Willie Mount

Willie Mount
Mount as Mayor of Lake Charles
Member of the Louisiana Senate
from the 27th district
In office
January 10, 2000[1] – January 2012
Preceded byJames J. Cox[2]
Succeeded byRonnie Johns
25th Mayor of Lake Charles, Louisiana
In office
July 1, 1993 – December 1999[1]
Preceded byJames Sudduth[3]
Succeeded byRodney Geyen (interim)
Randy Roach
Personal details
Born
Willie Landry

(1949-08-25) August 25, 1949 (age 75)
Lake Charles, Louisiana
Political partyDemocratic
SpouseBenjamin Mount
ResidenceLake Charles, Louisiana
Alma materMcNeese State University (BBA, 1974)
OccupationBusinesswoman

Willie Landry Mount (born August 25, 1949) is an American politician from Louisiana who served as a Democratic member of the Louisiana State Senate from 2000 to 2012. She represented District 27, which includes parts of her native Lake Charles and the surrounding cities of Sulphur and Westlake. From 1993 to 1999, Mount was the first woman to serve as the mayor of Lake Charles.

Mount was a candidate in the 2004 U.S. House of Representatives election for Louisiana's 7th congressional district. She was defeated by Republican Charles Boustany in a contested general election campaign that received national attention.

  1. ^ a b "Willie L. Mount Biography - Archive". Louisiana State Senate. 2003. Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2009-01-09.
  2. ^ "James J. Cox - Archive". Louisiana State Senate. 1999. Archived from the original on 2011-06-10. Retrieved 2009-01-07.
  3. ^ "History of Lake Charles". City of Lake Charles. 2007-10-15. Retrieved 2009-01-07.