Editing Port Allen, Louisiana (section)

==Government==
[[File:Henry Watkins Allen.JPG|thumb|upright|[[Henry Watkins Allen]] statue]]
After incorporating in 1916, the City of Port Allen operates under the [[Lawrason Act]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.churchpoint-la.com/PDFforms/LAWRASON20ACT.pdf |title=Lawrason Act |access-date=December 7, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110708153811/http://www.churchpoint-la.com/PDFforms/LAWRASON20ACT.pdf |archive-date=July 8, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The mayor is elected [[At-large|at large]]. The elected mayor is the city's chief executive officer and responsible for the daily activities and services of the city. The mayor's office includes the chief administrative officer and the chief financial officer.

There are five city council members, with four members elected from [[single-member districts]] and one member elected at-large. The council writes policies, adopts ordinances and resolutions, and appoints members to boards and commissions.

=== Mayors ===
* Demetric "Deedy" Slaughter, mayor elected 2012, recalled 2013;<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lane|first=Emily|date=March 26, 2014|title=Bill bans recalled officials like Deedy Slaughter from running in special election for same office|url=https://www.nola.com/news/politics/article_6028e037-7b1f-5fab-9e24-6139b62a5915.html|website=The Times-Picayune, Nola.com}}</ref>
* Lynn Robertson, mayor from 1993 to 2004, and in the interim mayor from December 2013 to May 2014;<ref>{{cite news|title=Terry L. Jones, Jindal taps Lynn Robertson as Port Allen's interim mayor, December 17, 2013|newspaper=[[The Advocate (Baton Rouge)|Baton Rouge Morning Advocate]]|url=http://theadvocate.com/home/7873252-125/jindal-taps-lynn-robertson-as|url-status=dead|access-date=December 18, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131219020953/http://theadvocate.com/home/7873252-125/jindal-taps-lynn-robertson-as|archive-date=December 19, 2013|df=mdy-all}}</ref>
* Richard N. Lee, III (D), mayor elected April 5, 2014, re-elected 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Lau|first=Maya|title=Richard Lee reelected mayor of Port Allen|url=https://www.theadvocate.com/baton_rouge/news/politics/elections/article_0fd52a3e-a51b-11e6-8c97-83931a627a79.html|access-date=2021-05-28|website=The Advocate|language=en}}</ref>