Taylor Barras
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Taylor Barras | |
|---|---|
| Speaker of the Louisiana House of Representatives | |
| In office January 11, 2016 – January 13, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Chuck Kleckley |
| Succeeded by | Clay Schexnayder |
| Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from the 48th district | |
| In office January 14, 2008 – January 13, 2020 | |
| Preceded by | Romo Romero |
| Succeeded by | Beau Beaullieu |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Taylor Francis Barras January 1957 (age 69) New Iberia, Louisiana, U.S. |
| Party | Democratic (Before 2011) Republican (2011–present) |
| Spouse | Cheryl Lopez |
| Education | Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (BS) |
Taylor Francis Barras (born January 1957) is an American accountant and banker who served as a Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for the 48th district, based in Iberia Parish. On January 11, 2016, as he began his third term in the chamber, Barras was elected House speaker by his colleagues, who in what was considered a political upset on the second ballot rejected Representative Walt Leger, III, of New Orleans, the choice of incoming Democratic governor John Bel Edwards.[1]
A New Iberia native, Barras is the third of four children of Mazel Borel Barras and Elton Joseph Barras, a decorated United States Army first lieutenant in World War II, who operated a country grocery store from 1951 until 1969 and was then from 1969 to 1983 the chief deputy under Iberia Parish Tax Assessor Clegg J. LaBauve, Sr.. The senior Barras was elected to succeed LaBauve as tax assessor in 1983; he handily defeated Erland "Ticky" LaBauve and held the position from 1984 until his retirement in December 2000.[citation needed]
Taylor Barras graduated in 1975 from New Iberia Senior High School. In 1979, he received a Bachelor of Science degree in accounting from Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge.[2]
