Bruce L. Woodbury
{{Short description|American attorney and politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Bruce L. Woodbury
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|office=Member of the Clark County Commission
from District A
|term_start=1981
|term_end=January 5, 2009
|predecessor=Robert Broadbent
|successor=Steve Sisolak
|birth_name=Bruce Lund Woodbury
|birth_date={{birth date and age|1944|12|15}}
|birth_place=Las Vegas, Nevada, U.S.
|party=Republican
|relations=
|spouse=
|children=
|residence=Boulder City, Nevada, U.S.
|education=Las Vegas High School
|alma_mater=Stanford Law School (J.D.)
University of Utah
|occupation=Attorney and politician
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Bruce Lund Woodbury (born December 15, 1944) is an American attorney and politician.{{cite web|url=http://www.lasvegas2005.org/information/member-bruce-woodbury.html|title=Bruce L. Woodbury|accessdate=July 8, 2007}} He is a member of the Republican Party.
Woodbury graduated from Las Vegas High School, the University of Utah and Stanford Law School.{{cite web|url= http://www.co.clark.nv.us/Commission/woodbury.htm|title=Bruce L. Woodbury|accessdate=July 8, 2007|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070411024529/http://www.co.clark.nv.us/Commission/woodbury.htm|archivedate=April 11, 2007}}
Woodbury spent several years on the Clark County Commission. The Bruce Woodbury Beltway was named after him.{{cite web|url=http://www.co.clark.nv.us/Commission/woodbury.htm |title=Clark County beltway site |accessdate= |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070616073232/http://www.co.clark.nv.us/commission/woodbury.htm |archivedate=June 16, 2007 }}
Biography
Woodbury's political career began when he was appointed to the Clark County Commission 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 term limits.
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.{{cite web|url=http://www.lvmonorail.com/bruce-l-woodbury-named-to-las-vegas-monorail-company-board-of-directors/|title=Bruce L. Woodbury Named To Las Vegas Monorail Company Board Of Directors|publisher=Las Vegas Monorail|date=February 3, 2009|accessdate=October 6, 2013}}
The Woodbury family is prominent in Nevada politics, including Woodbury's son, former Boulder City Mayor Rod Woodbury; his daughter, former Assemblywoman Melissa Woodbury;{{cite web |url= https://bouldercityreview.com/community/woodbury-made-lasting-impression-beltway-bears-name-of-man-who-championed-transportation-issues/ |title= Woodbury made lasting impression |date= 19 October 2016 |publisher= Boulder City Review |accessdate= July 27, 2020}} his uncle, former Speaker of the Nevada Assembly Jack Higgins;{{cite web |url= https://www.leg.state.nv.us/Division/Research/Publications/NVLegislators/NVLegislators.pdf |title= Nevada Legislators |accessdate= July 27, 2020}}{{cite web |url= http://d.library.unlv.edu/digital/collection/p17304coll6/id/484/ |title= Oral history of Bruce Woodbury |publisher= UNLV |accessdate= July 27, 2020}} and his son-in-law, Glen Leavitt.{{cite web |url= https://obits.reviewjournal.com/obituaries/lvrj/obituary.aspx?n=benjamin-woodbury&pid=172809029 |title= Obituaries |publisher= Las Vegas Review-Journal |accessdate= July 27, 2020}}
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Category:Clark County, Nevada commissioners
Category:People from Boulder City, Nevada
Category:People from the Las Vegas Valley
Category:Stanford University alumni