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Guin served on the council with another Republican pioneer in Caddo Parish, [[George A. Burton|George Aubrey Burton, Jr.]], who from 1971 to 1978 was the last to hold the former position of municipal commissioner of finance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=george-a-burton&pid=171346250|title=George A. Burton, Jr., obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 15, 2014|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>
Guin served on the council with another Republican pioneer in Caddo Parish, [[George A. Burton|George Aubrey Burton, Jr.]], who from 1971 to 1978 was the last to hold the former position of municipal commissioner of finance.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/shreveporttimes/obituary.aspx?n=george-a-burton&pid=171346250|title=George A. Burton, Jr., obituary|publisher=''The Shreveport Times''|date=June 15, 2014|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref>
In 1978, the Shreveport commission government was abolished through a federal court order citing the at-large election system as having operated "invidiously to minimize or cancel the voting power of black electors."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.casetext.com/case/blacks-u-for-lasting-leadership-v-c-of-shreveport#.U9KZbct0wfg|title=Blacks United for Lasting Leadership v. City of Shreveport|date=1976|publisher=casetext.com|date=July 16, 1976|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref> With the commissioners' positions effectively abolished, Guin hence ran for mayor under the new and still serving mayor-council government. His opponents were the Democrats Donald Edgar Hathaway, his council colleague who headed the Department of Public Works, and [[Bill Hanna|William Thomas "Bill" Hanna, Jr.]]<ref>''The Shreveport Times,'' September 17, 1978, p. 1.</ref>
In 1978, the Shreveport commission government was abolished through a federal court order citing the at-large election system as having operated "invidiously to minimize or cancel the voting power of black electors."<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.casetext.com/case/blacks-u-for-lasting-leadership-v-c-of-shreveport#.U9KZbct0wfg|title=Blacks United for Lasting Leadership v. City of Shreveport|date=1976|publisher=casetext.com|date=July 16, 1976|accessdate=February 8, 2020}}</ref> With the commissioners' positions effectively abolished, Guin hence ran for mayor under the new and still serving mayor-council government. His opponents were the Democrats [[Donald E. Hathaway]], his council colleague who headed the Department of Public Works, and [[Bill Hanna|William Thomas "Bill" Hanna, Jr.]]<ref>''The Shreveport Times,'' September 17, 1978, p. 1.</ref>
==Personal life==
==Personal life==