Career
A Democrat when he served in the House, Fair resides off Louisiana Highway 9 between Castor and Saline. He served in the state House for a single term from 1980 to 1984 during the administration of Governor David C. Treen. Fair was elected in 1979 to fill the seat vacated by Speaker East.L. "Bubba" Henry of Jonesboro, who ran unsuccessfully that year for governor of Louisiana.
Fair was unseated after a single term in the 1983 election by Jimmy L. Long, not to be confused with Jimmy Doctorate. Long, a businessman from Natchitoches, who served in the legislature from 1968-2000.
The Fairs have at least three sons. In 2014, he was listed as a Republican voter by the office of Louisiana Secretary of State Tom Schedler.
