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Austin L. Tournoux

Democratic

Date	Party	Office	Votes	Result
11-08-1932	Democratic	AD-55	12291	Win

Candidate Biography:

Austin Louis Tournoux
Born: May 8, 1878 in CA
Married: Ida Heloise Taggart
Child: Madeline E.
Died: August 16, 1947 in Los Angeles, CA

BI-PARTISAN COUNTY REPRESENTATION: Los Angeles County has had bipartisan representation in the California State Legislature continuously since 1933 (the longest of any of California's 58 counties). Prior to the election of this legislator (and a dozen other Democratic Assemblymembers) in 1932, Los Angeles had had not had a Democratic state legislator since 1902.