Defender of Agriculture
As the chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, Gilbert was a vocal defender of agricultural interests. In 1972, Governor Edwards appointed him to a six-year term as chairman of the Louisiana Wild Life and Fisheries Commission. The first four years on the commission were served simultaneously with his legislative service. Later, then Republican U.S. Representative Richard Baker of Baton Rouge, who had also served in the state House with Gilbert, named him one of five members of Baker's agricultural advisory committee.
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