| Mayor of Lafayette | |
|---|---|
 Flag of the City of Lafayette, LA | |
Incumbent Monique Blanco-Boulet since January 3, 2024 | |
| Style | The Honorable |
| Term length | Four years renewable three times |
| Inaugural holder | Alphonse Neveu |
| Formation | 1869 |
| Website | Mayor's Office website |
The Office of the Mayor of Lafayette, known historically as Vermilionville, was established by an amendment passed on March 9, 1869, which replaced the "regular preliminaries of laying out" enacted by the Legislature upon the incorporation of Vermilionville on March 11, 1836.[1] This amended city charter remained in place until 1914, when the citizens of Lafayette voted in favor of discarding the mayor-council government to be replaced by a city commission, the first of three members, the Commissioner of Public Safety, would serve as an ex-officio mayor.[2]
- ^ Perrin, William Henry (1891). Southwest Louisiana, Biographical and Historical. New Orleans: Gulf Publishing Company.
- ^ Griffin, Harry Lewis (1959). The Attakapas Country: A History of Lafayette Parish, Louisiana. Gretna, LA: Pelican Publishing Company. ISBN 9781455600465.
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