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]
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]