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{{Infobox officeholder
| name=Joel Craig Robideaux
| image=Joel Robideaux of LA.jpg
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=[[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]] City-Parish President
| term_start=2016
| term_end=January 6, 2020
| preceded=[[Joey Durel]]
| succeeded=[[Josh Guillory]]
| office2=Louisiana State Representative for<br> District 45 (Lafayette Parish)
| term_start2=April 2004
| term_end2=January 11, 2016
| preceded2=[[Jerry Luke LeBlanc]]
| succeeded2=[[Jean-Paul Coussan]]
| office3=Speaker Pro Tempore of the<br> Louisiana House of Representatives
| term_start3=March 2010
| term_end3=January 2012
| preceded3=[[Karen Carter Peterson]]
| succeeded3=Walt Leger, III
| party=[[Independent voter|Independent]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] (2011)
| birth_date=October 5, 1962
| birth_place=Lafayette, Louisiana
| alma_mater=Our Lady of Fatima High School<br>
University of Louisiana at Lafayette<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]
| occupation=[[Certified Public Accountant]]
| spouse=Bobette M. Robideaux
| children=Three sons
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''Joel Craig Robideaux''' (born October 5, 1962) is a [[Certified Public Accountant]] from [[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lagniappe.lcpa.org/Vizion5/viewer.aspx?issueID=37&pageID=7
|publisher=Lagniappe|volume= 40|issue= 8|page=8|title = Rep. Joel Robideaux, CPA
|date=March 2015|accessdate =April 12, 2015; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> who is a former state representative and a former president of the Lafayette Parish
consolidated government.
An [[Independent voter|Independent]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]], Robideaux represented District 45 from 2004 to 2016 as a Louisiana state representative. In 2010, he was narrowly elected [[Speaker]] Pro Tempore of the chamber, the first then Independent ever to hold that position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7xBrI9u6Wg|title=Joel Robideaux Becomes Louisiana's First Independent Speaker Pro Tempore|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref>
On September 1, 2011, Robideaux announced that he was joining the Republican Party. Earlier Robideaux was chosen Speaker Pro Tempore over the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Noble Ellington]] of Winnsboro who later switched to Republican affiliation. The contest became open with the resignation of Democratic Representative [[Karen Carter Peterson]], who instead became a state senator, a post that she has since resigned. In the heated campaign to choose Peterson's successor, Speaker Tucker removed Representative [[John Schroder]] of Covington in St. Tammany Parish from the House Appropriations Committee because Tucker claimed that Schroder had reneged on a prior pledge to support Robideaux, instead of Ellington. Schroder denied having ever made such a commitment to support Robideaux.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/04/rep_john_schroder_says_he_neve.html|title=Rep. John Schroder says he "never lied" to House speaker schabout pro-tem vote, April 6, 2010|publisher=nola.com|accessdate=August 28, 2011}}</ref>Schroder was elected in 2017 to fill the term of state Treasurer [[John Neely Kennedy]], who was elected to the [[United States Senate]].
==Background==
A Lafayette native, Robideaux graduated from the [[Roman Catholic]] Our Lady of Fatima High School and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He obtained a master's degree in finance from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. Robideaux has coached youth sports and has taught accounting on an adjunct basis at ULL. He was the charter president of Kiwanis International of Vermilion Parish. He is a former board member for Camp Bon Coeur and [[Habitat for Humanity]]. He and his wife, Bobette M. Robideaux, have three sons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joelrobideaux.com/about_joel.php|title=Joel Robideaux: State Representative|publisher=joelrobideaux.com|accessdate=August 30, 2011; material no longer on-line}}</ref> In 2007, Robideaux and his state Senate colleague, [[Michael J. Michot]] of Lafayette, sponsored the transportation bill to fund priority road projects.
==Legislative service==
Robideaux was first elected to the House in a [[special election]] held in the spring of 2004 to succeed Democrat [[Jerry Luke LeBlanc]], who resigned to become the commissioner of administration underthe then incoming [[Governor]] [[Kathleen Blanco]] of Lafayette. Robideaux finished second in the special election, with 1,622 votes (27 percent). Leading the five-candidate field was Republican Steven G. "Buzz" Durio, with 1,850 votes (30.9 percent). Two other Republicans, Denice Comeaux-Skinner andns, L. T. "Butch" Dupre, and another Independent, Beverly Broussard Wilson, polled the remaining but critical 42 percent of the vote. No Democrat ran that year.<ref>Louisiana Secretary , Election Returns, March 9, 2004.</ref> In the second balloting on April 17, Robideaux defeated Durio, 2,751 votes (55 percent) to 2,223 (44.7 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 17, 2004.</ref>
Unopposed for a second term in 2007, Robideaux served on these committees: (1) Retirement, (2) Ways and Means, (3) Appropriations (ex officio by virtue of being Speaker Pro Tempore), (4) Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay, (5) Legislative Budgetary Control Council, (6) House Executive Committee (ex officio), and (7) Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget (ex officio).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=45|title=Rep. Joel C. Robideaux|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref>
In 2010, Robideaux voted 100 percent of the time with the [[Louisiana Association of Business and Industry]]. He supported the [[Louisiana Family Forum]] 90 percent of the time in 2010 but only 75 percent in 2009. In 2011, he voted against a failed proposal to ban hand-held cellular devices while driving. He also opposed an increase in the state [[tobacco]] tax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=15555|title=Rep. Joel C. Robideaux|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=May 7, 2022}}</ref>
District 45 is heavily [[conservative]], pro-life, and Catholic. Included in the district is the southwestern portion of Lafayette Parish, including the city of Scott and the area about UL, the University Medical Center, and the [[Cajundome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobilelgs.com/RobideauxJoelC.html|title=Rep. Robideaux, Joel C.|publisher=mobilelgs.com|accessdate=August 30, 2011; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>
==Speaker candidacy==
As a newly declared Republican, Robideaux was a runaway winner over his lone opponent, [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] W. David Chance, in the primary election held on October 22, 2011.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>
Robideaux was a candidate for House Speaker in 2012. On October 25, 2011, Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] endorsed [[Chuck Kleckley]] of [[Lake Charles]] as his choice to succeed the term-limited [[Jim Tucker (Louisiana politician)|Jim Tucker]] as Speaker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwl.com/pages/10215886.php?poll103281ViewResults=1|title=Jindal to support Kleckley in speaker race|publisher=wwl.com|accessdate=October 26, 2011}}</ref> Others seeking the Speakership were Baton Rouge Republican Representatives [[Hunter Greene]], since a family court judge, and [[Erich Ponti]] and the Democrat Jeff Arnold of [[New Orleans]].<ref>{{cite web|url=
http://theadvocate.com/news/politics/259879-63/greene-joins-candidates-for-speaker.html|title=Mark Ballard, "Greene joins candidates for speaker of La. House"|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=July 14, 2011}}</ref> Because the House of Representatives usually confirms the governor's choice as the Speaker, Robideaux soon abandoned the competition.
Outgoing Speaker Tucker, meanwhile, narrowly lost his race against [[Republican Party |GOP]] incumbent [[Tom Schedler]] for Louisiana Secretary of State in the 2011 primary election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theind.com/news/8805-term-limited-tucker-seeking-secretary-of-state|title=Term-limited Tucker seeking Secretary of State|publisher=theind.com|accessdate=August 9, 2011}}</ref>
==2015 election==
Term-limited in the House, Robideaux was elected in the October 24, 2015 primary as the mayor-president of Lafayette Parish. He defeated another Republican candidate, Dee Stanley, 31,624 (55.7 percent) to 25,156 (44.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref>
Meanwhile, two Republicans, Andre' Comeaux and [[Jean-Paul Coussan]], met in the November 21 runoff election to choose a House successor to Robideaux. Coussan emerged victorious, 5,765 votes (51.2 percent) to 5,505 (48.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General Election Returns, November 21, 2015./ref>
In 2015, Robideaux was elected to succeed fellow Republican [[Joey Durel]] as the president of the combined Lafayette city and parish government.
==References==
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[[Category:Mayors]]
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[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]
| name=Joel Craig Robideaux
| image=Joel Robideaux of LA.jpg
| nationality=[[United States|American]]
| office=[[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]] City-Parish President
| term_start=2016
| term_end=January 6, 2020
| preceded=[[Joey Durel]]
| succeeded=[[Josh Guillory]]
| office2=Louisiana State Representative for<br> District 45 (Lafayette Parish)
| term_start2=April 2004
| term_end2=January 11, 2016
| preceded2=[[Jerry Luke LeBlanc]]
| succeeded2=[[Jean-Paul Coussan]]
| office3=Speaker Pro Tempore of the<br> Louisiana House of Representatives
| term_start3=March 2010
| term_end3=January 2012
| preceded3=[[Karen Carter Peterson]]
| succeeded3=Walt Leger, III
| party=[[Independent voter|Independent]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]] (2011)
| birth_date=October 5, 1962
| birth_place=Lafayette, Louisiana
| alma_mater=Our Lady of Fatima High School<br>
University of Louisiana at Lafayette<br>
[[Louisiana State University]]
| occupation=[[Certified Public Accountant]]
| spouse=Bobette M. Robideaux
| children=Three sons
| religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}
'''Joel Craig Robideaux''' (born October 5, 1962) is a [[Certified Public Accountant]] from [[Lafayette]], [[Louisiana]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lagniappe.lcpa.org/Vizion5/viewer.aspx?issueID=37&pageID=7
|publisher=Lagniappe|volume= 40|issue= 8|page=8|title = Rep. Joel Robideaux, CPA
|date=March 2015|accessdate =April 12, 2015; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref> who is a former state representative and a former president of the Lafayette Parish
consolidated government.
An [[Independent voter|Independent]]-turned-[[Republican Party|Republican]], Robideaux represented District 45 from 2004 to 2016 as a Louisiana state representative. In 2010, he was narrowly elected [[Speaker]] Pro Tempore of the chamber, the first then Independent ever to hold that position.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L7xBrI9u6Wg|title=Joel Robideaux Becomes Louisiana's First Independent Speaker Pro Tempore|publisher=youtube.com|accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref>
On September 1, 2011, Robideaux announced that he was joining the Republican Party. Earlier Robideaux was chosen Speaker Pro Tempore over the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] [[Noble Ellington]] of Winnsboro who later switched to Republican affiliation. The contest became open with the resignation of Democratic Representative [[Karen Carter Peterson]], who instead became a state senator, a post that she has since resigned. In the heated campaign to choose Peterson's successor, Speaker Tucker removed Representative [[John Schroder]] of Covington in St. Tammany Parish from the House Appropriations Committee because Tucker claimed that Schroder had reneged on a prior pledge to support Robideaux, instead of Ellington. Schroder denied having ever made such a commitment to support Robideaux.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nola.com/politics/index.ssf/2010/04/rep_john_schroder_says_he_neve.html|title=Rep. John Schroder says he "never lied" to House speaker schabout pro-tem vote, April 6, 2010|publisher=nola.com|accessdate=August 28, 2011}}</ref>Schroder was elected in 2017 to fill the term of state Treasurer [[John Neely Kennedy]], who was elected to the [[United States Senate]].
==Background==
A Lafayette native, Robideaux graduated from the [[Roman Catholic]] Our Lady of Fatima High School and the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the University of Southwestern Louisiana. He obtained a master's degree in finance from [[Louisiana State University]] in [[Baton Rouge]]. Robideaux has coached youth sports and has taught accounting on an adjunct basis at ULL. He was the charter president of Kiwanis International of Vermilion Parish. He is a former board member for Camp Bon Coeur and [[Habitat for Humanity]]. He and his wife, Bobette M. Robideaux, have three sons.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.joelrobideaux.com/about_joel.php|title=Joel Robideaux: State Representative|publisher=joelrobideaux.com|accessdate=August 30, 2011; material no longer on-line}}</ref> In 2007, Robideaux and his state Senate colleague, [[Michael J. Michot]] of Lafayette, sponsored the transportation bill to fund priority road projects.
==Legislative service==
Robideaux was first elected to the House in a [[special election]] held in the spring of 2004 to succeed Democrat [[Jerry Luke LeBlanc]], who resigned to become the commissioner of administration underthe then incoming [[Governor]] [[Kathleen Blanco]] of Lafayette. Robideaux finished second in the special election, with 1,622 votes (27 percent). Leading the five-candidate field was Republican Steven G. "Buzz" Durio, with 1,850 votes (30.9 percent). Two other Republicans, Denice Comeaux-Skinner andns, L. T. "Butch" Dupre, and another Independent, Beverly Broussard Wilson, polled the remaining but critical 42 percent of the vote. No Democrat ran that year.<ref>Louisiana Secretary , Election Returns, March 9, 2004.</ref> In the second balloting on April 17, Robideaux defeated Durio, 2,751 votes (55 percent) to 2,223 (44.7 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, April 17, 2004.</ref>
Unopposed for a second term in 2007, Robideaux served on these committees: (1) Retirement, (2) Ways and Means, (3) Appropriations (ex officio by virtue of being Speaker Pro Tempore), (4) Joint Legislative Committee on Capital Outlay, (5) Legislative Budgetary Control Council, (6) House Executive Committee (ex officio), and (7) Joint Legislative Committee on the Budget (ex officio).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://house.louisiana.gov/H_Reps/members.asp?ID=45|title=Rep. Joel C. Robideaux|publisher=house.louisiana.gov|accessdate=August 30, 2011}}</ref>
In 2010, Robideaux voted 100 percent of the time with the [[Louisiana Association of Business and Industry]]. He supported the [[Louisiana Family Forum]] 90 percent of the time in 2010 but only 75 percent in 2009. In 2011, he voted against a failed proposal to ban hand-held cellular devices while driving. He also opposed an increase in the state [[tobacco]] tax.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.votesmart.org/summary.php?can_id=15555|title=Rep. Joel C. Robideaux|publisher=votesmart.org|accessdate=May 7, 2022}}</ref>
District 45 is heavily [[conservative]], pro-life, and Catholic. Included in the district is the southwestern portion of Lafayette Parish, including the city of Scott and the area about UL, the University Medical Center, and the [[Cajundome]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mobilelgs.com/RobideauxJoelC.html|title=Rep. Robideaux, Joel C.|publisher=mobilelgs.com|accessdate=August 30, 2011; no longer accessible on-line}}</ref>
==Speaker candidacy==
As a newly declared Republican, Robideaux was a runaway winner over his lone opponent, [[Libertarian Party|Libertarian]] W. David Chance, in the primary election held on October 22, 2011.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Primary Election Returns, October 22, 2011.</ref>
Robideaux was a candidate for House Speaker in 2012. On October 25, 2011, Governor [[Bobby Jindal]] endorsed [[Chuck Kleckley]] of [[Lake Charles]] as his choice to succeed the term-limited [[Jim Tucker (Louisiana politician)|Jim Tucker]] as Speaker.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.wwl.com/pages/10215886.php?poll103281ViewResults=1|title=Jindal to support Kleckley in speaker race|publisher=wwl.com|accessdate=October 26, 2011}}</ref> Others seeking the Speakership were Baton Rouge Republican Representatives [[Hunter Greene]], since a family court judge, and [[Erich Ponti]] and the Democrat Jeff Arnold of [[New Orleans]].<ref>{{cite web|url=
http://theadvocate.com/news/politics/259879-63/greene-joins-candidates-for-speaker.html|title=Mark Ballard, "Greene joins candidates for speaker of La. House"|publisher=''The Baton Rouge Advocate''|accessdate=July 14, 2011}}</ref> Because the House of Representatives usually confirms the governor's choice as the Speaker, Robideaux soon abandoned the competition.
Outgoing Speaker Tucker, meanwhile, narrowly lost his race against [[Republican Party |GOP]] incumbent [[Tom Schedler]] for Louisiana Secretary of State in the 2011 primary election.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.theind.com/news/8805-term-limited-tucker-seeking-secretary-of-state|title=Term-limited Tucker seeking Secretary of State|publisher=theind.com|accessdate=August 9, 2011}}</ref>
==2015 election==
Term-limited in the House, Robideaux was elected in the October 24, 2015 primary as the mayor-president of Lafayette Parish. He defeated another Republican candidate, Dee Stanley, 31,624 (55.7 percent) to 25,156 (44.3 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 24, 2015.</ref>
Meanwhile, two Republicans, Andre' Comeaux and [[Jean-Paul Coussan]], met in the November 21 runoff election to choose a House successor to Robideaux. Coussan emerged victorious, 5,765 votes (51.2 percent) to 5,505 (48.8 percent).<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, General Election Returns, November 21, 2015./ref>
In 2015, Robideaux was elected to succeed fellow Republican [[Joey Durel]] as the president of the combined Lafayette city and parish government.
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Robideaux, Joel}}
[[Category:Louisiana People]]
[[Category:Business People]]
[[Category:State Representatives]]
[[Category:Mayors]]
[[Category:Republicans]]
[[Category:Catholics]]
[[Category:Catholic Politicians]]