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==Biography== ==Biography==
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==References== ==References==

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Jane Holland Smith
Louisiana State Representative for
District 8 (Bossier Parish)
In office
2000–2012
Preceded byRobert E. "Bob" Barton
Succeeded byJeff R. Thompson
Louisiana House Minority Leader
In office
2008–2012
Succeeded byJohn Bel Edwards
Personal details
Born (1948-01-21) January 21, 1948 (age 76)
Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA
Political partyRepublican
SpouseWendell Scott Smith
ChildrenHillary S. Garner
Two grandchildren
Residence(s)Bossier City, Bossier Parish, Louisiana
Alma materNorthwestern State University
OccupationEducator; former Bossier Parish school superintendent

Jane Holland Smith (born January 21, 1948) is a former Republican member of the Louisiana House of Representatives, representing Bossier Parish.

In 2012, Governor Bobby Jindal appointed Smith deputy secretary of the Louisiana Revenue Department.

Biography

Born in Sabine Parish, Smith received a B.S. and an M.Ed. from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana. In the 1980s and 1990s, she was an educator. In 1999, she became the first woman elected as to the state legislature from Bossier Parish, to a seat vacated by Republican Robert E. "Bob" Barton (born 1948) of Bossier City, who declined to run again in favor of seeking higher office.

References

  1. "Smith takes Jindal Administration role". bossierpress.com. Retrieved January 30, 2012 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ "Jane Smith". janesmith.us. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
  3. "Louisiana House of Representatives: Jane H. Smith". house.louisiana.gov. Archived from the original on June 15, 2009. Retrieved July 15, 2009.
  4. "Stephaan Harris, "After 20 years of service in Bossier Parish, Jane Smith leaves to be a state representative", November 26, 1999". Shreveport Times. Retrieved July 18, 2009.
Louisiana House of Representatives
Preceded byRobert E. "Bob" Barton Louisiana State Representative for District 8 (Bossier Parish)

Jane Holland Smith
2000–2012

Succeeded byJeff R. Thompson
Statewide political officials of Louisiana
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