Edwin 'Ed' H. Bideau III (October 1, 1950 – September 5, 2013) was a lawyer, farmer, rancher, and Republican member of the

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, representing the 9th district (

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and

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).Rep. Bideau District
/ref> Bideau was a 5th generation Kansan who graduated from Chanute High School,

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, and then went on to get both a business and law degree from

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, where he met and married his wife Margaret. They moved back to Chanute the day after Bideau passed the bar exam so he could serve as Assistant County Attorney for Neosho County. In 1976 he was elected County Attorney. In 1984 he was elected to the

, representing the 5th district (

). He chaired the House Reapportionment Committee and chaired a subcommittee that produced the very first Division of Assets bill to help protect elderly couples when nursing home care is required. He was named one of the top ten freshman legislators by Kansas Magazine his first year in office. Bideau left the legislature after two successful terms to help raise his children, but returned in 2012 to the

, representing the 9th district (

and

), after a landslide victory in the Republican primary and running unopposed in the general election. He served in this position until his death in September 2013.About Ed

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