Background
He was born and reared on the banks of Bayou Petite Caillou in the community of Lil Caillou in Terrebonne Parish.
politician member of the Louisiana State Senate
He was born and reared on the banks of Bayou Petite Caillou in the community of Lil Caillou in Terrebonne Parish.
He graduated in 1994 from South Terrebonne High School in Bourg.
"s parents, Leonard and the former Viona Lapeyrouse, were born in Chauvin in Terrebonne Parish. In 2001, Norby received his Bachelor of Arts degree in government from Nicholls State University in Thibodaux, Louisiana. He is affiliated with Rotary International and the Chamber of Commerce.
An active sportsman, he is single and resides in "Old Houma" near Maple Avenue Park.
Norbert himself was a Democrat until March 2011, when that same month he joined Jody Amedee of Gonzales in switching to Grand Old Party allegiance. The changes produced a numerical Republican majority in the upper legislative chamber.
The preceding year, nearly 47 percent of "s constituents who voted in the special election cast ballots for the defeated Republican candidate. Republican Brent Callais led with 5,055 votes (378 percent).
A second Democrat, Damon J. Baldone polled the critical 3,957 votes (296 percent).
In the second round of balloting, defeated Callais, 9,576 (543 percent) to 8,050 (457 percent). In 2010, voted to require sonograms for women contemplating abortion. He vote against allowing insurance companies to cover elective abortions. voted to impose penalties to those participating in cockfighting.
He supported making the state tobacco tax permanent.
In 2010, voted 55 percent of the time with the Louisiana Association of Business and Industry. The Louisiana Family Forum gave him a 78 percent rating.
In 2011, voted against the congressional redistricting bill because Houma and Thibodaux have been split between the First and Third districts. ran unopposed for a second term in the Senate in the nonpartisan blanket primary held on October 22, 2011. On February 2, 2013, the s, Leonard J., Marty J., and Norbert North., were inducted into the Louisiana Political Museum and Hall of Fame in Winnfield, along with several other individuals, including former Sheriff Leonard R. "People’s" Hataway of Grant Parish, the late State Senator Charles C. Barham, and George Dement, the former mayor of Bossier City.
Prior to his entering the Senate, he was a political consultant, a businessman, and as associate director of marketing at Nicholls State. He describes his religious views as "Christian."
The remaining 1,456 ballots (62 percent) went to the Number-Party candidate, Mark Atzenhoffer.