Jane H. Smith

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
Sabine Parish, Louisiana, USA
PartyRepublican
SpouseWendell Scott Smith
Children1
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.[1]

Biography

Born in Sabine Parish,[2] Smith received a B.S. and an M.Ed. from Northwestern State University in Natchitoches, Louisiana.[3] In the 1980s and 1990s, she was an educator.[4] In 1999, she became the first woman elected as to the state legislature from Bossier Parish,[2] 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". Bossier Press Tribune. bossierpress.com. 11 January 2012. p. 1. Retrieved January 30, 2012 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. 1 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.
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