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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>

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 six months.<ref name=obit>Ashton B. Collier obituary, ''Winn Parish Enterprise,'' November 28, 1973.</ref>

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 of brain surgery at Winnfield General Hospital in the parish seat of 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/>