Bruce Lund Woodbury (born December 15, 1944) is an American

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. He is a member of the Republican Party. Woodbury graduated from

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, the

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. Woodbury spent several years on the

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Commission. The Bruce Woodbury Beltway was named after him.

Biography

Woodbury's political career began when he was appointed to the

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to fill an open seat in 1981 in District A. He was elected in 1982 to a full term and was re-elected every four years until he left office on January 5, 2009. He was unable to run for re-election in 2008 due to

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. Woodbury had twice served as commission chairman. First from 1989 to 1990 and again from 1999 to 2000. Woodbury was appointed on the Las Vegas Monorail Company Board of Directors on February 3, 2009. The Woodbury family is prominent in Nevada politics, including Woodbury's son, former Boulder City Mayor Rod Woodbury; his daughter, former Assemblywoman Melissa Woodbury; his uncle, former Speaker of the Nevada Assembly

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; and his son-in-law, Glen Leavitt.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Woodbury, Bruce L. 1944 births Living people Clark County, Nevada commissioners Nevada Republicans People from Boulder City, Nevada People from the Las Vegas Valley Stanford University alumni University of Utah alumni Las Vegas High School alumni