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{{Infobox officeholder
|name=Timothy Drost "Tim" Stine
|image=
|office=[[Louisiana]] State Representative<br> for District 33 (Calcasieu Parish)
|term_start=1988
|term_end=1996
|preceded= [[Dennis Stine]]
|succeeded=[[Ronnie Johns]]
|party=[[Democratic Party|Democrat]]
|birth_date=October 26, 1956
|birth_place=Sulphur, Calcasieu Parish<br>Louisiana, USA
|residence=Sulphur, Louisiana
|death_date=
|death_place=
|resting_place=
|alma_mater=University of Louisiana at Lafayette<br>
McNeese State University
|occupation=[[Business]]man
|spouse=Jane Lynn Stine
|children=Jake, Amy, and Alice Stine<br>
'''Parents''':<br>
Jackson W. and Doris Rita Drost Stine
|religion=[[Roman Catholic]]}}

'''Timothy Drost Stine''', known as '''Tim Stine''' (born October 26, 1956), is a [[business]]man from his native Sulphur, [[Louisiana]],<ref name=whoswho>"Louisiana: Stine, Timothy D.", ''Who's Who in American Politics, 2003-2004,'' 19th ed., Vol. 1 (Alabama-Montana) (Marquis Who's Who: New Providence, [[New Jersey]], 2003), p. 796.</ref> who served from 1989 to 1996 as a [[Democratic Party
|Democrat]] state representative for District 33 in Calcasieu Parish in the southwestern portion of his state.<ref name=house>{{cite web|url=https://house.louisiana.gov/H_PDFdocs/HouseMembership_History_CURRENT.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives: Calcasieu Parish, 1812-2024|publisher=Louisiana House of Representatives|accessdate=January 12, 2021}}</ref>

On October 1, 1988, Stine handily won a [[special election]] over two fellow Democrats, Raphael Anthony "Ray" Coltrin (1947-2010), an electrician who had served on the Calcasieu Parish Police Jury,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Coltrin&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSst=20&GScnty=1118&GScntry=4&GSob=n&GRid=54656386&df=all&|title=Raphael Anthony Coltrin|publisher=findagrave.com|accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref> and [[attorney]] Oliver "Jackson" Schrumpf,
<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 1, 1998.</ref> for the right to succeed his brother, [[Dennis Stine]], who resigned to become state commissioner of administration under newly elected [[Governor]] [[Buddy Roemer]].

==Biography==

Stine is the youngest of seven children of a Sulphur couple, Jackson W. Stine, who established Stine Lumber Company, and the former Doris Rita "DeeDee" Drost (1921-2010); she is interred at Dutch Cove Cemetery in Calcasieu Parish. His siblings are Janie Stine LaCroix, a [[sculptor]], and her husband, Shelby Hathaway LaCroix, II; Dick Stine and wife, Mary, of [[Lake Charles]]; Gary Stine and wife, Vickie, of Sulphur; Jay Stine and wife, Wanda, of DeRidder in Beauregard Parish; Dennis Neal Stine and wife, Marla, of Lake Charles, and David Stine and wife, Kim, also of Lake Charles.<ref name=findagrave>{{cite web|url=http://findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Stine&GSfn=Doris&GSbyrel=all&GSdyrel=all&GSob=n&GRid=69175561&df=all&|title=Doris Rita "DeeDee" Stine|publisher=Findagrave.com|accessdate=January 12, 2021}}</ref>

As did his brother Dennis, Stine attended the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, then known as the '''University of Southwestern Louisiana''' and McNeese State University in Lake Charles.<ref name=whoswho/> His mother was a member of the first class of then McNeese Junior College and was a cheerleader, secretary of the first graduating class, and the first class favorite. <ref name=findagrave/> Stine is an officer in the family-owned Stine, Inc., along with his five brothers.<ref name=whoswho/>

Stine is a [[Roman Catholic]], a member of Rotary International, and a long-term advocate for the cause of the disabled. Prior to his legislative years, Stine was from 1986 to 1988 a member of the Sulphur City Council. He did not seek a third term in the House in the nonpartisan blanket [[primary]] held on October 21, 1995; fellow Democrat, later [[Republican Party|Republican]] convert, [[Ronnie Johns]], was handily elected to succeed Stine.<ref>Louisiana Secretary of State, Election Returns, October 21, 1995.</ref> The office of then Louisiana Secretary of State [[Tom Schedler]] lists Stine in August 2015 as a registered Democratic voter.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://voterportal.sos.la.gov/Home/Home?uid=105234|title=Timothy Stine, October 1956|publisher=Louisiana Secretary of State|accessdate=August 18, 2015}}</ref>

Stine and his wife, Jane Lynn, have three children, Jake, Amy, and Alice.<ref name=whoswho/>

On July 4, 1981, Stine was seriously injured in a diving accident. He sustained a C6 complete spinal injury, and is a quadriplegic. His fingers are paralyzed. He said that he can use wrist to hold some things, but he cannot wiggle his fingers. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.prosalesmagazine.com/business/management-leadership/tim-stine-expanded-web-only-version_o|title=Prosalesmagazine.com|accessdate=January 12, 2021}}</ref>

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