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Oct 01, 1962 Lafayette, Louisiana, United States 61 years old
Member of the Louisiana House of Representatives
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About Joel Robideaux
- Joel Craig Robideaux (born October 5, 1962) is a politician and accountant from Lafayette, Louisiana, who is the president of the Lafayette Parish government. First an Independent, Robideaux is a former member of the Louisiana House of Representatives for District 45 in Lafayette Parish.
- In 2010, he was narrowly elected Speaker Pro Tempore of the chamber, the first Independent ever to hold that position.On September 1, 2011, Robideaux announced that he was joining the Republican Party.
- Earlier Robideaux was chosen Speaker Pro Tempore over 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. In the heated campaign to choose Peterson's successor, Speaker Jim Tucker removed Representative John Schroder of Covington in St.
- Tammany Parish from the House Appropriations Committee because Tucker claimed that Schroder had reneged from a prior pledge to support Robideaux, instead of Ellington.
- Schroder denied having ever made such a commitment.
