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(Founder of the West Calcasieu-Cameron Hospital and the Calcasieu-Cameron Fair in Sulphur; the mayor of Sulphur, 1926 to 1938)​

(Founder of the West Calcasieu-Cameron Hospital and the Calcasieu-Cameron Fair in Sulphur; the mayor of Sulphur, 1926 to 1938)​

|birth_date=October 14, 1883​

|birth_date=October 14, 1883​

|birth_place=Marksville, Avoyelles Parish, <br>[[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]​

|birth_place=Marksville, Avoyelles Parish,<br>[[Louisiana]], [[United States|USA]]​

|death_date=February 11, 1963 (aged 79) ​

|death_date=February 11, 1963 (aged 79) ​

|death_place=Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana​<br>

|death_place=Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana​<br>

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​}}

|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]​}}

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'''Alvan Henry Lafargue, Sr.''', [[M.D.]] (October 14, 1883 &ndash; February 11, 1963), was a [[Louisiana]] [[physician]] for fifty years and a [[politician]] and civic leader. He was one of the early settlers and the [[mayor]] from 1926 to 1938 of Sulphur west of [[Lake Charles]] in [[Calcasieu Parish in the southwestern portion of his state.<ref name=lahist/>​

'''Alvan Henry Lafargue, Sr.''', [[M.D.]] (October 14, 1883 &ndash; February 11, 1963), was a [[Louisiana]] [[physician]] for fifty years and a [[politician]] and civic leader. He was one of the early settlers and the [[mayor]] from 1926 to 1938 of Sulphur west of [[Lake Charles]] in Calcasieu Parish in the southwestern portion of his state.<ref name=lahist/>​

==Background==

==Background==