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Oliver graduated from Winona High School and Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia in Tate County, with an associate of arts degree in applied science. He is the president and director of Oliver Funeral Home in Winona. He is a former coroner for Montgomery County.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156354/karl-oliver#.Wd6jjLpFzb0|title=Karl Oliver's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref>  

Oliver graduated from Winona High School and Northwest Mississippi Community College in Senatobia in Tate County, with an associate of arts degree in applied science. He is the president and director of Oliver Funeral Home in Winona. He is a former coroner for Montgomery County.<ref name=pvs>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/biography/156354/karl-oliver#.Wd6jjLpFzb0|title=Karl Oliver's Biography|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref>  

In the 2015 primaries, Oliver defeated two intra-party rivals, Shed Hill Hunger, IV, and James Matthew Bennett, for the District 46 House seat. The incumbent Republican representative, Bobby Howell, did not seek reelection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mississippi_House_of_Representatives_District_46|title=Mississippi House of Representatives District 46|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref>  In the November 3 [[general election, Oliver defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Ken Strachen, a former [[mayor]] of North Carrollton, Mississippi, 5,139 votes (56.9 percent) to 3,893 (43.1 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref> 

In the 2015 primaries, Oliver defeated two intra-party rivals, Shed Hill Hunger, IV, and James Matthew Bennett, for the District 46 House seat. The incumbent Republican representative, Bobby Howell, did not seek reelection.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Mississippi_House_of_Representatives_District_46|title=Mississippi House of Representatives District 46|publisher=Ballotpedia.org|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref>  In the November 3 [[general election]], Oliver defeated the [[Democratic Party|Democrat]] Ken Strachen, a former [[mayor]] of North Carrollton, Mississippi, 5,139 votes (56.9 percent) to 3,893 (43.1 percent).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sos.ms.gov/Elections-Voting/Pages/2015-General-Election.aspx|title=General election returns|date=November 3, 2015|publisher=Mississippi Secretary of State|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref> 

Oliver serves on these House committees: (1) Agriculture, (2)  Corrections, (3) Drug Policy, (4) Forestry, (5) Military Affairs, and (6) Public Property.<ref name=pvs/> In 2016, Representative Oliver voted to prohibit dismemberment [[abortion]]s in Mississippi and co-sponsored the measure to expand exemptions for compulsory school vaccinations. He voted to grant civil and criminal immunity to those reporting what they believe are instances of [[terrorism]]. He supported legislation to permit churches to have designated personnel with firearms. He voted to guarantee protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, he backed the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and co-sponsored the measure to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/156354/karl-oliver#.Wd6k6bpFzb0|title=Karl Oliver's  Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref>            

Oliver serves on these House committees: (1) Agriculture, (2)  Corrections, (3) Drug Policy, (4) Forestry, (5) Military Affairs, and (6) Public Property.<ref name=pvs/> In 2016, Representative Oliver voted to prohibit dismemberment [[abortion]]s in Mississippi and co-sponsored the measure to expand exemptions for compulsory school vaccinations. He voted to grant civil and criminal immunity to those reporting what they believe are instances of [[terrorism]]. He supported legislation to permit churches to have designated personnel with firearms. He voted to guarantee protections for religious beliefs and matters of moral conscience. In 2017, he backed the legislation which authorizes additional methods of execution in Mississippi and co-sponsored the measure to classify the killing of first responders as first-degree [[murder]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://votesmart.org/candidate/key-votes/156354/karl-oliver#.Wd6k6bpFzb0|title=Karl Oliver's  Voting Record|publisher=Project Vote Smart|accessdate=October 11, 2017}}</ref>