Jacques Roy

Who is Jacques Roy?

Jacques Maurice Roy is the twenty-third mayor of Alexandria, the parish seat of Rapides Parish in Central Louisiana.

A Democrat, Roy is the son of Christopher Roy, Sr., an ad hoc judge of the Louisiana Third Circuit Court of Appeal. He is the brother of Christopher Roy, Jr., a former one-term member of the Louisiana House of Representatives and a 2014 candidate for district attorney of the 9th Judicial District Court, based in Alexandria.

Roy graduated in 1988 from Holy Savior Menard Central High School, the Roman Catholic secondary institution in Alexandria. Prior to his having been elected mayor, Roy practiced law with his brother Chris, Jr., in Alexandria. His father, Chris Roy, Sr., was formerly affiliated with the firm of the legendary Alexandria lawyer Camille Gravel. Roy attended Louisiana State University, at which he majored in Political Science, with concentration in American government and politics, and Southern University Law Center, both in Baton Rouge.

In 1995, Roy married the former Wendy Hendrix, formerly of Pine Bluff, Arkansas. They have a daughter and a son.