Clyde F. Bel Jr.
| Clyde Francis Bel Jr. | |
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| Louisiana State Representative for Orleans Parish | |
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In office 1964–1972 |
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| Preceded by | Twenty at-large members |
| Succeeded by | Thomas A. Casey |
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In office 1975–1980 |
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| Preceded by | Thomas A. Casey |
| Succeeded by | Mary Landrieu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | June 11, 1932 New Orleans, Louisiana, USA |
| Died | September 6, 2014 (aged 82) |
| Political party | Democratic |
| Spouse(s) | Meryl Ann Wiedemann Bel (deceased) |
| Children |
Lynn Bel Tracey (deceased) |
| Parents | Clyde, Sr., and Carmelita Killelea Bel |
| Residence |
(1) New Orleans |
| Alma mater | Louisiana State University |
| Occupation | Businessman |
Lynn Bel Tracey (deceased)
Paul Bel
Patricia Bel
Mark Bel
Catherine Bel
(1) New Orleans
Clyde Francis Bel Jr. (June 11, 1932 – September 6, 2014), was a businessman from his native New Orleans, Louisiana, who was a Democratic member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for Orleans Parish. He served at-large from 1964 to 1968, in District 28 from 1968 to 1972 and in District 90 from 1976 to 1980 during the administrations of Governors John McKeithen and Edwin Edwards.
Bel graduated in 1951 from the Roman Catholic Jesuit High School in New Orleans and then attended Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. As a member of the Louisiana House, he pioneered legislation related to the burgeoning concern for geothermal energy and air pollution long before such matters attracted political attention. From 1953 until his death, he operated the C. Bel for Awnings Company, which his father, Clyde, Sr. (1905-1990), had launched in 1926. Bel spent much much of his later years in Pass Christian, Mississippi, east of New Orleans, where he engaged in fishing, crabbing, boating, and watching the sunsets.
In 1980, Bel ran for Louisiana's 2nd congressional district seat in the United States House of Representatives, but finished with less than 5 percent of the ballots cast. Victory went handily to the incumbent Democrat Lindy Boggs; the number-two candidate was the Republican Rob Couhig, whose half-brother, Democrat Sam A. LeBlanc, III, had served in the Louisiana House with Bel.
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