B. L. Shaw [SEP] position held
B. L. Shaw
Bernice Lorene Shaw, known as B. L. "Buddy" Shaw (September 6, 1933 – January 18, 2018), was an educator from Shreveport, Louisiana, who served as a Republican member of the Louisiana State Senate for Caddo and Bossier parishes in the northwestern corner of the state.
Shaw defeated fellow Republican Billy Montgomery in the general election held on November 17, 2007, to procure the District 37 Senate seat vacated by the term-limited Max T. Malone of Shreveport. Shaw received 7,157
-grandchildren Anna and William Wolf.
Political career.
Term-limited in his House seat, Montgomery was a candidate for the District 37 seat in the Louisiana State Senate in the November 17, 2007, general election to fill the position being vacated by Republican Max T. Malone of Shreveport, who was also term-limited. Montgomery relocated from his previous residence in Haughton to live once again in Bossier City. In the general election, Montgomery was defeated by fellow Republican B. L. "Buddy" Shaw of Shreveport,