeBas voted to reduce the penalties for [[marijuana]] possession; the measure passed the House, 54-38.<ref name=votingrecords>{{cite web|url=http://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/93790/bernard-lebas#.VUrOgPlViko|title=H. Bernard LeBas's Voting Records|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 6, 2020}}</ref>
LeBas voted against tax incentives to recruit a [[National Basketball Association]] team to Louisiana and opposed state [[income tax]] deductions to taxpayers donating to scholarship funds. He did not vote on the issue of requiring that welfare recipients undergo periodic testing for use of [[narcotics]]. In 2011, LeBas co-sponsored [[parole]] eligibility for elderly offenders. He voted for a permanent tax on [[cigarette]]s. He opposed reducing the number of hours that polling stations remain open; Louisiana traditionally has had 14-hour election days. He voted to forbid telephone use while driving. LeBas opposed changes to the teacher tenure law.<ref name=votingrecords/>
Term-limited in the state House in 2019, LeBas was an unsuccessful candidate for the District 28 seat in the Louisiana Senate, won by the Republican [[Heather Cloud]]
==References==
{{refist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:LeBlas, Bernard}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Pharmacists]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:Politicians]]
[[Category:Democrats]]