2007-0397
Title
Tribute: Honorable Albert D. Laque, Parish President
Body
The Parish of St. Charles
December 17, 2007
TRIBUTE
St. Charles Parish is honored to have been led by Albert Donald Laque for 12 years as Parish President.
Mr. Laque was born on May 18, 1934 in Boutte. Amazingly, he's still only 39 years old. He graduated from Hahnville High School in 1952 and entered into the United States Army on November 24th, 1954. He left active duty on November 5th, 1956 and remained in the Army Reserves until November 23rd, 1962.
He married the love of his life, Mrs. Dorothy Clement Laque, on December 14, 1957, celebrating 50 years of marriage last Friday. They have three children and three grandchildren. He's always kept his private life separate from his public life, and we'll honor that by focusing this evening on his years of public service.
Mr. Laque was first elected to public office in 1964 as the Police Juror for Ward 4, assuming office on April 27th, 1964. He was re-elected in 1968 and served until his appointment as Parish Administrator by the Police Jury on October 1, 1968 where he served until December 20th, 1976.
On July 1, 1984 he joined the staff of Sheriff Johnny Marino as the Commander of Administrative Services, a position he held until January 11th, 1988, when he was sworn in to his first term as Parish President and served until January 12th, 1992. On January 10th, 2000 Mr. Laque was sworn in for his second term as Parish President and on January 12th, 2004 he became the first person ever to serve three terms as Parish President. On January 13, 2008 Mr. Laque will have completed over twenty-eight years in public service.
Over the course of those twenty-eight years, St. Charles Parish has changed in a lot of good ways. Mr. Laque was instrumental in our economic revolution.
He established the first ever dedicated funding for the Council on Aging Program and the Department of Recreation. He began construction of...
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