Lou-Ann Preble

{{Short description|American politician (1929–2024)}}

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|state_house4= Arizona

|district4 = 9th

|term_start4 = January 1993

|term_end4 = January 2001

|predecessor4= Keith Bee
Marion L. Pickens

|successor4 = Randy Graf
Marian McClure

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|birth_name=Lou-Ann Maxin Baumann

|birth_date = {{birth date|1929|9|26}}{{cite web |url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/3105/lou-ann-preble#.XNt4o_ZFwjY |title=Lou-Ann Preble's Biography |publisher=Project Vote Smart |accessdate=May 14, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130602184948/http://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/3105/lou-ann-preble#.XNt4o_ZFwjY |archivedate=June 2, 2013 |url-status=live }}

|birth_place = Sumter, South Carolina, U.S.

|death_date = {{death date and age|2024|5|2|1929|9|26}}

|death_place = Tucson, Arizona, U.S.

|party = Republican

|spouse = William

|children = 11

|residence = Tucson, Arizona

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Lou-Ann Maxine Preble ({{nee}} Baumann; September 26, 1929 – May 2, 2024) was an American politician who was a member of the Arizona House of Representatives. She served in the House from January 1993 through January 2001, representing district 9.{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/69/rec/2 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1993 Volume 1, Forty-First Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 184 | accessdate=November 19, 2018}}{{rp|viii–ix}}{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/52/rec/2 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1995 Volume 1, Forty-Second Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 178 | accessdate=December 2, 2018}}{{rp|viii–ix}}{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/43/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1997 Volume 1, Forty-Third Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 146 | accessdate=December 4, 2018}}{{rp|viii–ix}}{{cite web | url=http://azmemory.azlibrary.gov/digital/collection/azsession/id/116/rec/1 | publisher=State of Arizona | title=Session laws, State of Arizona, 1999 Volume 1, Forty-Fourth Legislature, First Regular Session, Chapters 1 to 223 | accessdate=December 12, 2018}}{{rp|viii–ix}} She could not run for re-election in 2000 due to the amendment to the Arizona Constitution which limited politicians to serving four consecutive terms.{{cite web |url=https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_Term_Limits,_Proposition_107_(1992) |title=Arizona Term Limits, Proposition 107 (1992) |publisher=Ballotpedia |accessdate=May 13, 2019 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20190507065058/https://ballotpedia.org/Arizona_Term_Limits,_Proposition_107_(1992) |archivedate=May 7, 2019 |url-status=live }} Preble died on May 2, 2024, at the age of 94.{{cite web |title=Lou-Ann Maxine Preble |url=https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/tucson/name/lou-ann-preble-obituary?id=55185925 |website=Legacy |access-date=17 September 2024}}