Bubby Lyons

Who is Bubby Lyons?

Edward Paul "Bubby" Lyons was chosen by the city council of Mandeville, Louisiana, on 2009 October 17 to serve for 5 months as interim mayor.

Lyons has formerly held several public offices including mayor of Houma, president of Terrebonne Parish, and member of the Terrebonne Parish police jury. After retiring to Mandeville, he served for 5 months on the Mandeville City Council in 2000 to complete the unexpired term of Jack McGuire. Lyons, in applying to be interim mayor, agreed not to be a candidate in the 2010 March 27 special election to select a mayor to complete the term to which Price had been elected and which ends in 2012.

Lyons is retired from Duplantis Truck Lines, Quality Shipyards, and Benton Casing Services, Houma companies of which Lyons was part owner. He has served on the boards of Terrebonne General Hospital, Terrebonne Parish Library, Louisiana Energy Power Authority, Florida Parishes Retirement District, and Saint Tammany Parish Events District. Lyons is married to Joan Ortego Lyons. Growing up in originally francophone Houma, Lyons was the first member of his family to have English as native language.