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Line 28: + − Allied with [[governor of Louisiana|Governor]] [[Earl Kemp Long]], Collier unseated Representative J. Mont Breedlove in the 1956 primary election for the legislative seat, 3,157 to 3,075 votes. He did not seek reelection in 1959 but instead ran unsuccessfully in a [[runoff election]] for [[sheriff]] of Winn Parish against Sanford Jordan.<ref>''The Shreveport Times,'' December 7, 1959, p. 2-A.</ref>+ − − − >ref>''Winn Parish Enterprise,'' November 28, 197.3</ref> − +
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'''Ashton Blanchard Collier''' (February 1, 1910 – November 22, 1973)<ref>Ashton Blanchard Collier (1910-1973) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed June 10, 2022.</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives]] from Atlanta in Winn Parish. He served interrupted terms from 1956 to 1960 and again from 1964 to 1970, when he resigned in the middle of his third term to become, briefly, the Winn Parish tax assessor.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=October 31, 2009}}</ref>
'''Ashton Blanchard Collier''' (February 1, 1910 – November 22, 1973)<ref>Ashton Blanchard Collier (1910-1973) - Find a Grave Memorial, accessed June 10, 2022.</ref> was a [[Democratic Party|Democratic]] member of the [[Louisiana]] House of Representatives]] from Atlanta in Winn Parish. He served interrupted terms from 1956 to 1960 and again from 1964 to 1970, when he resigned in the middle of his third term to become, briefly, the Winn Parish tax assessor.<ref name=legis>{{cite web|url=http://www.legis.state.la.us/members/h1812-2012.pdf|title=Membership in the Louisiana House of Representatives, 1812-2012|publisher=legis.state.la.us|accessdate=October 31, 2009}}</ref>
Allied with [[Governor]] [[Earl Long|Earl Kemp Long]], Collier unseated Representative J. Mont Breedlove in the 1956 primary election for the legislative seat, 3,157 to 3,075 votes. He did not seek reelection in 1959 but instead ran unsuccessfully in a runoff election for [[sheriff]] of Winn Parish against Sanford Jordan.<ref>''The Shreveport Times,'' December 7, 1959, p. 2-A.</ref>
Collier returned to the legislature with a decisive victory in 1964. In 1967, he was pitted in a reconfigured district with Representative Sam Wilbanks of neighboring LaSalle Parish. Collier won that exchange too, 6,958 to 4,253 in the first primary. In 1970, Collier resigned from the state House to become tax assessor but served in that position only for five months.<ref name=obit>Ashton B. Collier obituary, ''Winn Parish Enterprise,'' November 28, 1973.</ref>
Collier returned to the legislature with a decisive victory in 1964. In 1967, he was pitted in a reconfigured district with Representative Sam Wilbanks of neighboring LaSalle Parish. Collier won that exchange too, 6,958 to 4,253 in the first primary. In 1970, Collier resigned from the state House to become tax assessor but served in that position only for five months.<ref name=obit>Ashton B. Collier obituary, {{s-start}}
Collier died from complications from brain surgery at Winnfield General Hospital in the parish seat of [[Winnfield, Louisiana|Winnfield]]. He was survived by his wife, the former Ida Lee Johnson (1913-2001); a son, Leonard Raymon Collier, [[M.D.]] (1933-2017), who practiced medicine for more than fifty years in Winnfield and performed general, thoracic, and vascular surgeries.<ref>Obituary | Dr. Leonard R. Collier of Calvin, Louisiana | Southern Funeral Home,, accessed June 10, 2022.</ref> and two grandchildren. He was a member of the Atlanta [[Baptist]] Church. Collier is interred at the Atlanta Cemetery.<ref name=obit/>
Collier died from complications from brain surgery at Winnfield General Hospital in the parish seat of [[Winnfield, Louisiana|Winnfield]]. He was survived by his wife, the former Ida Lee Johnson (1913-2001); a son, Leonard Raymon Collier, [[M.D.]] (1933-2017), who practiced medicine for more than fifty years in Winnfield and performed general, thoracic, and vascular surgeries.<ref>Obituary | Dr. Leonard R. Collier of Calvin, Louisiana | Southern Funeral Home,, accessed June 10, 2022.</ref> and two grandchildren. He was a member of the Atlanta [[Baptist]] Church. Collier is interred at the Atlanta Cemetery.<ref name=obit/>
[[P.K. Smith]], later a prominent [[automobile]] dealer from Winnfield, held the Winn Parish House seat from 1960 to 1964. Collier’s term was completed by Dr. William P. Floyd, the winner of a 1970 [[special election]].<ref name=legis/>
[[P. K. Smith]], later a prominent [[automobile]] dealer from Winnfield, held the Winn Parish House seat from 1960 to 1964. Collier’s term was completed by Dr. William P. Floyd, the winner of a 1970 [[special election]].<ref name=legis/>
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