Cleve Loney Explained

Cleve Loney
State House:Montana
State:Montana
District:25th
Term Start:January 3, 2011
Term End:January 7, 2013
Preceded:Sue Dickenson
Succeeded:Tom Jacobson
Birth Date:5 November 1950
Birth Place:Great Falls, Montana
Death Place:Great Falls, Montana
Party:Republican
Alma Mater:Montana State University
Profession:Realtor

Cleve Loney (November 5, 1950 – August 22, 2020) was an American politician who served as a Republican member of the Montana House of Representatives from 2011 to 2013. He was elected to House District 25 which represents part of the Great Falls area.[1]

Biography

Cleve Loney was born in Great Falls on November 5, 1950, and raised on a ranch. He attended high school in Highwood, Montana. Graduating in 1969, he went to Sheridan Junior College on a rodeo scholarship. During this time he won a Regional Championship in the Saddle Bronc Riding. Cleve transferred to Montana State University, where he was on the National Championship Rodeo Team in 1972, graduating in 1976 with a B.S. Degree in Agricultural Production. In 1990 he was inducted into the MSU Athletics Hall of Fame.[2]

Loney died on August 22, 2020, in Great Falls, Montana at age 69. He drowned in the Missouri River after his kayak tipped over.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Montana Legislature. Cleve Loney. 1 February 2012. 27 January 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120127184305/http://leg.mt.gov/css/sessions/62nd/leg_info.asp?HouseID=0&SessionID=105&LAWSID=8074. dead.
  2. Web site: Cleve Loney for H.D. 25 . 2019-07-04 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110207184313/http://cleveloney.com/ . 2011-02-07 . dead .
  3. Web site: Former Great Falls-area lawmaker Cleve Loney dies in river accident . Greatfallstribune.com . 2020-08-23 . 2020-08-24.