Bill LaFortune

Bill LaFortune
37th Mayor of Tulsa
In office
April 1, 2002 – April 10, 2006
Preceded bySusan Savage
Succeeded byKathy Taylor
District Attorney for Tulsa County
In office
December 1995 – May 1998
Preceded byDavid L. Moss[a]
Succeeded byChuck Richardson
Personal details
Born
William LaFortune

(1957-08-23) August 23, 1957 (age 67)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, U.S.
Political partyRepublican
RelativesG.T. Bynum (nephew)
Robert J. LaFortune (uncle)
Alma materUniversity of California, Santa Barbara
University of Tulsa College of Law

William LaFortune (born August 23, 1957) is an American politician who served as the 37th Mayor of Tulsa, Oklahoma from 2002 to 2006 and is currently a district judge in Tulsa County.[1]

LaFortune's grandfather, Joseph Aloysius LaFortune, was an oil executive and a noted philanthropist in Tulsa. His uncle, Robert J. LaFortune, was mayor of Tulsa from 1970 to 1978.[2][3] He attended Cascia Hall Preparatory School, the University of California, Santa Barbara, and the University of Tulsa College of Law.[3]


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  1. ^ "Bill LaFortune wins Tulsa County district judgeship; nine other judges get new terms." Tulsa World. April 12, 2014. Accessed December 5, 2016.
  2. ^ Kent A. Schell, Robert James LaFortune profile at the Oklahoma Historical Society Archived March 9, 2009, at the Wayback Machine Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture Archived April 16, 2009, at the Wayback Machine; retrieved February 5, 2009.
  3. ^ a b "Boardmember in the Spotlight," Oklahoma Cities and Towns (June 2005), pp. 5-6.[dead link]