Shirley Duvigneaud Bowler is a writer and editor who served as a member of the Louisiana House of Representatives from 1992 until term-limited in 2008. A Republican, she represented Louisiana House District 78, which includes her hometown of Harahan, Louisiana, in Jefferson Parish in suburban New Orleans. She was succeeded by current Representative Kirk Talbot. During much of her House tenure, her District 77 colleague from St. Tammany and Tangipahoa parishes was Diane Winston, a fellow Republican. Bowler was elected to the House in the nonpartisan blanket primary held in October 1991, when she unseated incumbent Republican Robert T. Garrity, Jr., 8,986 to 6,167. In the House, Bowler served on the following committees: House Legislative Services Council Civil Law and Procedure Insurance Labor and Industrial Relations House Special Committee on Disaster Planning ? Jefferson Subcommittee House Special Committee on Disaster Planning, Crisis Management, Recovery & Long-Term Revitalization On September 11, 2006, Bowler represented the Louisiana Legislative Women's Caucus on the annual convention program of the American Bankers Insurance Association in Washington, D.C. 

October 2nd, 1949 in New Orleans (Age 75)